13:13 Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind. 1 The main army was in front of the Judahite army; 2 the ambushers were behind it. 13:14 The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear. 3 So they cried out for help to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets, 13:15 and the men of Judah gave 4 the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, the Lord struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 13:16 The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, 5 and God handed them over to the men of Judah. 6 13:17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 7 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead. 8 13:18 That day 9 the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.
13:19 Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel 10 and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.
1 tn Heb “and Jeroboam had caused to circle around an ambush to come from behind them.”
2 tn Heb “Judah.”
3 tn Heb “and Judah turned, and, look, to them [was] the battle in front and behind.”
4 tn Heb “shouted out.”
5 tn Heb “Judah.”
6 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
7 tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”
8 tn Heb “and [the] slain from Israel fell, five hundred thousand chosen men.”
9 tn Heb “at that time.”
10 map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.