Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.
Now look, God is with us as our leader. His priests are ready to blow the trumpets to signal the attack against you. You Israelites, don’t fight against the Lord God of your ancestors, for you will not win!”
The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah.
That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.
Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors, while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors.
In one day King Pekah son of Remaliah of Israel killed 120,000 warriors in Judah, because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors.
The Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!
The mountains tremble before him, the hills convulse; the earth is laid waste before him, the world and all its inhabitants are laid waste.
Or are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we really stronger than he is?