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2 Chronicles 13:16-18
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 13:16-18
New English Translation
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.
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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.”
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