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A Staggering Number
Commentators are struck by the staggering number of 500,000 slain. Some scholars suggest this number may be a symbolic expression of a totally devastating defeat rather than a literal headcount. Others affirm the number, noting that while a few ancient manuscripts record a lower figure, the Hebrew text and most early versions support the massive scale of the slaughter as recorded.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Chronicles 13:17
18th Century
Theologian
Slain - The word strictly means “pierced,” and includes both the killed and the wounded. It is translated as “wounded” in Lamentations 2:12.…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Chronicles 13:17
19th Century
Bishop
Slew them with a great slaughter. —Literally, He struck a great blow among them.Numbers 11:33.
John Gill
On 2 Chronicles 13:17
17th Century
Pastor
And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter, &c.] As they fled, pursuing them:
so there…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Chronicles 13:1–22
17th Century
Minister
Jeroboam and his people, through apostasy and idolatry, deserved the severe punishment Abijah was permitted to inflict upon them. It appears from A…