2 Chronicles 13:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Abijah went out to the fight with an army of men of war, four hundred thousand of his best men; and Jeroboam put his forces in line against him, eight hundred thousand of his best men of war.

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  • 1 Sam 17:1-3 : 1 Now the Philistines got their armies together for war, and came together at Socoh in the land of Judah, and took up their position between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim. 2 And Saul and the men of Israel came together and took up their position in the valley of Elah, and put their forces in order against the Philistines. 3 The Philistines were stationed on the mountain on one side and Israel on the mountain on the other side: and there was a valley between them.
  • 1 Chr 21:5 : 5 And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.
  • 2 Chr 11:1 : 1 And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.
  • 2 Chr 14:8-9 : 8 And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war. 9 And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.
  • 2 Chr 17:14-18 : 14 This is the number of them, listed by their families, the captains of thousands of Judah: Adnah, the captain, and with him three hundred thousand men of war; 15 Second to him Jehohanan, the captain, and with him two hundred and eighty thousand; 16 After him Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who freely gave himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand men of war; 17 And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers; 18 And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand trained for war.
  • 2 Chr 26:12-13 : 12 The heads of families, the strong men of war, were two thousand, six hundred. 13 And under their orders was a trained army of three hundred and seven thousand, five hundred, of great strength in war, helping the king against any who came against him.

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  • 2 Chr 11:1
    79%

    1 And Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, and got together the men of Judah and Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam.

  • 2 Chr 13:4
    79%

    4 And Abijah took up his position on Mount Zemaraim, in the hill-country of Ephraim, and said, Give ear to me, O Jeroboam and all Israel:

  • 2 Chr 13:17-21
    5 verses
    78%

    17 And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.

    18 So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

    19 And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.

    20 And Jeroboam did not get back his power again in the life-time of Abijah; and the Lord sent death on him.

    21 But Abijah became great, and had fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    77%

    21 When Rehoboam came to Jerusalem, he got together all the men of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand of his best fighting-men, to make war against Israel and get the kingdom back for Rehoboam, the son of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 14:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8 And Asa had an army of three hundred thousand men of Judah armed with body-covers and spears, and two hundred and eighty thousand of Benjamin armed with body-covers and bows; all these were men of war.

    9 And Zerah the Ethiopian, with an army of a million, and three hundred war-carriages, came out against them to Mareshah.

  • 2 Chr 13:13-15
    3 verses
    76%

    13 But Jeroboam had put some of his men to make a surprise attack on them from the back, so some were facing Judah and others were stationed secretly at their back.

    14 And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.

    15 And the men of Judah gave a loud cry; and at their cry, God put fear into Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 2 Chr 26:12-13
    2 verses
    75%

    12 The heads of families, the strong men of war, were two thousand, six hundred.

    13 And under their orders was a trained army of three hundred and seven thousand, five hundred, of great strength in war, helping the king against any who came against him.

  • 2 Sam 24:9
    75%

    9 And Joab gave the king the number of all the people: there were in Israel eight hundred thousand fighting men able to take up arms; and the men of Judah were five hundred thousand.

  • 1 Chr 21:5
    75%

    5 And Joab gave David the number of all the people; all the men of Israel, able to take up arms, were one million, one hundred thousand men; and those of Judah were four hundred and seventy thousand men, able to take up arms.

  • 2 Chr 13:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

    2 He was king in Jerusalem for three years; his mother's name was Maacah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

  • 2 Chr 25:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5 Then Amaziah got all Judah together and put them in order by their families, even all Judah and Benjamin, under captains of thousands and captains of hundreds: and he had those of twenty years old and over numbered, and they came to three hundred thousand of the best fighting-men, trained for war and in the use of the spear and the body-cover.

    6 And for a hundred talents of silver, he got a hundred thousand fighting-men from Israel.

  • 2 Chr 17:16-18
    3 verses
    73%

    16 After him Amasiah, the son of Zichri, who freely gave himself to the Lord, and with him two hundred thousand men of war;

    17 And the captains of Benjamin: Eliada, a great man of war, and with him two hundred thousand armed with bows and body-covers;

    18 And after him Jehozabad, and with him a hundred and eighty thousand trained for war.

  • 2 Chr 17:13-14
    2 verses
    73%

    13 He had much property in the towns of Judah; he had forces of armed men, great and strong, in Jerusalem.

    14 This is the number of them, listed by their families, the captains of thousands of Judah: Adnah, the captain, and with him three hundred thousand men of war;

  • 1 Sam 11:8
    73%

    8 And he had them numbered in Bezek: the children of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

  • 2 Sam 10:9
    72%

    9 Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took the best of the men of Israel and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

  • Judg 20:17
    72%

    17 And the men of Israel, other than Benjamin, were four hundred thousand in number, all armed with swords; they were all men of war.

  • 1 Kgs 15:7
    72%

    7 Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.

  • 1 Chr 19:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10 Now when Joab saw that their forces were in position against him in front and at his back, he took all the best men of Israel, and put them in line against the Aramaeans;

    11 And the rest of the people he put in position against the children of Ammon with Abishai, his brother, at their head.

  • Judg 20:2
    71%

    2 And the chiefs of the people, out of all the tribes of Israel, took their places in the meeting of the people of God, four hundred thousand footmen armed with swords.

  • 1 Chr 12:37
    71%

    37 From the other side of Jordan, there were a hundred and twenty thousand of the Reubenites and the Gadites and the men of the half-tribe of Manasseh, armed with every sort of instrument of war.

  • Josh 4:13
    71%

    13 About forty thousand armed for war went over before the Lord to the fight, to the lowlands of Jericho.

  • 1 Chr 5:18
    71%

    18 There were forty-four thousand, seven hundred and sixty of the sons of Reuben and of the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, all strong men, expert in the use of the body-cover, the sword, and the bow, and in the art of war, all able to take up arms.

  • 1 Chr 7:11
    70%

    11 All these were the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their families, seventeen thousand, two hundred men of war, able to go out with the army for war.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1
    70%

    1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, the son of Nebat, Abijam became king over Judah.

  • 1 Chr 12:30
    70%

    30 And of the children of Ephraim, twenty thousand, eight hundred great men of war, men of great name in their families.

  • 1 Chr 12:24
    69%

    24 There were six thousand, eight hundred spearmen of the children of Judah, armed for war;

  • 2 Chr 13:8
    69%

    8 And now it is your purpose to put yourselves against the authority which the Lord has put into the hands of the sons of David, and you are a very great number, and you have with you the gold oxen which Jeroboam made to be your gods.

  • 1 Kgs 14:1
    69%

    1 At that time Abijah, the son of Jeroboam, became ill.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    68%

    8 And David, hearing of it, sent Joab with all the army of fighting-men.

  • Josh 8:3
    68%

    3 So Joshua and the fighting-men got ready to go up against Ai; and Joshua took thirty thousand men of war, and sent them out by night.

  • Num 2:23
    68%

    23 The number of his army was thirty-five thousand, four hundred.

  • 1 Chr 11:20
    67%

    20 And Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty, for he put to death three hundred with his spear, but he had not a name among the three.

  • Judg 20:34
    67%

    34 And they came in front of Gibeah, ten thousand of the best men in all Israel, and the fighting became more violent; but the children of Benjamin were not conscious that evil was coming on them.

  • 1 Sam 17:21
    67%

    21 And Israel and the Philistines had put their forces in position, army against army.

  • 2 Sam 10:13
    67%

    13 Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.