2 Chronicles 13:15-20
New English Translation
15 and the men of Judah gave the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 16 The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army,[a] and God handed them over to the men of Judah.[b] 17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them;[c] 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.[d] 18 That day[e] the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.
19 Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns. 20 Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah.[f] The Lord struck him down and he died.
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- 2 Chronicles 13:16 tn Heb “Judah.”
- 2 Chronicles 13:16 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 2 Chronicles 13:17 tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”
- 2 Chronicles 13:17 tn Heb “and [the] slain from Israel fell, 500,000 chosen men.”
- 2 Chronicles 13:18 tn Heb “at that time.”
- 2 Chronicles 13:20 tn Heb “and the strength of Jeroboam was not retained again in the days of Abijah.”
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