16. The Israelites fled from the Judeans, and God let the Judeans overpower them.
17. Abijah and his army dealt the Israelites a crushing defeat — half a million of Israel's best soldiers were killed.
18. And so the people of Judah were victorious over Israel, because they relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
19. Abijah pursued Jeroboam's army and occupied some of his cities: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, and the villages near each of these cities.
20. Jeroboam never regained his power during Abijah's reign. Finally the Lord struck him down, and he died.