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2 Chronicles 13:12

And, behold, God Himself is with us for our Captain, the army of Judah had placed itself entirely under His leadership and protection, and His priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you, for that was one of the functions of the priests, to sound the clanging trumpets and thereby call upon the Lord to help His people in war, Numbers 10:9. Abijah ended with one last fervent appeal: O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. It is only where the Word of God is the lamp to a community or nation that He will truly bless and prosper the people.

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See also 2 Chronicles 13:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 2 Chronicles 13:12. _GOD HIMSELF IS WITH US_] Ye have _golden calves_; we have _the living and omnipotent Jehovah_. _WITH - TRUMPETS TO CRY ALARM AGAINST YOU._] This was appalling: When the pri...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 13 THE REIGN OF ABIJAH _ 1. The beginning of his reign (2 Chronicles 13:1)_ 2. War with Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:3) 3. Death of Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:20)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REIGN OF ABIJAH. MOST of this section has nothing corresponding to it in 1 K., though references to the history of this reign occur in 1 Kings 15:1. 2 Chronicles 13:1 f. _Cf._ 1 Kings 15:1 f., whe...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ SOUNDING TRUMPETS. Compare Numbers 10:9; Numbers 31:6....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _God_himself is _with us for_our _captain_ R.V. GOD IS WITH US AT OUR HEAD. _with sounding trumpets_ R.V. WITH THE TRUMPETS OF ALARM (Numbers 10:9). Abijah here threatens his opponents with a _jihâd_...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 403 ABIJAH’S REMONSTRANCE WITH JEROBOAM [Note: For a Fast-Day in war.] 2 Chronicles 13:12. _Behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry al...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. THE REIGN OF ABIJAH. (Chapter 13) TEXT 2 Chronicles 13:1. In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah. 2. Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name wa...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _OUGHT YE NOT TO KNOW THAT THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL GAVE THE KINGDOM OVER ISRAEL TO DAVID FOR EVER, EVEN TO_ _ HIM AND TO HIS SONS BY A COVENANT OF SALT?_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SOUNDING TRUMPETS] cp. Numbers 10:9; Numbers 31:6....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    REIGN OF ABIJAH This chapter expands the account given of Abijah (Abijam) in 1 Kings 15:1 by giving details of his war with Jeroboam, which is there only briefly mentioned....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 13 JUDAH AND *ISRAEL FIGHT A WAR – 2 CHRONICLES 13:1-19 v1

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    GOD HIMSELF. — _The_ (true) _God._ So in 2 Chronicles 13:15. Literally, _and behold there are with us at the head the God and his priests, and the trumpets of alarm to sound alarm against you._ (See N...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הִנֵּה֩ עִמָּ֨נוּ בָ † רֹ֜אשׁ הָ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL 2 Chronicles 10:1; 2 Chronicles 11:1; 2 Chronicles 12:1;...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In the reign of Abijah there was terrible war between Judah and Israel. The king himself was evil, as the Book of the Kings declares. Here, however, he was speaking and acting for his people. His addr...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And, behold, God himself [is] (l) 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; f...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Abijah, having in the former part of his speech pointed out the badness of the cause of his enemies, in those verses calls upon the people to judge of the goodness of his cause from the Lord. He stron...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 13 THROUGH 16. In his wars with Jeroboam, Abijah stands entirely upon this ground, and he is blessed. Asa follows his steps; and, whether at peace, or while...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND, BEHOLD, GOD HIMSELF IS WITH US FOR OUR CAPTAIN,.... To go before our armies, and fight our battles for us: AND HIS PRIESTS WITH SOUNDING TRUMPETS TO CRY ALARM AGAINST YOU; which was one use of t...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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 y...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold, God himself is with us for our captain_ Here in our camp. We may be sure he is with us, because we are with him. And as a token of his presence we have here with us _his priests, sounding_ hi...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Abiiah succeeding, maketh warre against Ieroboam. 4 Hee declareth the right of his cause. 13 Trusting in God, hee ouercommeth Ieroboam. 21 The wiues and children of Abiiah. 1 NOWE [NOTE: 1 Kings...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE REIGN OF ABIJAH (vv.1-22) Jereboam outlived Rehoboam, though not for long (v.20). He died after reigning 22 years (1 Kings 14:20), five years longer than Rehoboam. But Abijah, son of Rehoboam, r...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WITH SOUNDING TRUMPETS TO CRY ALARM AGAINST YOU; upon the sounding whereof God hath solemnly promised to assist his people, NUMBERS 10:9. FIGHT YE NOT AGAINST THE LORD GOD OF YOUR FATHERS; you have no...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Chronicles 13:12 God H430 head H7218 priests H3548 sounding H8643 trumpets H2689 alarm H7321 (H8687) children...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: War between Abijah and Jeroboam. Death of Jeroboam. CHARACTERS: God, Abijah, Jeroboam. CONCLUSION: Right may indeed go by the worst for a time, but it will prevail at last. The battle is o...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Chronicles 13:3. _Four hundred thousand eight hundred thousand chosen men._ This would seem incredible, did we not know that the manner of the Hebrews at that time was to bring all their people from...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And behold, God Himself is with us for our captain _ GOD WITH US We have here-- I. A mysterious doctrine. II. A comforting truth. III. A solemn fact. (_Bp. Montagu Villiers_.) MAN’S EXTREMITY A...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim._ A GREAT SPEECH its claims concerning Judah. God recognised-- 1. In the gift of the kingdom. 2. In the worship and services of the temple. 3. In the warf...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 13:8 Abijah condemns the northerners for their religious unfaithfulness (compare Hosea 8:6). Judah, by contrast, has the legitimate priesthood and temple worship,

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter parallel to 1 Kings 15:1. Abijah succeeds and wars against Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:1); declares the right of his cause (2 Chronicles 13:4); his victory and end ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION The career of _Abijah _begins and ends with this chapter, the twenty-one verses of which are paralleled by only eight in 1 Kings 15:1. The difference is caused by the fact that the writer o...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    And he reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:2). Now Jeroboam, you remem...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 4:5; 2 Chronicles 24:20; Acts 5:39; Acts 9:4; Acts 9:5;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Trumpets — Upon the sounding whereof God hath solemnly promised to assist his people, Numbers 10:9. The Lord — You have not only us for your enemies, but God, even the God whom your fathers served. It...

  • When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties, Norman L. Geisler and Thomas Howe, 1960

    Was Abijah a wicked or a righteous king? PROBLEM: According to 1 Kings 15:3, Abijah was a wicked king who “walked in all the sins of his father.” However, here in 2 Chronicles he is represented as gi...

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