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.
20. Jeroboam never regained his power during the rest of Abijah's rule. The Lord punished Jeroboam, and he died, but Abijah became more powerful.
21. Abijah had a total of fourteen wives, twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.