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Civil War against Jeroboam

2 Chronicles 13:17

In 11 translations

BSB
Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
KJV
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
WEB
Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.
ASV
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
LSV
and Abijah and his people strike among them a great striking, and five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fall wounded.
YLT
and Abijah and his people smite among them a great smiting, and there fall wounded of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
DBY
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
DRC
And Abia and his people slew them with a great slaughter, and there fell wounded of Israel five hundred thousand valiant men.
GNV
And Abiiah and his people slewe a great slaughter of them, so that there fel downe wounded of Israel fiue hundreth thousand chosen men.
JPS
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
LXXE
And Abia and his people smote them with a great slaughter: and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand mighty men.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּכּ֥וּ בָהֶ֛ם אֲבִיָּ֥ה וְעַמּ֖וֹ מַכָּ֣ה רַבָּ֑ה וַיִּפְּל֤וּ חֲלָלִים֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל חֲמֵשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִ֥ישׁ בָּחֽוּר׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπάταξεν ἐν αὐτοῖς Ἀβιὰ καὶ ὁ λαὸς αὐτοῦ πληγὴν μεγάλην· καὶ ἔπεσον τραυματίαι ἀπὸ Ἰσραὴλ πεντακόσιαι χιλιάδες ἄνδρες δυνατοί.

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  • 1 Corinthians 10:22Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?
  • Isaiah 10:16–19Therefore 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. And the Light of Israel will become a fire, and its Holy One a…
  • Nahum 1:5The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence— the world and all its dwellers.
  • 2 Chronicles 28:6For 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.
  • 2 Chronicles 13:12Now 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…
  • 2 Chronicles 13:3Abijah 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.
  • Isaiah 37:36Then 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!

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