KJV King James Version
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
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They also attacked the tents of the herdsmen and carried off many sheep and camels. Then they returned to Jerusalem.
WEB World English Bible
They struck also the tents of livestock, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
ASV American Standard Version
They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep in abundance, and camels, and returned to Jerusalem.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and also tents of cattle they have smitten, and they capture sheep in abundance, and camels, and turn back to Jerusalem.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 14
12 So the LORD smote the Ethiopians before Asa, and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
13 And Asa and the people that [were] with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
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.
15 They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.
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וְגַם־H1571 · gamalsoאָהֳלֵ֥יH168 · o.heltentמִקְנֶ֖הH4735 · miq.nehlivestockהִכּ֑וּH5221 · na.khahto smiteוַיִּשְׁבּ֨וּH7617 · sha.vahto take captiveצֹ֤אןH6629 · tsonflockלָרֹב֙H7230 · rovabundanceוּגְמַלִּ֔יםH1581 · ga.malcamelוַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּH7725 · shuvto return: returnיְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ סH3389 · ye.ru.sha.laimJerusalem
Cross-references
Numbers 31:9And 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 4:41And 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 30:20And David took all the flocks and the herds, [which] they drave before those [other] cattle, and said, This [is] David’s spoil.Numbers 31:30-47And 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.1 Chronicles 5:21And 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.
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