3 Abija wakabwesa bashilumamba bacibwene bakalinga 400,000 alakwe Jeloboamu wakabwesa bashilumamba bacibwene bakalinga 800,000.
Ono Leoboamu ndyaakashika muJelusalemu, wakabunganya bashilumamba bali 180,000 kuswa mumukowa wa bene Juda awa bene Benjameni. Wakalinga kusuni kuya mukulwana mikowa ya bene Isilaeli yakumatwa kwaamba ayi abooshe bwaami bwakwe pamikowa iyo.
Mpeeke Joabu wakaluula kuli Defedi mweelo wa bantu abo bakalinga kweelete kuya kukondo. Mucishi ca Isilaeli mwakalinga 1,100,000 amwalo mucishi ca Juda mwakalinga 470,000.
Shintu shimwi shoonse shakacita Abija shililembetwe mulibuku lya buumi bwa bamaami ba bene Juda.
Wakalela kwamyaaka yotatwe muJelusalemu. Abija wakalinga mwanaakwe Mikaya uyo wakalinga mwanaakwe Uliyelo mwanakashi. Uliyelo wakalinga kuswa kundabala inene ya Gibiya. Ono nkondo yakabuka pakati kakwe Abija alimwi aJeloboamu.
Abija wakeemikana paKalundu ka Semalaimu mucishi ca tulundu ca Efuleemu akwaamba ayi, “Webo Jeloboamu anobene Isilaeli, amunkutike!
