18 Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time; and the children of Judah prevailed, ^abecause they relied on the Lord God of their fathers.  ‡

19 And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and ^aEphrain with its villages.  ‡

21 But Abijah grew mighty, married fourteen wives, and begot twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

22 Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways, and his sayings are written in ^athe annals of the prophet Iddo. ‡