7 When the LORD saw that they humbled themselves, the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah: “They have humbled themselves. 13:1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah. 5 Ought you not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingship over Israel forever to David and his sons by a covenant of salt? O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed.” And when the men of Judah shouted, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.