2 Chronicles 20:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Judah came to the watchtower of the waste land, and looking in the direction of the army, they saw only dead bodies stretched on the earth; no living man was to be seen.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 14:30 : 30 So that day the Lord gave Israel salvation from the hands of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the sea's edge.
  • 1 Chr 5:22 : 22 And a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.
  • Ezra 9:14 : 14 Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?
  • Ps 110:6 : 6 He will be judge among the nations, the valleys will be full of dead bodies; the head over a great country will be wounded by him.
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 And the angel of the Lord went out and put to death in the army of the Assyrians a hundred and eighty-five thousand men: and when the people got up early in the morning, there was nothing to be seen but dead bodies.
  • Jer 33:5 : 5 ... and to make them full of the dead bodies of men whom I have put to death in my wrath and in my passion, and because of whose evil-doing I have kept my face covered from this town.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 20:25
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    25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their goods from them, they saw beasts in great numbers, and wealth and clothing and things of value, more than they were able to take away; all this they took for themselves, and they were three days getting it away, there was so much.

  • 2 Chr 20:22-23
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    75%

    22 And at the first notes of song and praise the Lord sent a surprise attack against the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were overcome.

    23 And the children of Ammon and Moab made an attack on the people of Mount Seir with a view to their complete destruction; and when they had put an end to the people of Seir, everyman's hand was turned against his neighbour for his destruction.

  • 2 Chr 20:15-17
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    74%

    15 And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.

    16 Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the slope of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them.

    17 There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.

  • 2 Chr 25:22
    72%

    22 And Judah was overcome before Israel, and they went in flight, every man to his tent.

  • Deut 2:16
    72%

    16 So when death had overtaken all the men of war among the people,

  • 2 Chr 20:1-2
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    71%

    1 Now after this, the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunim, made war against Jehoshaphat.

    2 And they came to Jehoshaphat with the news, saying, A great army is moving against you from Edom across the sea; and now they are in Hazazon-tamar (which is En-gedi).

  • Judg 21:9
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    9 For when the people were numbered, not one man of the people of Jabesh-gilead was present.

  • 2 Kgs 14:12
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    12 And Judah was overcome before Israel, so that they went in flight, every man to his tent.

  • 2 Chr 13:14
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    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.

  • Judg 20:42
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    42 So turning their backs on the men of Israel, they went in the direction of the waste land; but the fight overtook them; and those who came out of the town were heading them off and putting them to the sword.

  • 2 Chr 25:12-13
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    71%

    12 And ten thousand more the children of Israel took living, and made them go up to the top of the rock, pushing them down from the top of the rock so that their bodies were broken by the fall.

    13 But the men of the band which Amaziah sent back and did not take with him to the fight, made attacks on the towns of Judah from Samaria to Beth-horon, putting to death three thousand of their people and taking away a great store of their goods.

  • 1 Kgs 22:32-33
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    71%

    32 So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Truly, this is the king of Israel; and turning against him, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry.

    33 And when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.

  • 2 Chr 13:16
    71%

    16 And the children of Israel went in flight before Judah, and God gave them up into their hands.

  • Lev 26:37
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    37 Falling on one another, as before the sword, when no one comes after them; you will give way before your haters.

  • 2 Chr 18:31-32
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    31 So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.

    32 Now when the captains of the war-carriages saw that he was not the king of Israel, they went back from going after him.

  • Isa 22:8
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    8 He took away the cover of Judah; and in that day you were looking with care at the store of arms in the house of the woods.

  • 2 Chr 20:12
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    12 O our God, will you not be their judge? for our strength is not equal to this great army which is coming against us; and we are at a loss what to do: but our eyes are on you.

  • Judg 20:45
    70%

    45 And turning, they went in flight to the rock of Rimmon in the waste land: and on the highways five thousand of them were cut off by the men of Israel, who, pushing on hard after them to Geba, put to death two thousand more.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
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    10 And now, see, the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, whom you kept Israel from attacking when they came out of Egypt, so that turning to one side they did not send destruction on them:

  • Num 25:9
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    9 But twenty-four thousand of them had come to their death by the disease.

  • 2 Kgs 3:24
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    24 But when they came to the tents of Israel, the Israelites came out and made a violent attack on the Moabites, so that they went in flight before them; and they went forward still attacking them;

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
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    26 And when the king of Moab saw that the fight was going against him, he took with him seven hundred men armed with swords, with the idea of forcing a way through to the king of Aram, but they were not able to do so.

  • 2 Chr 20:27
    69%

    27 Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters.

  • Josh 10:20
    69%

    20 Now when Joshua and the children of Israel had come to the end of their war of complete destruction, and had put to death all but a small band who had got safely into the walled towns,

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    69%

    7 And the people of Israel were overcome there by the servants of David, and there was a great destruction that day, and twenty thousand men were put to the sword.