2 Chronicles 20:24
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Judah hath come in unto the watch-tower, to the wilderness, and they look unto the multitude, and lo, they <FI>are<Fi> carcases fallen to the earth, and there is none escaped,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Chronicles 20:24 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 14:28The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
- Exodus 14:30That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
- 2 Kings 19:35And that very night 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!
- 1 Chronicles 5:22and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
- Ezra 9:14shall 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?
- Psalms 110:6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
- Isaiah 37:36Then 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!
- Jeremiah 33:5The 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.
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