2 Chronicles 13:12

12 God is with us as our leader. His priests will sound their trumpets to call [the army] to fight you. Men of Israel, don't wage war against the LORD God of your ancestors. You won't succeed."

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 "However, the LORD is our God. We haven't abandoned him. The priests who serve the LORD are Aaron's descendants, and the Levites assist them.

11 They sacrifice burnt offerings to the LORD every morning and every evening. They offer sweet-smelling incense and rows of bread on the clean table. The lamps on the gold lamp stand burn every evening. We're following the instructions the LORD our God gave us, but you have abandoned him.

12 God is with us as our leader. His priests will sound their trumpets to call [the army] to fight you. Men of Israel, don't wage war against the LORD God of your ancestors. You won't succeed."

13 But Jeroboam had set an ambush to attack them from behind. So Jeroboam's army was in front of Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

14 When Judah's soldiers looked around, the battle was in front of them and behind them. They cried out to the LORD, the priests blew the trumpets,