2 Chronicles 13:16

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And the children of Israel fled before Judah; and God delivered them into their hand.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיָּנ֥וּסוּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִפְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֑ה וַיִּתְּנֵ֥ם אֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּיָדָֽם׃

Transliteration

wə-yānûsû bənê-Yiśrā'ēl from-before Yəhûḏāh wə-yittnēm 'ĕlōhîm in-yāḏām

Grammar Details

*wə*-: conjunction - and
*yānûsû*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine plural with waw consecutive - they fled
*bənê*-: masculine plural construct - sons of
*Yiśrā'ēl*: proper name - Israel
*Yəhûḏāh*: proper name - Judah
*yittnēm*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix with waw consecutive - he gave them
*'ĕlōhîm*: masculine plural - God
*yāḏām*: feminine singular with 3rd masculine plural suffix - their hand

Word Meanings

*yānûsû*: fled, ran away, escaped
*yittnēm*: gave them, delivered them
*yāḏām*: their hand, their power

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

2 Chr 16:8 : 8 Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a huge host, with chariots and horsemen exceeding many? yet, because thou didst rely on Jehovah, he delivered them into thy hand.
Gen 14:20 : 20 and blessed be God Most High, who hath delivered thine enemies into thy hand. And he gave him a tenth of all.
Deut 2:36 : 36 From Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, and [from] the city that is in the valley, even unto Gilead, there was not a city too high for us; Jehovah our God delivered up all before us:
Deut 3:3 : 3 So Jehovah our God delivered into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people: and we smote him until none was left to him remaining.
Josh 10:12 : 12 Then spake Joshua to Jehovah in the day when Jehovah delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
Josh 21:44 : 44 And Jehovah gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; Jehovah delivered all their enemies into their hand.
Judg 1:4 : 4 And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
Judg 11:21 : 21 And Jehovah, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
1 Sam 23:7 : 7 And it was told Saul that David was come to Keilah. And Saul said, God hath delivered him into my hand; for he is shut in, by entering into a town that hath gates and bars.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

2 Chr 13:12-15
4 verses
84%
12And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
13But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.
14And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
15Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chr 13:17-19
3 verses
83%
17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth-el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephron with the towns thereof.
2 Kgs 14:12
78%
12And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
2 Chr 25:22
78%
22And Judah was put to the worse before Israel; and they fled every man to his tent.
Judg 1:2
76%
2And Jehovah said, Judah shall go up: behold, I have delivered the land into his hand.
Josh 11:8
75%
8And Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they smote them, and chased them unto great Sidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward; and they smote them, until they left them none remaining.
Judg 1:4
74%
4And Judah went up; and Jehovah delivered the Canaanites and the Perizzites into their hand: and they smote of them in Bezek ten thousand men.
1 Chr 19:14-15
2 verses
74%
14So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh before the Syrians unto the battle; and they fled before him.
15And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai his brother, and entered into the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
Judg 11:32
73%
32So Jephthah passed over unto the children of Ammon to fight against them; and Jehovah delivered them into his hand.
Josh 8:15
73%
15And Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
2 Sam 10:13
73%
13So Joab and the people that were with him drew nigh unto the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.
Judg 1:8
72%
8And the children of Judah fought against Jerusalem, and took it, and smote it with the edge of the sword, and set the city on fire.
Judg 20:32
72%
32And the children of Benjamin said, They are smitten down before us, as at the first. But the children of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw them away from the city unto the highways.
2 Chr 14:12-13
2 verses
72%
12So Jehovah smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
13And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and there fell of the Ethiopians so many that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before Jehovah, and before his host; and they carried away very much booty.
Judg 20:42
72%
42Therefore they turned their backs before the men of Israel unto the way of the wilderness; but the battle followed hard after them; and they that came out of the cities destroyed them in the midst thereof.
Judg 2:14-15
2 verses
72%
14And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that despoiled them; and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
15Whithersoever they went out, the hand of Jehovah was against them for evil, as Jehovah had spoken, and as Jehovah had sworn unto them: and they were sore distressed.
Judg 4:23-24
2 verses
71%
23So God subdued on that day Jabin the king of Canaan before the sons of Israel.
24And the hand of the sons of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin the king of Canaan, until they had destroyed Jabin king of Canaan.
2 Chr 30:12
71%
12Also upon Judah came the hand of God to give them one heart, to do the commandment of the king and of the princes by the word of Jehovah.
1 Sam 12:9
71%
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2 Chr 24:24
71%
24For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Jehovah delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken Jehovah, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment upon Joash.
2 Chr 18:31
71%
31And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they turned about to fight against him: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and Jehovah helped him; and God moved them [to depart] from him.
2 Kgs 17:19
71%
19Also Judah kept not the commandments of Jehovah their God, but walked in the statutes of Israel which they made.
2 Kgs 13:5
71%
5(And Jehovah gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians; and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents as beforetime.
Judg 10:9
71%
9And the children of Ammon passed over the Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed.
Judg 6:1
71%
1And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah: and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years.
2 Chr 20:24
71%
24And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.
Judg 8:34
71%
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Judg 11:21
71%
21And Jehovah, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.
Josh 10:30
71%
30and Jehovah delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining in it; and he did unto the king thereof as he had done unto the king of Jericho.