2 Chronicles 13:3

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Abijah launched the attack with 400,000 well-trained warriors, while Jeroboam deployed against him 800,000 well-trained warriors.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 17:1-3 : 1 David Kills Goliath The Philistines gathered their troops for battle. They assembled at Socoh in Judah. They camped in Ephes Dammim, between Socoh and Azekah. 2 Saul and the Israelite army assembled and camped in the valley of Elah, where they arranged their battle lines to fight against the Philistines. 3 The Philistines were standing on one hill, and the Israelites on another hill, with the valley between them.
  • 1 Chr 21:5 : 5 Joab reported to David the number of warriors. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers.
  • 2 Chr 11:1 : 1 When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.
  • 2 Chr 14:8-9 : 8 Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors. 9 Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,
  • 2 Chr 17:14-18 : 14 These were their divisions by families: There were a thousand officers from Judah. Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors, 15 Jehochanan the commander led 280,000. 16 and Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered to serve the LORD, led 200,000 skilled warriors. 17 From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields, 18 and Jehozabad led 180,000 trained warriors.
  • 2 Chr 26:12-13 : 12 The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600. 13 They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend the king against his enemies.

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  • 2 Chr 11:1
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    1When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from Judah and Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam.

  • 2 Chr 13:4
    79%

    4Abijah ascended Mount Zemaraim, in the Ephraimite hill country, and said:“Listen to me, Jeroboam and all Israel!

  • 2 Chr 13:17-21
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    78%

    17Abijah and his army thoroughly defeated them; 500,000 well-trained Israelite men fell dead.

    18That day the Israelites were defeated; the men of Judah prevailed because they relied on the LORD God of their ancestors.

    19Abijah chased Jeroboam; he seized from him these cities: Bethel and its surrounding towns, Jeshanah and its surrounding towns, and Ephron and its surrounding towns.

    20Jeroboam did not regain power during the reign of Abijah. The LORD struck him down and he died.

    21Abijah’s power grew; he had fourteen wives and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

  • 1 Kgs 12:21
    77%

    21When Rehoboam arrived in Jerusalem, he summoned 180,000 skilled warriors from all of Judah and the tribe of Benjamin to attack Israel and restore the kingdom to Rehoboam son of Solomon.

  • 2 Chr 14:8-9
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    77%

    8Asa had an army of 300,000 men from Judah, equipped with large shields and spears. He also had 280,000 men from Benjamin who carried small shields and were adept archers; they were all skilled warriors.

    9Zerah the Cushite marched against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots. He arrived at Mareshah,

  • 2 Chr 13:13-15
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    76%

    13Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind. The main army was in front of the Judahite army; the ambushers were behind it.

    14The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear. So they cried out for help to the LORD. The priests blew their trumpets,

    15and the men of Judah gave the battle cry. As the men of Judah gave the battle cry, God struck down Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

  • 2 Chr 26:12-13
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    12The total number of family leaders who led warriors was 2,600.

    13They commanded an army of 307,500 skilled and able warriors who were ready to defend the king against his enemies.

  • 2 Sam 24:9
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    9Joab reported the number of warriors to the king. In Israel there were 800,000 sword-wielding warriors, and in Judah there were 500,000 soldiers.

  • 1 Chr 21:5
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    5Joab reported to David the number of warriors. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 sword-wielding soldiers; Judah alone had 470,000 sword-wielding soldiers.

  • 2 Chr 13:1-2
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    75%

    1Abijah’s Reign In the eighteenth year of the reign of King Jeroboam, Abijah became king over Judah.

    2He ruled for three years in Jerusalem. His mother was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

  • 2 Chr 25:5-6
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    74%

    5Amaziah assembled the people of Judah and assigned them by families to the commanders of units of a thousand and the commanders of units of a hundred for all Judah and Benjamin. He counted those twenty years old and up and discovered there were 300,000 young men of fighting age equipped with spears and shields.

    6He hired 100,000 Israelite warriors for a hundred talents of silver.

  • 2 Chr 17:16-18
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    73%

    16and Amasiah son of Zikri, who volunteered to serve the LORD, led 200,000 skilled warriors.

    17From Benjamin, Eliada, a skilled warrior, led 200,000 men who were equipped with bows and shields,

    18and Jehozabad led 180,000 trained warriors.

  • 2 Chr 17:13-14
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    13He had many supplies stored in the cities of Judah and an army of skilled warriors stationed in Jerusalem.

    14These were their divisions by families: There were a thousand officers from Judah. Adnah the commander led 300,000 skilled warriors,

  • 1 Sam 11:8
    73%

    8When Saul counted them at Bezek, the Israelites were 300,000 strong and the men of Judah numbered 30,000.

  • 2 Sam 10:9
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    9When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans.

  • Judg 20:17
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    17The men of Israel(not counting Benjamin) had mustered four hundred thousand sword-wielding soldiers, every one an experienced warrior.

  • 1 Kgs 15:7
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    7The rest of the events of Abijah’s reign, including all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah. Abijah and Jeroboam had been at war with each other.

  • 1 Chr 19:10-11
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    72%

    10When Joab saw that the battle would be fought on two fronts, he chose some of Israel’s best men and deployed them against the Arameans.

    11He put his brother Abishai in charge of the rest of the army and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

  • Judg 20:2
    71%

    2The leaders of all the people from all the tribes of Israel took their places in the assembly of God’s people, which numbered four hundred thousand sword-wielding foot soldiers.

  • 1 Chr 12:37
    71%

    37From the other side of the Jordan, from Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, there were 120,000 men armed with all kinds of weapons.

  • Josh 4:13
    71%

    13About forty thousand battle-ready troops marched past the LORD to fight on the rift valley plains of Jericho.

  • 1 Chr 5:18
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    18The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war.

  • 1 Chr 7:11
    70%

    11All these were the sons of Jediael. There were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.

  • 1 Kgs 15:1
    70%

    1Abijah’s Reign over Judah In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijah became king over Judah.

  • 1 Chr 12:30
    70%

    30From Ephraim there were 20,800 warriors, who had brought fame to their families.

  • 1 Chr 12:24
    69%

    24From Judah came 6,800 trained warriors carrying shields and spears.

  • 2 Chr 13:8
    69%

    8Now you are declaring that you will resist the LORD’s rule through the Davidic dynasty. You have a huge army, and bring with you the gold calves that Jeroboam made for you as gods.

  • 1 Kgs 14:1
    69%

    1At that time Jeroboam’s son Abijah became sick.

  • 1 Chr 19:8
    68%

    8When David heard the news, he sent Joab and the entire army to meet them.

  • Josh 8:3
    68%

    3Joshua and the whole army marched against Ai. Joshua selected thirty thousand brave warriors and sent them out at night.

  • Num 2:23
    68%

    23Those numbered in his division are 35,400.

  • 1 Chr 11:20
    67%

    20Abishai the brother of Joab was head of the three elite warriors. He killed three hundred men with his spear and gained fame along with the three elite warriors.

  • Judg 20:34
    67%

    34Ten thousand men, well-trained soldiers from all Israel, then made a frontal assault against Gibeah– the battle was fierce. But the Benjaminites did not realize that disaster was at their doorstep.

  • 1 Sam 17:21
    67%

    21Israel and the Philistines drew up their battle lines opposite one another.

  • 2 Sam 10:13
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    13So Joab and his men marched out to do battle with the Arameans, and they fled before him.