2 Chronicles 13:17

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 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 gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it happened that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16And the children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand. Then Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter; so five hundred thousand choice men of Israel fell slain. 18Thus the children of Israel were subdued at that time; and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the Lord God of their fathers. 19And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him: Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephrain with its villages.

2 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 set the battle in order with an army of valiant warriors, four hundred thousand choice men. Jeroboam also drew up in battle formation against him with eight hundred thousand choice men, mighty men of valor.
• 2 Chronicles 28:6For Pekah the son of Remaliah killed one hundred and twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.
• Isaiah 10:16Therefore the Lord, the Lord of hosts, Will send leanness among his fat ones; And under his glory He will kindle a burning Like the burning of a fire.
• Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses—all dead.
• Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, The hills melt, And the earth heaves at His presence, Yes, the world and all who dwell in it.
• 1 Corinthians 10:22Or do 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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In the dictionaries

• Abijah
• Israel
• Zemaraim
• Bamah
• Chronicles, Books of
• Israel, History of
• Jeroboam
• Judah, Kingdom of
• Number

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