Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Abijah and his army defeated them in a tremendous slaughter that resulted in 500,000 special forces from Israel being slain.
New American Standard Bible
Abijah and his people defeated them with a great slaughter, so that 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
King James Version
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
Holman Bible
Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 choice men of Israel were killed.
A Conservative Version
And Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter. So there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
American Standard Version
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
Amplified
Abijah and his people inflicted on them a great defeat, so that 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
Bible in Basic English
And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.
Darby Translation
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; and there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
Julia Smith Translation
And Abijah and his people will strike upon them a great blow: and there will fall wounded from Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
King James 2000
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And Abijah and his people struck a great blow against them, and the dead from Israel [that] fell [were] five hundred thousand chosen men.
Modern King James verseion
And Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter. And there fell down dead five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And Abijah and his people slew a great slaughter of them: so that there were stricken down dead of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
NET Bible
Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.
New Heart English Bible
Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
The Emphasized Bible
And Abijah and his people smote among them with a great smiting, - and there fell down slain, of Israel, five hundred thousand chosen men.
Webster
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
World English Bible
Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
Youngs Literal Translation
and Abijah and his people smite among them a great smiting, and there fall wounded of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
Interlinear
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Chronicles 13:17
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Context Readings
Abijah And Civil War
16 When the descendants of Israel ran away from the army of Judah, God handed them over to the army of Judah. 17 Abijah and his army defeated them in a tremendous slaughter that resulted in 500,000 special forces from Israel being slain. 18 And so the descendants of Israel were defeated at that time. The descendants of Judah were victorious because they trusted in the LORD God of their ancestors.
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Cross References
2 Chronicles 13:3
A war started between Abijah and Jeroboam. Abijah started the battle with an army of 400,000 specially chosen valiant soldiers, but Jeroboam opposed him with 800,000 specially chosen valiant soldiers.
2 Chronicles 13:12
Now listen! God is with us to lead us, and his priests are about to sound their battle trumpets against you. Descendants of Israel, don't fight against the LORD God of your ancestors, because you won't succeed!"
2 Chronicles 28:6
Remaliah's son Pekah killed 120,000 soldiers in a single day, all of them elite forces, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their ancestors.
Isaiah 10:16-19
Therefore, the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies will send a wasting disease among Assyria's sturdy warriors, and under its glory a conflagration will be kindled, like a blazing bonfire.
Isaiah 37:36
After this, the angel of the LORD went out and put to death 185,000 men in the Assyrian camp. When Hezekiah's army awakened in the morning there were all the dead bodies!
Nahum 1:5
Mountains shake because of him, and the hills melt. The earth goes into upheaval at his presence, as does the world with all of its inhabitants.
1 Corinthians 10:22
or you'll provoke the Lord to jealousy, won't you? Are we stronger than he is?