2 Chronicles 13:14
12 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.
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.
15 Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- 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,
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
- ASV
- And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
- DARBY
- And Judah looked back, and behold, they had the battle in front and behind; and they cried to Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
- BLB
- And Judah turned, and behold, the battle [was] before their faces and behind, and they cried out to YHWH, and the priests sounded the trumpets.
- ÅB
- Og da Judas menn vendte seg om, fikk de se fienden både foran seg og bak seg; da ropte de til Herren, og prestene blåste i trompetene.
- OTB
- Da Juda snudde seg, se, de ble angrepet både forfra og bakfra; så de ropte til Herren, og prestene blåste i trompetene.
- B1930
- Og da Judas menn vendte sig om, fikk de se fienden både foran sig og bak sig; da ropte de til Herren, og prestene blåste i trompetene.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 14:11
And Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O LORD our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.
Read in contextExodus 14:10
And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Read in contextJudges 20:33–43
And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah.
Read in context2 Samuel 10:8–14
And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.
Read in contextJoshua 8:20
And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.
Read in contextPsalms 91:5
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;
Read in context2 Chronicles 18:31
And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.
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