World English Bible
2 Chronicles 13:17
“Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.”
Verse in context — 2 Chronicles 13
15
Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it happened, that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16
The children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
17
Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
18
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
19
Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns.
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Solomon’s reign and Judah’s history until the Babylonian exile.
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