^{12 Ref} And now God is with us at our head, and his priests with their loud horns sounding against you. O children of Israel, do not make war on the Lord, the God of your fathers, for it will not go well for you.

^{13 Ref} But Jeroboam had put some of his men to make a surprise attack on them from the back, so some were facing Judah and others were stationed secretly at their back.

^{14 Ref} And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.

^{15 Ref} And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

^{16 Ref} And the children of Israel went in flight before Judah, and God gave them up into their hands.

^{17 Ref} And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.