2 Chronicles 13:3

And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Abijah	אֲבִיָּ֜ה 'a.vi.Yah	H29	Abijah · proper noun, a man's name
set	וַיֶּאְסֹ֨ר vai.ye'.Sor	H631	to yoke or hitch · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
battle	הַמִּלְחָמָ֗ה ha.mil.cha.Mah	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
array	אָסַר ʼâçar	H631	to yoke or hitch
army	בְּחַ֙יִל֙ be.Cha.yil	H2428	probably a force · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
men	גִּבּוֹרֵ֣י gi.bo.Rei	H1368	powerful · noun, common masculine plural construct
war	מִלְחָמָ֔ה mil.cha.Mah	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
four	אַרְבַּע 'ar.ba'-	H702	four · noun, common both genders singular absolute
hundred	מֵא֥וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine plural absolute
thousand	אֶ֖לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
chosen	בָּח֑וּר ba.Chur	H977	properly · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
men	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
Jeroboam	וְיָרָבְעָ֗ם ve.ya.ra.ve.'Am	H3379	Jarobam · conjunction + proper noun, a man's name
battle	מִלְחָמָ֔ה mil.cha.Mah	H4421	a battle (i.e. the engagement) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
array	עָרַ֤ךְ 'a.Rakh	H6186	to set in a row · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
eight	בִּשְׁמוֹנֶ֨ה bish.mo.Neh	H8083	a cardinal number · preposition + noun, common both genders singular absolute
hundred	מֵא֥וֹת me.'ot	H3967	a hundred · noun, common feminine plural absolute
thousand	אֶ֛לֶף 'E.lef	H505	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alph… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
chosen	בָּח֖וּר ba.Chur	H977	properly · verb, qal passive participle, masculine singular absolute
men	אִ֥ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
men	גִּבּ֥וֹר gi.Bor	H1368	powerful · noun, common masculine singular construct
valour	חָֽיִל Cha.yil	H2428	probably a force · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

1 Samuel 17:1-3 Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched b…
1 Chronicles 21:5 And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men th…
2 Chronicles 11:1 And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he gathered of the house of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men, which…
2 Chronicles 14:8-9 And Asa had an army of men that bare targets and spears, out of Judah three hundred thousand; and out of Benjamin, that bare shields and dre…
2 Chronicles 17:14-18 And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with hi…
2 Chronicles 26:12-13 The whole number of the chief of the fathers of the mighty men of valour were two thousand and six hundred.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 13:1-12

Abijah's mother was called Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, Ch2 11:20; here she is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel. It is most probable that she was a grand-daughter of Absalom, by his daughter Tamar (Sa2 14:27), and that her immediate father was this Uriel. But we are here to attend Abijah into the field of battle with Jeroboam king of Israel. I. God gave him leave to engage with Jeroboam, and owned him in the conflict, though he would not permit Rehoboam to do it, Ch2 11:4. 1. Jeroboam, it is probable, was now the aggressor, and what Abijah did was in his own necessary defence. Jeroboam, it may be, happening to survive Rehoboam, claimed the crown of Judah be survivorship, at least…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 13:3

Abijah set the battle in array--that is, took the field and opened the campaign. with . . . four hundred thousand chosen men . . . Jeroboam with eight hundred thousand--These are, doubtless, large numbers, considering the smallness of the two kingdoms. It must be borne in mind, however, that Oriental armies are mere mobs--vast numbers accompanying the camp in hope of plunder, so that the gross numbers described as going upon an Asiatic expedition are often far from denoting the exact number of fighting men. But in accounting for the large number of soldiers enlisted in the respective armies of Abijah and Jeroboam, there is no need of resorting to this mode of explanation; for we know by th…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 13:3

Abijah set the battle in array - The numbers in this verse and in the seventeenth seem almost incredible. Abijah's army consisted of four hundred thousand effective men; that of Jeroboam consisted of eight hundred thousand; and the slain of Jeroboam's army were five hundred thousand. Now it is very possible that there is a cipher too much in all these numbers, and that they should stand thus: Abijah's army, forty thousand; Jeroboam's eighty thousand; the slain, fifty thousand. Calmet, who defends the common reading, allows that the Venice edition of the Vulgate, in 1478; another, in 1489; that of Nuremberg, in 1521; that of Basil, by Froben, in 1538; that of Robert Stevens, in 1546; and many…

Dictionary and topics

Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Abijam or Abijah — Who reigned over Judah: Abijam or Abijah
War · Large armies frequently engaged in — Large armies frequently engaged in

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2 Chronicles 13:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 13:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 13:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 13:3

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 13:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 13:1-12

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 13:3

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 13:3

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 13:3

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 13:3-20

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 13:2-3

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 13:2