Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Abijah and his troops inflicted heavy losses on them, so that there were five hundred thousand casualties among Israel’s able men. New Living Translation Abijah and his army inflicted heavy losses on them; 500,000 of Israel’s select troops were killed that day. English Standard Version Abijah and his people struck them with great force, so there fell slain of Israel 500,000 chosen men. Berean Standard Bible Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain. King James Bible And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. New King James Version Then Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter; so five hundred thousand choice men of Israel fell slain. New American Standard Bible Abijah and his people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell slain. NASB 1995 Abijah and his people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain. NASB 1977 And Abijah and his people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain. Legacy Standard Bible And Abijah and his people struck them down with a great slaughter, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain. Amplified Bible Abijah and his people inflicted on them a great defeat, so that 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain. Christian Standard Bible Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and five hundred thousand fit young men of Israel were killed. Holman Christian Standard Bible Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 choice men of Israel were killed. American Standard Version And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. Contemporary English Version 500,000 enemy troops. English Revised Version And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. GOD'S WORD® Translation So Abijah and his men defeated them decisively, and 500,000 of the best men of Israel were killed. Good News Translation Abijah and his army dealt the Israelites a crushing defeat--half a million of Israel's best soldiers were killed. International Standard Version Abijah and his army defeated them in a tremendous slaughter that resulted in 500,000 special forces from Israel being slain. Majority Standard Bible Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain. NET Bible Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead. New Heart English Bible Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. Webster's Bible Translation And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. World English Bible Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand Abijah and his people strike among them a great striking, and five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fall wounded. Young's Literal Translation and Abijah and his people smite among them a great smiting, and there fall wounded of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. Smith's Literal Translation And Abijah and his people will strike upon them a great blow: and there will fall wounded from Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd Abia and his people slew them with a great slaughter, and there fell wounded of Israel five hundred thousand valiant men. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter. And five hundred thousand strong men of Israel fell wounded. New American Bible Abijah and his people inflicted a severe defeat upon them; five hundred thousand picked men of Israel fell slain. New Revised Standard Version Abijah and his army defeated them with great slaughter; five hundred thousand picked men of Israel fell slain. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd Abijah slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand young men. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And Abia destroyed them with a great destruction, and the men of Israel fell, five hundred thousand young men. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. Brenton Septuagint Translation And Abia and his people smote them with a great slaughter: and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand mighty men. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Civil War Against Jeroboam…16So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands. 17Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain. 18Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.… Cross References 1 Kings 15:7 As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam. 2 Chronicles 14:12 So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled. 2 Chronicles 15:9 And he assembled all Judah and Benjamin, along with those from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them, for great numbers had come over to him from Israel when they saw that the LORD his God was with him. 2 Chronicles 11:1-4 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he mobilized the house of Judah and Benjamin—180,000 chosen warriors—to fight against Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam. / But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God: / “Tell Rehoboam son of Solomon king of Judah and all the Israelites in Judah and Benjamin ... 2 Chronicles 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, from first to last, are they not written in the records of Shemaiah the Prophet and of Iddo the Seer concerning the genealogies? There was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam throughout their days. 2 Chronicles 20:22-24 The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated. / The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. / When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped. 2 Chronicles 28:6 For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers. 1 Samuel 4:10 So the Philistines fought, and Israel was defeated, and each man fled to his tent. The slaughter was very great—thirty thousand foot soldiers of Israel fell. 1 Samuel 14:20 Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor. 2 Samuel 18:7 There the people of Israel were defeated by David’s servants, and the slaughter was great that day—twenty thousand men. 2 Kings 13:17 “Open the east window,” said Elisha. So he opened it and Elisha said, “Shoot!” So he shot. And Elisha declared: “This is the LORD’s arrow of victory, the arrow of victory over Aram, for you shall strike the Arameans in Aphek until you have put an end to them.” 2 Kings 14:12 And Judah was routed before Israel, and every man fled to his home. Isaiah 10:32-34 Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem. / Behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts will lop off the branches with terrifying power. The tall trees will be cut down, the lofty ones will be felled. / He will clear the forest thickets with an axe, and Lebanon will fall before the Mighty One. Jeremiah 46:10 For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates. Ezekiel 39:17-20 And as for you, son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: Call out to every kind of bird and to every beast of the field: ‘Assemble and come together from all around to the sacrificial feast that I am preparing for you, a great feast on the mountains of Israel. There you will eat flesh and drink blood. / You will eat the flesh of the mighty and drink the blood of the princes of the earth as though they were rams, lambs, goats, and bulls—all the fattened animals of Bashan. / At the sacrifice I am preparing, you will eat fat until you are gorged and drink blood until you are drunk. ... Treasury of Scripture And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. five hundred 2 Chronicles 13:3,12 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour… 2 Chronicles 28:6 For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. Isaiah 10:16-19 Therefore shall the Lord, the Lord of hosts, send among his fat ones leanness; and under his glory he shall kindle a burning like the burning of a fire… Jump to Previous Abijah Abi'jah Best Casualties Chosen Death Defeated Destruction Fall Fell Five Great Heavy Hundred Inflicted Israel Israel's Killed Losses Picked Slain Slaughter Slew Smite Smiting Thousand WoundedJump to Next Abijah Abi'jah Best Casualties Chosen Death Defeated Destruction Fall Fell Five Great Heavy Hundred Inflicted Israel Israel's Killed Losses Picked Slain Slaughter Slew Smite Smiting Thousand Wounded2 Chronicles 13 1. Abijah succeeding makes war against Jeroboam4. he declares the right of his cause 13. Trusting in God, he overcomes Jeroboam 21. The wives and children of Abijah Then Abijah The name "Abijah" means "My Father is Yahweh" in Hebrew, reflecting a heritage of faith and divine connection. Abijah was the king of Judah, and his leadership is pivotal in this narrative. Historically, Abijah's reign was marked by conflict with the northern kingdom of Israel, emphasizing the division within the chosen people of God. His reliance on God during this battle underscores the importance of faith and divine support in overcoming adversities. and his people struck them with a mighty blow and five hundred thousand choice men of Israel fell slain Five hundred thousand chosen men.--Or more than half of Jeroboam's entire army. It is hardly true to say that "there is nothing in the original to indicate that this slaughter was all on one day." (Speaker's Commentary.) On the contrary, it is perfectly evident from the whole narrative that this verse describes the issue of a single great and decisive encounter of the rival hosts. The result is certainly incredible, if the numbers be pressed; but it seems more reasonable to see in them "only a numerical expression of the belief of contemporaries of the war, that both kings had made a levy of all the fighting men in their respective realms, and that Jeroboam was defeated with such slaughter that he lost more than half his warriors" (Keil). The Syriac reads "five thousand." The number of slain on the other side is not stated. But it is absurd to talk as Reuss does, of Abijah's 400,000 as being "still intact," and then to ask why they did not proceed to reduce the northern kingdom. Verse 17. - Slain; Hebrew, חֲלָלִים. Even if we accept for a moment the immense numbers written here and elsewhere as authentic, a considerable deduction may be made from our difficulty by virtue of the fact that this word need not mean to describe the actually slain. It occurs about ninety-one times. Of these, in our Authorized Version, it is found rendered, including marginal options, as many as fifteen times "wounded," or by even a less severe meaning. However, whether "slain" or "wounded and slain," the alleged, numbers of our present text are, in our opinion, incredibly enormous.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then Abijahאֲבִיָּ֥ה (’ă·ḇî·yāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 29: Abijah -- 'Yah is my father', an Israelite name and his people וְעַמּ֖וֹ (wə·‘am·mōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock struck וַיַּכּ֥וּ (way·yak·kū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5221: To strike them בָהֶ֛ם (ḇā·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew with a mighty רַבָּ֑ה (rab·bāh) Adjective - feminine singular Strong's 7227: Much, many, great blow, מַכָּ֣ה (mak·kāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4347: A wound, carnage, pestilence and 500,000 חֲמֵשׁ־ (ḥă·mêš-) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 2568: Five choice בָּחֽוּר׃ (bā·ḥūr) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular Strong's 970: Selected, a youth men אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person of Israel מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (mî·yiś·rā·’êl) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc fell וַיִּפְּל֤וּ (way·yip·pə·lū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5307: To fall, lie slain. חֲלָלִים֙ (ḥă·lā·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2491: Pierced, polluted Links 2 Chronicles 13:17 NIV2 Chronicles 13:17 NLT 2 Chronicles 13:17 ESV 2 Chronicles 13:17 NASB 2 Chronicles 13:17 KJV 2 Chronicles 13:17 BibleApps.com 2 Chronicles 13:17 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 13:17 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 13:17 French Bible 2 Chronicles 13:17 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Chronicles 13:17 Abijah and his people killed them (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) |
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