Jeroboam did not recover his power in the days of Abijah. And the Lord struck him down, and he died.

and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? You rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.

And as soon as the royal power was firmly his, he killed his servants who had struck down the king his father.

But go, act, be strong for the battle. Why should you suppose that God will cast you down before the enemy? For God has power to help or to cast down.”

Under their command was an army of 307,500, who could make war with mighty power, to help the king against the enemy.