See, God is with us at our head, and his priests have their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O Israelites, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors; for you cannot succeed.”
2 Chronicles 13:17 - New Revised Standard Version Abijah and his army defeated them with great slaughter; five hundred thousand picked men of Israel fell slain. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter, so there fell of Israel 500,000 chosen men. American Standard Version (1901) And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. Common English Bible Abijah and his people struck them severely: five hundred thousand select warriors were killed. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, Abijah and his people struck them with a great slaughter. And five hundred thousand strong men of Israel fell wounded. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Abia and his people slew them with a great slaughter, and there fell wounded of Israel five hundred thousand valiant men. |
See, God is with us at our head, and his priests have their battle trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O Israelites, do not fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors; for you cannot succeed.”
The Israelites fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hands.
Thus the Israelites were subdued at that time, and the people of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
Abijah engaged in battle, having an army of valiant warriors, four hundred thousand picked men; and Jeroboam drew up his line of battle against him with eight hundred thousand picked mighty warriors.
Pekah son of Remaliah killed one hundred twenty thousand in Judah in one day, all of them valiant warriors, because they had abandoned the Lord, the God of their ancestors.
Then the angel of the Lord set out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; when morning dawned, they were all dead bodies.
The mountains quake before him, and the hills melt; the earth heaves before him, the world and all who live in it.