2 Chronicles 13:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Slain - The word means strictly “pierced,” and will include both the killed and the wounded. It is translated “wounded” in Lamentations 2:12 .
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign of Abijah. Most of this section has nothing corresponding to it in 1 K., though references to the history of this reign occur in 1 Kings 15:1-8 . 2 Chronicles 13:1 f. Cf. 1 Kings...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. Slain - five hundred thousand chosen men - Query, fifty thousand? This...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. No JFB commentary on these verses.
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reign of Abijah This chapter expands the account given of Abijah (Abijam) in 1 Kings 15:1-8 by giving details of his war with Jeroboam, which is there only briefly mentioned.
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Slew them with a great slaughter. — Literally, Smote in them a great smiting. Numbers 11:33 . Five hundred thousand chosen men. — Or more than half of Jeroboam’s entire army. It is hardly tr...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1-19 ; 2 Chronicles 11:1-23 ; 2 Chronicles 12:1-16 ; 2 Chronicles 13:1-22 THE transition from Solomon to Rehoboam brings to ligh...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the reign of Abijah there was terrible war between Judah and Israel. The king himself was evil, as the Book of the Kings declares. Here, however, he was speaking and acting for his people. His add...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The event was truly awful. This slaughter is the greatest that we ever read of in sacred history.
2 Chronicles 13:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter ,.... As they fled, pursuing them: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men ; such a slaughter as is not to be...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. Ver. 17. So there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand....
2 Chronicles 13:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE REIGN OF ABIJAH (vv.1-22) Jereboam outlived Rehoboam, though not for long (v.20). He died after reigning 22 years ( 1 Kings 14:20 ), five years longer than Rehoboam. But Abijah, son of Rehob...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeroboam Defeated by Abijah. B. C. 957. 13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come a...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A vast number: but it hath been oft observed and recorded by sacred and profane historians, that in those ancient times there were very numerous armies, and ofttimes very great slaughters; and if thi...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel to 1 Kings 15:1-8 . Abijah succeeds and wars against Jeroboam ( 2 Chronicles 13:1-4 ); declares the right of his cause ( 2 Chronicles 13:4-12 ); his victory an...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

five ( See Scofield) - ( 1Co_ 10:8).
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 13:3 . Four hundred thousand eight hundred thousand chosen men. This would seem incredible, did we not know that the manner of the Hebrews at that time was to bring all their people f...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

And behold, God Himself is with us for our captain God with us We have here-- I. A mysterious doctrine. II. A comforting truth. III. A solemn fact. ( Bp. Montagu Villiers .) Man’s e...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The career of Abijah begins and ends with this chapter, the twenty-one verses of which are paralleled by only eight in 1 Kings 15:1-11 . The difference is caused by the fact that t...
2 Chronicles 13:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Defeat of Jeroboam
2 Chronicles 13:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:22 ; 2 Chronicles 13:12 ; 2 Chronicles 13:3 ; 2 Chronicles 28:6 ; Isaiah 10:16-19 ; Isaiah 37:36 ; Nahum 1:5

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Chronicles 13:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 13:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 13:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 13:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Scofield Reference Notes

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 13:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 13:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 13:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 13:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge