2 Chronicles 13:12

12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers, for ye shall not prosper.

2 Chronicles 13:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 13:12

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 the trumpets, that the people might be remembered by the Lord, and saved from their enemies, ( Numbers 10:9 ) , so that this circumstance was against Jeroboam and his army, and for Abijah and his:

O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your
fathers;
for fighting against his people, that retained the pure worship of him, was fighting against him:

for you shall not prosper;
he seems to be assured of victory.

2 Chronicles 13:12 In-Context

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 aromatic incense, and they place the showbread upon the clean table, and the lampstand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening; for we keep the charge of the LORD our God, but ye have forsaken him.

12 And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against the LORD God of your fathers, for ye shall not prosper.

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

14 So when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind; and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.