12 Listen! God is on our side, at our head, along with his priests, who are ready to sound the battle trumpets against you. So, Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, for you won’t succeed!"
13 Meanwhile, Jeroboam had sent troops around behind them for an ambush so that the main force was in front of Judah while the ambush was behind.
14 When Judah looked around and suddenly realized that they were surrounded, they cried out to the Lord while the priests sounded the trumpets
15 and raised the battle cry. When they raised the battle cry, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God gave Judah the victory.
17 Abijah and his people struck them severely: five hundred thousand select warriors were killed.
18 Israel was subdued on that occasion, and Judah succeeded because they relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.