2 Chronicles 13:16
in 2 Chronicles 13So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
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ASV
And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.
KJV
And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 13
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Judah raised the battle cry
on 2 Chronicles 13:15-16
The shout comes before the victory: “when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah”. The same order returns in Jehoshaphat's day, when the rout begins as Judah starts to sing. “God delivered them into their hands”, with no blow recorded before it.
This site's exposition
So the Israelites fled
God delivers the fleeing Israelites into Judah's hands. Gill pictures an army in such fright and consternation that it took to flight at once, without engaging at all. He adds that they were handed over to be taken and slain.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And the children of Israel fled before Judah,.... Were in such a fright and consternation, that they could not stand their ground, or engage at all; but took to flight immediately: and God delivered them into their hand; to be taken and slain by them.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
A panic might have ensued, had not the leaders "cried unto the Lord," and the priests "sounded with the trumpets"--the pledge of victory (Nu 10:9; Reassured by the well-known signal, the men of Judah responded with a war shout, which, echoed by the whole army, was followed by an impetuous rush against the foe. The shock was resistless.
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The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיָּנ֥וּסוּ | vaiyanusu | and they fled | H5127 → | 159 times |
| בְנֵי־ | venei- | [the] people of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| מִפְּנֵ֣י | mipenei | from before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוּדָ֑ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם | vaiyitenem | and he gave them | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֖ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| בְּיָדָֽם׃ | beyadam | in hand their | H3027 → | 1618 times |
וַיָּנ֥וּסוּand they fled
vaiyanusuH5127 →159 times
בְנֵי־[the] people of
venei-H1121 →4930 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
מִפְּנֵ֣יfrom before
mipeneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוּדָ֑הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וַיִּתְּנֵ֥םand he gave them
vaiyitenemH5414 →2011 times
אֱלֹהִ֖יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
בְּיָדָֽם׃in hand their
beyadamH3027 →1618 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Genesis 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
it leads to
- Genesis 28:22
And this stone I have set up as a pillar will be God’s house, and of all that You give me I will surely give You a tenth.”
- Nehemiah 13:12
and all Judah brought a tenth of the grain, new wine, and oil into the storerooms.
- Hebrews 7:4–9
Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.
- Malachi 3:10
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of…
- Genesis 28:22
Through
2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 12:3
with 1,200 chariots, 60,000 horsemen, and countless troops who came with him out of Egypt—Libyans, Sukkites, and Cushites.
- 2 Chronicles 12:3
Through
Joshua 21:44And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their…
it leads to
- Joshua 11:23
So Joshua took the entire land, in keeping with all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it as an inheritance to Israel according to the allotments to their tribes. Then…
- Hebrews 4:9
There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
- Deuteronomy 31:3–5
The LORD your God Himself will cross over ahead of you. He will destroy these nations before you, and you will dispossess them. Joshua will cross ahead of you, as the LORD has said.
- Joshua 11:23
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.