2 Chronicles 13:17 meaning and explanation
Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
2 Chronicles 13:17, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse reports the human side of the battle between Abijah, king of Judah, and Jeroboam, king of the northern tribes. The Chronicler has just told how Judah cried out to the LORD and how God routed Israel, so the slaughter is framed as the outcome of a victory credited to God, and the very large number magnifies the scale of that deliverance.
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