And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
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Gill's Exposition
Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time,.... Humbled and weakened, but not reduced to the government of the house of David:
and the children of Judah prevailed; or grew strong:…
Barnes' Notes
Slain - The word means strictly “pierced,” and will include both the killed and the wounded. It is translated “wounded” in Lam 2:12.
Adam Clarke
Slain - five hundred thousand chosen men - Query, fifty thousand? This was a great slaughter: see the note on Ch2 13:3, where all these numbers are supposed to be overcharged.
We do not find that Jeroboam offered to make any answer at all to Abijah's speech. Though it was much to the purpose, he resolved not to heed it, and therefore he heard it as though he heard it not.…
Cambridge Bible
five hundred thousand Contrast this statement with 2Ch 28:6, a hundred and twenty thousand in one day. The absence of the phrase in one dayfrom the present passage is significant. It seems probable,…
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