So the Israelites fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hands.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.
- KJV And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
- NKJV And the children of Israel fled before Judah, and God delivered them into their hand.
- NASB When the sons of Israel fled from Judah, God handed them over to them.
- NLT The Israelite army fled from Judah, and God handed them over to Judah in defeat.
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Quick answer
Israel flees before Judah, and God delivers them into Judah's hand. The rout is attributed directly to God's action.
Overview
The northern army breaks and flees as God hands them over to Judah. The Chronicler stresses divine agency: it is God who delivers the enemy into Judah's hand. This confirms that the victory rests entirely on the LORD's faithfulness to those who rely on him.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- 2 Chr 16:8Were not the Cushites and Libyans a vast army with many chariots and horsemen? Yet because you relied on the LORD, He delivered them into your hand.
- 1 Sam 23:7When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
- Josh 10:12On the day that the LORD gave the Amorites over to the Israelites, Joshua spoke to the LORD in the presence of Israel: “O sun, stand still over Gibeon, O moon, over the Valley of Aijalon.”
- Josh 21:44And the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
- Judg 11:21Then the LORD, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, who defeated them. So Israel took possession of all the land of the Amorites who inhabited that country,
- Deut 3:3So the LORD our God also delivered Og king of Bashan and his whole army into our hands. We struck them down until no survivor was left.
- Judg 1:4When Judah attacked, the LORD delivered the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands, and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek.
- Deut 2:36From Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along with the city in the valley, even as far as Gilead, not one city had walls too high for us. The LORD our God gave us all of them.
- Gen 14:20and blessed be God Most High, who has delivered your enemies into your hand.” Then Abram gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything.
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