Jeroboam did not recover his power in the days of Abijah. And the LORD struck him down, and he died.
And the time that Jeroboam reigned was twenty-two years. And he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his place.
In the twentieth year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Asa began to reign over Judah,
And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron[5] with its villages.
But Abijah grew mighty. And he took fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
"Son of man, behold, I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you at a stroke; yet you shall not mourn or weep, nor shall your tears run down.
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.
And about ten days later the LORD struck Nabal, and he died.
And David said, "As the LORD lives, the LORD will strike him, or his day will come to die, or he will go down into battle and perish.