2 Chronicles 13:14-19
13:19 a The Lord granted the kingdom of Judah a miraculous victory. Abijah took the territories surrounding Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron from Israel (13:19 b). Together with Zemaraim (13:4 c), these towns in the hill country on the northern border of Judah formed a geographical unit (see Josh 18:22-23 d). The subsequent history of this territorial gain is not known; by the time of Amos (about 760 BC), Bethel was a major pagan shrine in Israel.
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