Verse 17
2 Chronicles 13:17
World English Bible
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Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּכּ֥וּ בָ/הֶ֛ם אֲבִיָּ֥ה וְ/עַמּ֖/וֹ מַכָּ֣ה רַבָּ֑ה וַ/יִּפְּל֤וּ חֲלָלִים֙ מִ/יִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל חֲמֵשׁ מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִ֥ישׁ בָּחֽוּר
English Translation
And they struck Abijah and his people with a great blow, and five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell.
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Chapter 13 Context
1
In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
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He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah....
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Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men; and...
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4
Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Hear me, Jero...
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5
Ought you not to know that Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, gave the kingdom over Israel to David...
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6
Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, rose up, and rebelled agains...
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7
Worthless men were gathered to him, wicked fellows who strengthened themselves against Rehoboam the...
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8
“Now you intend to withstand the kingdom of Yahweh in the hand of the sons of David. You are a great...
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9
Haven’t you driven out the priests of Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites, and made priests f...
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10
“But as for us, Yahweh is our God (Elohim), and we have not forsaken him. We have priests serving Ya...
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and they burn to Yahweh every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense. They also...
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12
Behold, God (Elohim) is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an...
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13
But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambush w...
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When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to Yahweh, and...
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15
Then the men of Judah gave a shout. As the men of Judah shouted, God (Elohim) struck Jeroboam and al...
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16
The children of Israel fled before Judah, and God (Elohim) delivered them into their hand.
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Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Isr...
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Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, be...
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Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villa...
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Jeroboam didn’t recover strength again in the days of Abijah. Yahweh struck him, and he died.
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But Abijah grew mighty, and took for himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two son...
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The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways, and his sayings are written in the commentary of the proph...
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