However, Abijah failed in his attempt to reunite Israel and Judah, though he did take from the King of Israel the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages.
However, Abijah failed in his attempt to reunite Israel and Judah. Some twenty years after the breakup of the united kingdom, Abijah took the occasion of the defeat of Jeroboam to take back the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages.