2 Chronicles 13:13

13 Then Jeroboam sent around an ambush to come behind them. So they were in front of Judah, but the ambush [was] behind them.

2 Chronicles 13:13 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 13:13

But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them,
&c.] While Abijah was making his oration, he detached a party from his army, which got about, and lay in ambush, behind the army of Abijah:

so they were before Judah;
Jeroboam and the greater part of his army:

and the ambushment was behind them;
which Jeroboam had sent thither.

2 Chronicles 13:13 In-Context

11 They offer burnt offerings to Yahweh {every morning} and {every evening}, sweet spices of incense, and the rows of bread upon the pure table. And the golden lampstand with its lamps [they] keep kindled {every evening}, for we are keeping the requirement of Yahweh our God, but you yourselves have forsaken him.

12 And look, God [is] with us at the head, and his priests [have] the trumpets for sounding blasts against you, O sons of Israel. Do not fight against Yahweh, the God of your ancestors, for you will not succeed."

13 Then Jeroboam sent around an ambush to come behind them. So they were in front of Judah, but the ambush [was] behind them.

14 When Judah turned, then behold, the battle against them [was] in front and behind, and they cried to Yahweh, and the priests blew on the trumpets.

15 Then the men of Judah shouted, and it happened [that] when the men of Judah were shouting, then God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.