Research Report on 2 Chronicles 13

The large counts of people found in the Bible are often prophetic for large intervals of time. This report looks at a time when the Northern Kingdom lost 500,000 men. The prophetic interval points at the early 400s when Rome was attacked.

Background

Huge counts, typically census counts, are prophetic for large intervals in world history.

38 Second Chronicles 13:17-18 17וַיַּכּ֥וּ בָהֶ֛ם אֲבִיָּ֥ה וְעַמּ֖וֹ מַכָּ֣ה רַבָּ֑ה וַיִּפְּל֤וּ חֲלָלִים֙ מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל חֲמֵשׁ־ מֵא֥וֹת אֶ֖לֶף אִ֥ישׁ בָּחֽוּר׃ 18וַיִּכָּנְע֥וּ בְנֵי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בָּעֵ֣ת הַהִ֑יא וַיֶּֽאֶמְצוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה כִּ֣י נִשְׁעֲנ֔וּ עַל־ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ (WLC)

38 Second Chronicles 13:17-18 17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. (KJV)

38 Second Chronicles 13:17-18 17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel 500000 chosen men. 18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers. (KJV/NC)

38 Second Chronicles 13:17-18 17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon Jehovah, the God of their fathers. (ASV)

38 Second Chronicles 13:17-18 17And Abijah slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand young men. 18Thus the children of Israel were defeated at that time. and the children of Judah prevailed, because they said, We rely upon the LORD God of our fathers. (LAM)

38 Second Chronicles 13:17-18 17Abi'jah and his people slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand picked men. 18Thus the men of Israel were subdued at that time, and the men of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD, the God of their fathers. (RSV)

38 Second Chronicles 13:17-18 17Abijah and his men inflicted heavy losses on them, so that there were five hundred thousand casualties among Israel's able men. 18The men of Israel were subdued on that occasion, and the men of Judah were victorious because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers.(NIV)

38 Second Chronicles 13:17-18 17Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on Yahweh, the God of their fathers. (WEB)

38 Second Chronicles 13:17-18 17Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. 18Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied on the LORD, the God of their fathers. (WEB/HNV)

38 Second Chronicles 13:17-18 17And Abijah slew them with a great slaughter; so there fell slain of Israel 500,000 young men. 18Thus the children of Israel were defeated at that time and the children of Judah prevailed, because they said, We rely on Yahvah God of our fathers. (BRB)

Abijah's reign is likely the starting point for this prophetic interval. The following is the report.

Prophetic dates from 2 Chronicles 13
DayBible DateModern DateRoman DateNumber
The start of Abijah's reign:
Fri10034/1/1 AA 14 Aug -954 NS 29 Six 273 BAUC AA:3660001
534/1/1 FE  23 Aug -954 OS 29 Six 1026 BC JD:1372844
Forward 500,000 days is:
Tue11404/7/21 AA 28 Jul 415 NS 27 Jul 1168 AUC AA:4160001
1904/7/21 FE  27 Jul 415 OS 27 Jul 415 AD JD:1872844

Tolerance on this is the number of years of Abijah's reign, in this case 3 years forward from this day.

This period in the early 400s is prophetic of the attacks on Rome by the Visigoths. Rome is the Northerning Kingdom in Gentile country. The prophetic stories are a match.

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