English Standard Version
2 Chronicles 13:17
17Abijah and his people struck them with great force, so there fell slain of Israel 500,000 chosen men.
2 Chronicles 13:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
- New International Version (NIV)Abijah and his troops inflicted heavy losses on them, so that there were five hundred thousand casualties among Israel’s able men.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter; so five hundred thousand choice men of Israel fell slain.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Abijah and his army inflicted heavy losses on them; 500,000 of Israel’s select troops were killed that day.
Context of 2 Chronicles 13:17
15Then the men of Judah raised the battle shout. And when the men of Judah shouted, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16The men of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hand. Abijah and his people struck them with great force, so there fell slain of Israel 500,000 chosen men. 18Thus the men of Israel were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the Lord, the God of their fathers. 19And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron with its villages.
Read all of 2 Chronicles 132 Chronicles 13:17 word by word
וַיַּכּ֥וּ בָהֶ֛ם אֲבִיָּ֥ה וְעַמּ֖וֹ מַכָּ֣ה רַבָּ֑ה וַיִּפְּל֤וּ חֲלָלִים֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל חֲמֵשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִ֥ישׁ בָּחֽוּר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Abijahאֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּה'ăbîyâh 'ăbîyâhû · AbijahH29
- and his peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- slewנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- them with a greatרַבrab · manyH7227
- slaughterמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
- so there fell downנָפַלnâphal · to fall: killH5307
- slainחָלָלchâlâl · slain: killedH2491
- of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- fiveחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
- hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- chosenבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
- menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 13:17
- 2 Chronicles 13:3Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men. And Jeroboam drew up his line of battle against him with 800,000 chosen mighty warriors.
- 2 Chronicles 28:6For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed 120,000 from Judah in one day, all of them men of valor, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers.
- Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord God of hosts will send wasting sickness among his stout warriors, and under his glory a burning will be kindled, like the burning of fire.
- Isaiah 37:36And the angel of the Lord went out and struck down 185,000 in the camp of the Assyrians. And when people arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before him; the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who dwell in it.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Shall we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 13:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Slain - five hundred thousand chosen men - Query, fifty thousand? This was a great slaughter: see the note on 2 Chronicles 13:3, where all these numbers are supposed to be overcharged.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Slain - The word means strictly “pierced,” and will include both the killed and the wounded. It is translated “wounded” in Lamentations 2:12.Read the comment
- 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
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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
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