15. and the troops let out a battle cry. Then with Abijah leading them into battle, God defeated Jeroboam and Israel's army.
16. The Israelites ran away, and God helped Judah's soldiers slaughter
17. five hundred thousand enemy troops.
18. Judah's army won because they had trusted the Lord God of their ancestors.
19. Abijah kept up his attack on Jeroboam's army and captured the Israelite towns of Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, as well as the villages around them.