2 Chronicles 13:13-22 ▼

13 Now Jeroboam (the people will contend) had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah (praised), the ambush was behind them.

14 When Judah (praised) turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD {YHWH}. Then the priests blew the trumpets,

15 and the men of Judah (praised) raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God {Elohim} routed Jeroboam (the people will contend) and all Israel (he wrestles with God) before Abijah (YHWH is my father) and Judah.

16 So the Israelites (God prevails) fled before Judah (praised), and God {Elohim} delivered them into their hands.

17 Then Abijah (YHWH is my father) and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel (he wrestles with God) fell slain.

18 Thus the Israelites (God prevails) were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah (praised) prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God {YHWH Elohe} of their fathers.

19 Abijah (YHWH is my father) pursued Jeroboam (the people will contend) and captured some cities from him: Bethel (house of God), Jeshanah (storage), and Ephron (fawn-like), along with their villages.

20 Jeroboam (the people will contend) did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah (YHWH is my father), and the LORD {YHWH} struck him down and he died.

21 But Abijah (YHWH is my father) grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

22 Now the rest of the acts of Abijah (YHWH is my father), along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise (Exposition) of the Prophet Iddo (His witness).