1 Kings 20:29
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And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
In other translations
And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the battle was joined: and the children of Israel slew of the Syrians an hundred thousand footmen in one day.For seven days the armies camped opposite each other, and on the seventh day the battle ensued, and the Israelites struck down the Arameans—a hundred thousand foot soldiers in one day.
Hebrew words
וַיַּחֲנוּvaiyachanuand they encampedH2583אֵלֶּה'elehtheseH428נֹכַחnokhachopposite toH5227אֵלֶּה'elehtheseH428שִׁבְעַתshiv'atsevenH7651יָמִיםyamimdaysH3117וַיְהִי׀vayhiand it wasH1961בַּיּוֹםbaiyomon the dayH3117הַשְּׁבִיעִיhashevi'i<the> seventhH7637וַתִּקְרַבvatikravand it drew nearH7126הַמִּלְחָמָהhamilchamahthe battleH4421וַיַּכּוּvaiyakuand they struck downH5221בְנֵי־venei-[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֲרָם'aramAramH758מֵאָה־me'ah-one hundredH3967אֶלֶף'elefthousandH505רַגְלִיraglifoot soldier[s]H7273בְּיוֹםbeyomin a dayH3117אֶחָד׃'echadoneH259
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 10:18And the Syrians fled before Israel; and David slew the men of seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and smote Shobach the captain of their host, who died there.But the Arameans fled before Israel, and David killed seven hundred charioteers and forty thousand foot soldiers. He also struck down Shobach the commander of their army, who died there.
- 1 Samuel 17:16And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
- 2 Chronicles 28:6For Pekah the son of Remaliah slew in Judah an hundred and twenty thousand in one day, which were all valiant men; because they had forsaken the Lord God of their fathers.For in one day Pekah son of Remaliah killed 120,000 valiant men in Judah. This happened because they had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers.
- Psalm 10:16The LORD is King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.The LORD is King forever and ever; the nations perish from His land.
- 2 Chronicles 20:23-2523 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another. 24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped. 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.23 The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had made an end to the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. 24 When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped. 25 Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much.
- Joshua 6:15And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they rose early about the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on that day they compassed the city seven times.Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.
- 2 Chronicles 13:17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
- Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the Lord went forth, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians a hundred and fourscore and five thousand: and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
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