The people of Judah assembled to ask for the Lord’s help; they came from all the cities of Judah to ask for the Lord’s help.

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.

He placed troops in all of Judah’s fortified cities and posted garrisons throughout the land of Judah and in the cities of Ephraim that his father Asa had seized.

He also built high places on the hills of Judah; he encouraged the residents of Jerusalem to be unfaithful to the Lord and led Judah away from the Lord.

(Rehoboam continued to rule over the Israelites who lived in the cities of Judah.)

The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah.

When King Jehoshaphat of Judah returned home safely to Jerusalem,

Judah was defeated by Israel, and each man ran back home.

He built cities in the hill country of Judah and fortresses and towers in the forests.

The king summoned all the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem.

In each city there were shields and spears; he strongly fortified them. Judah and Benjamin belonged to him.

In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

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.

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,

He removed the high places and the incense altars from all the cities of Judah. The kingdom had rest under his rule.

The Lord struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah. The Cushites fled,

They taught throughout Judah, taking with them the scroll of the law of the Lord. They traveled to all the cities of Judah and taught the people.

He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem.

These were the ones who served the king, besides those whom the king placed in the fortified cities throughout Judah.

The king of Israel and King Jehoshaphat of Judah attacked Ramoth Gilead.