2 Chronicles 13:17 “Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000…”

2 Chronicles 13:17

Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And Abiiah and his people slewe a great slaughter of them, so that there fel downe wounded of Israel fiue hundreth thousand chosen men.

Darby Translation

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

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.

Bible in Basic English

And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.

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Cross references

“five hundred”

2 Chronicles 13:3 2 Chronicles 13:12 2 Chronicles 28:6 Isaiah 10:16–19 Isaiah 37:36 Nahum 1:5

2 Chronicles 13:3 · BSB

Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.

2 Chronicles 13:12 · BSB

Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succee…

2 Chronicles 28:6 · BSB

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.

Isaiah 10:16–19 · BSB

Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts will send a wasting disease among Assyria’s stout warriors, and under his pomp will be kindled a fire like a burning flame.

Isaiah 37:36 · BSB

Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!

Nahum 1:5 · BSB

The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.

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.

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