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And they burn to the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense; they also set the showbread in order on the pure gold table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps to burn every evening; for we keep the command of the Lord our God, but you have forsaken Him.
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Now look, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with sounding trumpets to sound the alarm against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the Lord God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper!"
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But Jeroboam caused an ambush to go around behind them; so they were in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.
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And when Judah looked around, to their surprise the battle line was at both front and rear; and they cried out to the Lord, and the priests sounded the trumpets.
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Then the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it happened that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
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And the children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.
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Then Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter; so five hundred thousand choice men of Israel fell slain.
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Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time; and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the Lord God of their fathers.
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And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephrain with its villages.
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So Jeroboam did not recover strength again in the days of Abijah; and the Lord struck him, and he died.
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But Abijah grew mighty, married fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.