2 Chronicles 13:16 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.”

2 Chronicles 13:16

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And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle {was} before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.

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2 Chronicles 13:1

"Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah."

2 Chronicles 13:2

"He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also {was} Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam."

2 Chronicles 13:3

"And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, {even} four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, {being} mighty men of valour. {Abijah set: Heb. Abijah bound together}"

2 Chronicles 13:4

"And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which {is} in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;"

2 Chronicles 13:5

"Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever, {even} to him and to his sons by a covenant of salt?"

2 Chronicles 13:6

"Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, the servant of Solomon the son of David, is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord."

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