2 Chronicles 13:12

12 God himself is with us as our ruler. His priests blow the trumpet to call us to war against you. Men of Israel, don't fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, because 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 "But as for us, the Lord is our God; we have not left him. The priests who serve the Lord are Aaron's sons, and the Levites help them.

11 They offer burnt offerings and sweet-smelling incense to the Lord every morning and evening. They put the bread on the special table in the Temple. And they light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. We obey the command of the Lord our God, but you have left him.

12 God himself is with us as our ruler. His priests blow the trumpet to call us to war against you. Men of Israel, don't fight against the Lord, the God of your ancestors, because you won't succeed."

13 But Jeroboam had sent some troops to sneak behind Judah's army. So while Jeroboam was in front of Judah's army, Jeroboam's soldiers were behind them.

14 When the soldiers of Judah turned around, they saw Jeroboam's army attacking both in front and back. So they cried out to the Lord, and the priests blew the trumpets.