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16 The Israelites fled from before the Judahite army,[a] and God handed them over to the men of Judah.[b] 17 Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them;[c] 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.[d] 18 That day[e] the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the Lord God of their ancestors.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 13:16 tn Heb “Judah.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 13:16 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the men of Judah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 2 Chronicles 13:17 tn Heb “struck them down with a great striking down.”
  4. 2 Chronicles 13:17 tn Heb “and [the] slain from Israel fell, 500,000 chosen men.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 13:18 tn Heb “at that time.”