2 Chronicles 13:17-22

13:17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; ¹  500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead. ²  13:18 That day ³  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 ⁴  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. ⁵  The Lord struck him down and he died. 13:21 Abijah’s power grew; he had ⁶  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, ⁷  are recorded in the writings of the prophet Iddo.

¹ tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”

² tn Heb “and [the] slain from Israel fell, five hundred thousand chosen men.”

³ tn Heb “at that time.”

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⁵ tn Heb “and the strength of Jeroboam was not retained again in the days of Abijah.”

⁶ tn Heb “lifted up for himself.”

⁷ tn Heb “and his ways and his words.”