17. Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.
18. Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the Lord, the God of their fathers.
19. Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.