15. Then the men in Abijah’s army shouted. When the men of Judah shouted, God defeated Jeroboam’s army. Jeroboam’s whole army from Israel was defeated by Abijah’s army from Judah.
16. The men of Israel ran away from the men of Judah. God let the army from Judah defeat the army from Israel.
17. Abijah’s army greatly defeated the army of Israel, and 500,000 of the best men of Israel were killed.
18. So at that time the Israelites were defeated, and the people of Judah won. The army from Judah won because they depended on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
19. Abijah’s army chased Jeroboam’s army, and they captured the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron from Jeroboam. They captured the towns and the small villages near them.