2 Chronicles 13:17

13:17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; ¹  500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead. ² 

2 Chronicles 18:4

18:4 Then Jehoshaphat added, ³  “First seek an oracle from the Lord.” ⁴ 

[13:17]  ¹ tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”

[13:17]  ² tn Heb “and [the] slain from Israel fell, five hundred thousand chosen men.”

[18:4]  ³ tn Heb “and Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel.”

[18:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “the word of the Lord.” Jehoshaphat is requesting a prophetic oracle revealing the Lord’s will in the matter and their prospects for success. For examples of such oracles, see 2 Sam 5:19, 23-24.