17. Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.
18. That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.
19. Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.
20. Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. The Lord struck him down and he died.