2 Chronicles 13:17
And Abijah and his people smote among them with a great smiting,—and there fell down slain, of Israel, five hundred thousand chosen men.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
16And the sons of Israel fled from before Judah,—and God delivered them into their hand.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 13:12And lo! with us as Head, is God himself, and his priests, and the trumpets of alarm, to sound an alarm against you,—O sons of Israel! do not fight against Yahweh God of your fathers, for ye shall not prosper.
Isaiah 10:16Therefore, shall the Lord, Yahweh of hosts, Send, among his fat ones, leanness, And under his glory, shall he kindle a kindling, like the kindling of fire;
Nahum 1:5Mountains, have trembled because of him, and, the hills, have melted,—and the earth, hath lifted itself up, at his presence, the world also, and all who dwell therein.
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 →