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Texts -- 2 Chronicles 13:13-22 (NET)

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13:13 Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind . The main army was in front of the Judahite army; the ambushers were behind it. 13:14 The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear . So they cried out for help to the Lord . The priests blew their trumpets , 13:15 and the men of Judah gave the battle cry . As the men of Judah gave the battle cry , the Lord struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah . 13:16 The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah. 13:17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead . 13:18 That day the Israelites were defeated ; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors . 13:19 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 . 13:20 Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah . The Lord struck him down and he died . 13:21 Abijah’s power grew ; he had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters . 13:22 The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including his deeds and sayings , are recorded in the writings of the prophet Iddo .

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