2 Chronicles 13:12

Israel

¹⁰ But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and the priests, which minister unto the LORD, are the sons of Aaron, and the Levites wait upon their business:

¹¹ And they burn unto the LORD every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the LORD our God; but ye have forsaken him.

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.

¹³ But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

¹⁴ And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with 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!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Acts 5:39
But if it be of God, ye can not overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
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Romans 8:31
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
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Numbers 10:8–9
And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
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Zechariah 10:5
And they shall be as mighty men, which tread down their enemies in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD is with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded.
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Numbers 14:41
And Moses said, Wherefore now do ye transgress the commandment of the LORD? but it shall not prosper.
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Joshua 6:13–20
And seven priests bearing seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD went on continually, and blew with the trumpets: and the armed men went before them; but the rereward came after the ark of the LORD, the priests going on, and blowing with the trumpets.
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Acts 9:4–5
And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
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Deuteronomy 28:29
And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
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