2 Chronicles 13:14-18

13:14 The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear. ¹  So they cried out for help to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets, 13:15 and the men of Judah gave ²  the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, the Lord struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. 13:16 The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army, ³  and God handed them over to the men of Judah. ⁴  13:17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; ⁵  500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead. ⁶  13:18 That day ⁷  the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.

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¹ tn Heb “and Judah turned, and, look, to them [was] the battle in front and behind.”

² tn Heb “shouted out.”

³ tn Heb “Judah.”

⁴ tn Heb “them”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁵ tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”

⁶ tn Heb “and [the] slain from Israel fell, five hundred thousand chosen men.”

⁷ tn Heb “at that time.”