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17 Abi'jah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand picked men.
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Abijah and his troops inflicted heavy losses on them, so that there were five hundred thousand casualties among Israel’s able men.
18 Thus the men of Israel were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD, the God of their fathers.
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The Israelites were subdued on that occasion, and the people of Judah were victorious because they relied on the LORD, the God of their ancestors.
19 And Abi'jah pursued Jerobo'am, and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages and Jesha'nah with its villages and Ephron with its villages.
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Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took from him the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages.
20 Jerobo'am did not recover his power in the days of Abi'jah; and the LORD smote him, and he died.
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Jeroboam did not regain power during the time of Abijah. And the LORD struck him down and he died.
21 But Abi'jah grew mighty. And he took fourteen wives, and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
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But Abijah grew in strength. He married fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
22 The rest of the acts of Abi'jah, his ways and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
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The other events of Abijah’s reign, what he did and what he said, are written in the annotations of the prophet Iddo.
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