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Monday, July 21st, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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2 Chronicles 13:16

The men of Israel ran away from the men of Judah. God let the army from Judah defeat the army from Israel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Faithfulness;   Prayer;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Jeroboam;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Abijah (abijam);   Jeroboam;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Zemaraim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Jerusalem;   Music;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Abijah;   Chronicles, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abijah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Judah the kingdom of;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - War;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God handed them over to them.
Hebrew Names Version
The children of Yisra'el fled before Yehudah; and God delivered them into their hand.
King James Version
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
English Standard Version
The men of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hand.
New Century Version
When the army of Israel ran away from the men of Judah, God handed them over to Judah.
New English Translation
The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, and God handed them over to the men of Judah.
Amplified Bible
And the sons of Israel fled before Judah, and God handed over the sons of Israel to them.
New American Standard Bible
When the sons of Israel fled from Judah, God handed them over to them.
World English Bible
The children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the children of Israel fledde before Iudah, & God deliuered them into their hande.
Legacy Standard Bible
So the sons of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hand.
Berean Standard Bible
So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
Contemporary English Version
The Israelites ran away, and God helped Judah's soldiers slaughter
Complete Jewish Bible
The people of Isra'el fled before Y'hudah, and God handed them over to them.
Darby Translation
And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
George Lamsa Translation
And the children of Israel fled before Judah;
Good News Translation
The Israelites fled from the Judeans, and God let the Judeans overpower them.
Lexham English Bible
And the Israelites fled from before Judah, and God gave them into their hand.
Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel fled from the face of Judah, and God gave them into their hand.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the children of Israel fled before Iuda, and God gaue them in to their handes,
American Standard Version
And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
Bible in Basic English
And the children of Israel went in flight before Judah, and God gave them up into their hands.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the children of Israel fled before Iuda, and God delyuered them into their hande.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
King James Version (1611)
And the children of Israel fled before Iudah: and God deliuered them into their hand.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the children of Israel fled from before Juda; and the Lord delivered them into their hands.
English Revised Version
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the men of Israel fledden fro Juda, and God bitook hem in to the hondis of men of Juda.
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
New King James Version
And the children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.
New Living Translation
The Israelite army fled from Judah, and God handed them over to Judah in defeat.
New Life Bible
The men of Israel ran away from Judah. God gave them into their hand.
New Revised Standard
The Israelites fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hands.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the sons of Israel fled from before Judah, - and God delivered them into their hand.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the children of Israel fled before Juda, and the Lord delivered them into their hand.
Revised Standard Version
The men of Israel fled before Judah, and God gave them into their hand.
Young's Literal Translation
And the sons of Israel flee from the face of Judah, and God giveth them into their hand,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
When the sons of Israel fled before Judah, God gave them into their hand.

Contextual Overview

13 But Jeroboam sent a group of soldiers to sneak behind Abijah's army. Jeroboam's army was in front of Abijah's army. The hidden soldiers from Jeroboam's army were behind Abijah's army. 14 When the soldiers in Abijah's army from Judah looked around, they saw Jeroboam's army attacking both in front and in back. The men of Judah shouted out to the Lord and the priests blew the trumpets. 15 Then the men in Abijah's army shouted. When the men of Judah shouted, God defeated Jeroboam's army. Jeroboam's whole army from Israel was defeated by Abijah's army from Judah. 16 The men of Israel ran away from the men of Judah. God let the army from Judah defeat the army from Israel. 17 Abijah's army greatly defeated the army of Israel, and 500,000 of the best men of Israel were killed. 18 So at that time the Israelites were defeated, and the people of Judah won. The army from Judah won because they depended on the Lord , the God of their ancestors. 19 Abijah's army chased Jeroboam's army, and they captured the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron from Jeroboam. They captured the towns and the small villages near them. 20 Jeroboam never became strong again while Abijah lived. The Lord killed Jeroboam, 21 but Abijah became strong. He married 14 women and was the father of 22 sons and 16 daughters. 22 Everything else Abijah did is written in the books of the prophet Iddo.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

God delivered: Genesis 14:20, Deuteronomy 2:36, Deuteronomy 3:3, Joshua 10:12, Joshua 21:44, Judges 1:4, Judges 11:21, 1 Samuel 23:7

Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 18:7 - twenty thousand men Psalms 20:7 - but we Proverbs 24:22 - their Luke 11:17 - Every

Cross-References

Genesis 13:1
So Abram left Egypt. He traveled through the Negev with his wife and everything he owned. Lot was also with them.
Genesis 13:2
At this time Abram was very rich. He had many animals and much silver and gold.
Genesis 13:3
Abram continued traveling around. He left the Negev and went back to Bethel. He went to the place between the city of Bethel and Ai, where he and his family had camped before.
Genesis 13:14
After Lot left, the Lord said to Abram, "Look around you. Look north, south, east, west.
Genesis 13:16
I will make your people so many that they will be like the dust of the earth. If people could count all the particles of dust on earth, they could count your people.
Genesis 13:18
So Abram moved his tents. He went to live near the big trees of Mamre. This was near the city of Hebron. There he built an altar to honor the Lord .
Genesis 15:5
Then God led Abram outside and said, "Look at the sky. See the many stars. There are so many you cannot count them. Your family will be like that."
Genesis 17:6
I will give you many descendants. New nations and kings will come from you.
Genesis 17:16
I will bless her. I will give her a son, and you will be the father. She will be the mother of many new nations. Kings of nations will come from her."
Genesis 17:20
"You mentioned Ishmael, and I heard you. I will bless him, and he will have many children. He will be the father of twelve great leaders. His family will become a great nation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the children of Israel fled before Judah,.... Were in such a fright and consternation, that they could not stand their ground, or engage at all; but took to flight immediately:

and God delivered them into their hand; to be taken and slain by them.


 
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