THEOSIS2 Chronicles 13:17Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Abia and his people slew them with a great slaughter, and there fell wounded of Israel five hundred thousand valiant men.
וַיַּכּ֥וּ בָהֶ֛ם אֲבִיָּ֥ה וְעַמּ֖וֹ מַכָּ֣ה רַבָּ֑ה וַיִּפְּל֤וּ חֲלָלִים֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל חֲמֵשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִ֥ישׁ בָּחֽוּר׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 2 Chr 28:6For Phacee the son of Romelia slew of Juda a hundred and twenty thousand in one day, all valiant men, because they had forsaken the Lord the God of their fathers.
- Nah 1:5The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and the earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell therein.
- 2 Chr 13:3And when Abia had begun battle, and had with him four hundred thousand most valiant and chosen men, Jeroboam put his army in array against him, eight hundred thousand men, who were also chosen and most valiant for war.
- Isa 10:16Therefore the sovereign Lord, the Lord of hosts, shall send leanness among his fat ones: and under his glory shall be kindled a burning, as it were the burning of a fire.
- Isa 10:19And they that remain of the trees of his forest shall be so few, that they shall easily be numbered, and a child shall write them down.
- 1 Cor 10:22Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he? All things are lawful for me: but all things are not expedient.
- 2 Chr 13:12Therefore God is the leader in our army, and his priests who sound with trumpets, and resound against you: O children of Israel, fight not against the Lord the God of your fathers, for it is not good for you.
- Isa 37:36And the angel of the Lord went out and slew in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand. And they arose in the morning, and behold they were all dead corpses.