Chronicles II 13:13

13 Now Jeroboam had caused an ambush to come round upon him from behind: and he was before Juda, and the ambush behind.

Chronicles II 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.

Chronicles II 13:13 In-Context

11 they sacrifice to the Lord whole-burnt-offering, morning and evening, and compound incense, and the shewbread on the pure table; and the golden candlestick, and the lamps for burning, to light in the evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord God of our fathers; but ye have forsaken him.

12 And, behold, the Lord and his priests are with us at our head, and the signal trumpets to sound an alarm over us. Children of Israel, fight not against the Lord God of our fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

13 Now Jeroboam had caused an ambush to come round upon him from behind: and he was before Juda, and the ambush behind.

14 And Juda looked back, and, behold, the battle against them before and behind: and they cried to the Lord, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

15 And the men of Juda shouted: and it came to pass, when the men of Juda shouted, that the Lord smote Jeroboam and Israel before Abia and Juda.