10
But as for us, the LORD
is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD,
are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites
wait upon
their business;
11
and they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and aromatic incense, and they place the showbread upon the clean table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening; for we keep the charge of the LORD our God, but ye have forsaken him.
12
And, behold, God himself
is with us for
our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers, for ye shall not prosper.
13
But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambush
was behind them.
14
So when Judah looked back, behold, the battle
was before and behind; and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15
Then the men of Judah gave a shout, and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16
And the sons of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.
17
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
18
Thus the sons of Israel were humbled at that time, and the sons of Judah prevailed because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.
19
And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns and Jeshanah with its towns and Ephron with its towns.
20
Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and the LORD struck him, and he died.