2 Chronicles 13:12

Israel

¹⁰ But as for us, the LORD is our God. We have not forsaken Him; the priests who minister to the LORD are sons of Aaron, and the Levites attend to their duties.

¹¹ Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.

Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”

¹³ Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to ambush from the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah, the ambush was behind them.

¹⁴ When Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”
KJV: And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the LORD God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
WEB: Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don’t fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers; for you will not prosper.”
ASV: And, behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against Jehovah, the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
DARBY: And behold, we have God with us at our head, and his priests, and the loud-sounding trumpets to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.
BLB: And behold, with us at head [is] God, and His priests, and trumpets sounding to shout against you⁺. O sons of Israel, do not fight against YHWH, God of your⁺ fathers, for you shall⁺ not prosper.”

ÅB: Sannelig, Gud er med oss, han er vår fører, og vi har hans prester med larmtrompetene for å blåse til strid mot dere. Dere Israels barn, strid ikke mot Herren, deres fedres Gud! For det vil ikke lykkes for dere!
OTB: Nå se, Gud er med oss i spissen, og Hans prester med signaltrumpetene for å lyde alarmen mot dere. Israels sønner, kjemp ikke mot Herren, deres fedres Gud, for dere vil ikke lykkes."
B1930: Sannelig, Gud er med oss, han er vår fører, og vi har hans prester med larmtrompetene for å blåse til strid mot eder. I Israels barn, strid ikke mot Herren, eders fedres Gud! For det vil ikke lykkes for eder!

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 5:39
But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
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Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
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Numbers 10:8–9
The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
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Zechariah 10:5
They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
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Numbers 14:41
But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
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Joshua 6:13–20
And the seven priests carrying seven rams’ horns kept marching ahead of the ark of the LORD and blowing the horns. The armed troops went in front of them and the rear guard followed the ark of the LORD, while the horns kept sounding.
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Acts 9:4–5
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
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Deuteronomy 28:29
and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.
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