2 Chronicles 13:16

2 Chronicles 13:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
• New International Version (NIV)The Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The men of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hand.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.

Context of 2 Chronicles 13:16

14Judah's soldiers turned around. They saw that Jeroboam's soldiers were in front of them and behind them. So they called out to the Lord for help. The priests made a noise with their trumpets. 15Judah's soldiers shouted very loudly. As King Abijah led Judah's soldiers into the battle, the Lord knocked down Jeroboam and all Israel's army. Israel's soldiers ran away as Judah's army chased after them. God caused Judah's soldiers to win the fight. 17Abijah and his army killed many of the Israel soldiers. 500,000 of Israel's best soldiers died. 18Judah's soldiers trusted the Lord, the God of their ancestors, to help them. That was why they won the battle that day against Israel's army.

2 Chronicles 13:16 word by word

וַיָּנ֥וּסוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיָדָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the childrenבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• fledנוּסnûs · to fleeH5127
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• and Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• deliveredנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• them into their handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 13:16

• Genesis 14:20Praise the Most High God! He has given you power over your enemies.’ After that, Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth part of everything.
• Deuteronomy 2:36The Lord our God gave us all their towns. That included Aroer, on the edge of the Arnon valley, the city in the valley and other towns all the way to Gilead. No town was too strong for us to take.
• Deuteronomy 3:3So the Lord our God put Og, king of Bashan, under our power, as well as his whole army. We killed them all so that we left no one alive.
• Joshua 10:12So the Lord caused the Israelites to win the fight against the Amorites. After the battle that day, Joshua stood in front of Israel and he prayed to the Lord. He said, ‘Sun, stand still over Gibeon city. Moon, stand still over Aijalon valley.’
• Joshua 21:44The Lord let them live there safely, as he had promised to their ancestors. The Lord made them stronger than their enemies, so nobody could attack them.
• Judges 1:4They attacked the Canaanites and the Perizzites at Bezek. The Lord helped them to win against 10,000 Canaanite and Perizzite fighters.
• Judges 11:21The Lord, Israel's God, put Sihon and his whole army under the power of the Israelites. The Israelites won the fight against the Amorites. They took the Amorites' land for themselves.
• 1 Samuel 23:7Someone told Saul that David was now at Keilah. Saul said, ‘God has now put David under my power. David has gone into a town that has high walls and strong gates. He will not be able to leave that place.’

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 13:16

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-19When God's people turned to him, he helped them, even after their kingdom was disrupted. This gave hope to the original readers in similar situations.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1713-17. But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them--The oration of Abijah, however animating an effect it might have produced on his own troops, was unheeded by the party to whom it was addressed; for while he was wasting time in useless words, Jeroboam had ordered a detachment of his men to move quietly round the base of the hill, so that when Abijah stopped speaking, he and his followers found themselves surprised in the rear, while the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 13:16

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• God
• Israel
• Judah
• Israel, Israelites
• Jacob, Israel
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Children of Israel
• Zemaraim

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings