2 Chronicles 13:18
In this way, the people of Israel were subdued at that time; the people of Judah won because they relied on Yahweh, the God of their ancestors.
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17Abijah and his army killed them with great slaughter; 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell dead.
Cross References
2 Kings 18:5Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God of Israel, so that after him there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah, nor among the kings who were before him.
2 Chronicles 14:10Then Asa went out to meet him, and they set the battle lines in order in the Valley of Zephathah at Mareshah.
2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Cushites and the Libyans a huge army, with very many chariots and horsemen? Yet, because you relied on Yahweh, he gave you victory over them.
Psalms 22:4Our ancestors trusted in you; 1 they trusted in you, and you rescued them. 1
Psalms 146:5Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, 1 whose hope is in Yahweh his God. 1
Nahum 1:7Yahweh is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and he is faithful to those who take refuge in him. 1
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 13:14-22
Jeroboam Defeated by Abijah. ( b. c. 957.) 13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord , and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah:… Read the whole commentary →