2 Chronicles 13:17-22 ▼

17 Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and five hundred thousand fit young men of Israel were killed.

18 The Israelites were subdued at that time. The Judahites succeeded because they depended on the LORD, the God of their ancestors.

19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their surrounding villages.

20 Jeroboam no longer retained his power during Abijah’s reign; ultimately, the LORD struck him and he died.

21 However, Abijah grew strong, acquired fourteen wives, and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

22 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, along with his ways and his sayings, are written in the Writing of the Prophet Iddo.