God’s Word Translation
2 Chronicles 13:17
17So Abijah and his men defeated them decisively, and 500,000 of the best men of Israel were killed.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Abijah and his people struck them with great force, so there fell slain of Israel 500,000 chosen 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.
Context of 2 Chronicles 13:17
15and the men of Judah shouted. When they shouted, God attacked Jeroboam and all Israel in front of Abijah and Judah. 16The Israelites fled from Judah’s ⌞army⌟, and God handed them over to Judah. So Abijah and his men defeated them decisively, and 500,000 of the best men of Israel were killed. 18So the Israelites were humbled at that time, and the men of Judah won because they trusted the Lord God of their ancestors. 19Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some of his cities: Bethel and its villages, Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephron and 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 prepared for battle with an army of 400,000 of the best soldiers, while Jeroboam arranged to oppose him with 800,000 of the best professional soldiers.
- 2 Chronicles 28:6In one day Pekah, son of Remaliah, killed 120,000 soldiers in Judah because they had abandoned the Lord God of their ancestors.
- Isaiah 10:16That is why the Almighty Lord of Armies will send a degenerative disease against brave men. A flame will be turned into a raging fire under his power.
- Isaiah 37:36The Lord’s angel went out and killed 185,000 ⌞soldiers⌟ in the Assyrian camp. When the Judeans got up early in the morning, they saw all the corpses.
- Nahum 1:5The mountains quake because of him. The hills melt. The earth draws back in his presence. The world and all who live in it draw back as well.
- 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to make the Lord jealous? Are we stronger than he is?
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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