2 Chronicles 14 · Verse 15

2 Chronicles 14:15

They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 14:15, King James Version

2 Chronicles 14:15 in other translations

BSBThey also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and carried off many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
WEBThey also struck the tents of those who had livestock, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, then returned to Jerusalem.
ASVThey smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
YLTand also tents of cattle they have smitten, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and turn back to Jerusalem.
DARBYThey smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
BBEAnd they made an attack on the tents of the owners of the cattle, and took away great numbers of sheep and camels and went back to Jerusalem.
WebsterThey smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

What does 2 Chronicles 14:15 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 15 Tents of cattle - Those which had carried the baggage of the great army, and which they had left in such places as abounded with pasture. Perhaps sheepfolds, enclosures for camels, mules, etc., may also be intended. The discomfiture was great, because God fought for the people; and the spoil was immense, because the multitude was prodigious, indeed almost incredible, a million of men in one place is almost too much for the mind to conceive, but there may be some mistake in the numerals: it is evident from the whole account that the number was vast and the spoil great.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 14:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְגַם\־ve.gam-and alsoH1571
אָהֳלֵ֥י'o.ho.Lei[the] tents ofH168
מִקְנֶ֖הmik.NehlivestockH4735
הִכּ֑וּhi.Kuthey struck downH5221
וַיִּשְׁבּ֨וּvai.yish.Buand they took captiveH7617
צֹ֤אןtzonsheepH6629
לָרֹב֙la.Roto abundanceH7230
וּגְמַלִּ֔יםu.ge.ma.Limand camelsH1581
וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּvai.ya.Shu.vuand they returnedH7725
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃\ \סye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 14:15

  • Numbers 31:9

    And the children of Israel took all the women of Midian captives, and their little ones, and took the spoil of all their cattle, and all their flocks, and all their goods.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:21

    And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.

  • Numbers 31:30-47

    And of the children of Israel’s half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Levites, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord. And Moses and Eleazar the priest did as the Lord commanded Moses. And the booty, being the rest of the prey which the men of war had caught, was six hundred thousand and seventy thousand and five thousand sheep, And threescore and twelve thousand beeves, …

  • 1 Chronicles 4:41

    And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

  • 1 Samuel 30:20

    And David took all the flocks and the herds, which they drave before those other cattle, and said, This is David’s spoil.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the tents of cattle.
1Ch 4:41
carried away.
Nu 31:9,30-47; 1Sa 30:20; 1Ch 5:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 14:14

    And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:15

    They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

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2 Chronicles 14:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Asimismo dieron sobre las cabañas de los ganados, y trajeron muchas ovejas y camellos, y volviéronse á Jerusalem.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und auch die Herdenzelte schlugen sie und führten Kleinvieh in Menge weg und Kamele. Und sie kehrten nach Jerusalem zurück.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Sed et caulas ovium destruentes, tulerunt pecorum infinitam multitudinem, et camelorum: reversique sunt in Jerusalem.