13:13 Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind. 3 The main army was in front of the Judahite army; 4 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. 5 So they cried out for help to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets, 13:15 and the men of Judah gave 6 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, 7 and God handed them over to the men of Judah. 8 13:17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 9 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead. 10 13:18 That day 11 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 12 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. 13 The Lord struck him down and he died. 13:21 Abijah’s power grew; he had 14 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, 15 are recorded in the writings of the prophet Iddo.
1 tn Heb “and his priests and the trumpets of the war alarm [are ready] to sound out against you.”
2 tn Heb “fathers” (also in v. 18).
3 tn Heb “and Jeroboam had caused to circle around an ambush to come from behind them.”
4 tn Heb “Judah.”
5 tn Heb “and Judah turned, and, look, to them [was] the battle in front and behind.”
6 tn Heb “shouted out.”
7 tn Heb “Judah.”
8 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
9 tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”
10 tn Heb “and [the] slain from Israel fell, five hundred thousand chosen men.”
11 tn Heb “at that time.”
12 map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.
13 tn Heb “and the strength of Jeroboam was not retained again in the days of Abijah.”
14 tn Heb “lifted up for himself.”
15 tn Heb “and his ways and his words.”