2 Chronicles 13:12

12 God is with us. He's our leader. His priests will blow their trumpets. They will sound the battle cry against you. Men of Israel, don't fight against the Lord. He's the God of your people who lived long ago. You can't possibly 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 the LORD is our God. We haven't deserted him. The priests who serve the LORD belong to the family line of Aaron. The Levites help them.

11 Every morning and evening the priests bring burnt offerings and sweet-smelling incense to the Lord. They set out the holy bread on the table. That table is 'clean.' They light the lamps on the gold lampstand every evening. "We always do what the LORD our God requires in his law. But you have deserted him.

12 God is with us. He's our leader. His priests will blow their trumpets. They will sound the battle cry against you. Men of Israel, don't fight against the Lord. He's the God of your people who lived long ago. You can't possibly succeed."

13 Jeroboam had sent some troops behind Judah's battle lines. He told them to hide and wait there. He and his men stayed in front of Judah's lines.

14 Judah turned and saw that they were being attacked from the front and from the back. Then they cried out to the Lord. The priests blew their trumpets.