2 Chronicles 13:16-19

13:16 The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, ¹  and God handed them over to the men of Judah. ²  13:17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; ³  500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead. ⁴  13:18 That day ⁵  the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.

13:19 Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel ⁶  and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.

¹ tn Heb “Judah.”

² tn Heb “them”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

³ tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”

⁴ tn Heb “and [the] slain from Israel fell, five hundred thousand chosen men.”

⁵ tn Heb “at that time.”

⁷ map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3.