2 Chronicles 20:24
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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.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.
In other translations
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.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.
Hebrew words
וִיהוּדָהvihudahand JudahH3063בָּאba'it cameH935עַל־'al-toH5921הַמִּצְפֶּהhamitzpehthe watchtowerH4707לַמִּדְבָּרlamidbarof the wildernessH4057וַיִּפְנוּvaiyifnuand they turnedH6437אֶל־'el-toH413הֶהָמוֹןhehamonthe multitudeH1995וְהִנָּםvehinamand there theyH2005פְּגָרִיםpegarim[were] corpsesH6297נֹפְלִיםnofelimlyingH5307אַרְצָה'artzah[the] ground towardsH776וְאֵיןve'einand there notH369פְּלֵיטָה׃peleitah[was] an escaped remnantH6413
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Related verses
- 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!
- Psalm 110:6He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
- Jeremiah 33:5They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have slain in mine anger and in my fury, and for all whose wickedness I have hid my face from this city.The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.
- Exodus 14:30Thus the Lord saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore.That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
- 1 Chronicles 5:22For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
- Ezra 9:14Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? wouldest not thou be angry with us till thou hadst consumed us, so that there should be no remnant nor escaping?shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?
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People and places
People: Judah