2 Chronicles 13:12

Translations

Modern

Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”

Traditional

And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain, and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you. O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper.

Literal

And behold, with us at head is God, and His priests, and trumpets sounding to shout against you. O sons of Israel, do not fight against YHWH, God of your fathers, for you shall not prosper.”

Latin

Ergo in exercitu nostro dux Deus est, et sacerdotes ejus, qui clangunt tubis, et resonant contra vos: filii Israël, nolite pugnare contra Dominum Deum patrum vestrorum, quia non vobis expedit.

Original

Hebrew

English

Now behold, God Himself is with us as our head, and His priests with their trumpets sound the battle call against you. O children of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you will not succeed.”

Notes

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Jeroboam I Holy War

Related verses

Acts 5:39
But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
Numbers 10:8–9
The sons of Aaron, the priests, are to sound the trumpets. This shall be a permanent statute for you and the generations to come.
Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Zechariah 10:5
They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
Job 9:4
God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
Isaiah 45:9
Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker—one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, ‘What are you making?’ Does your work say, ‘He has no hands’?
Numbers 31:6
And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.
Ezekiel 17:9
So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots.
Joshua 5:13–15
Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
Job 15:25–26
For he has stretched out his hand against God and has vaunted himself against the Almighty,
Numbers 14:41
But Moses said, “Why are you transgressing the commandment of the LORD? This will not succeed!
Acts 9:4–5
He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Abijah Abijam Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Jehoram Jeroboam

Topics

Battle: Priests In Captain: Angel of the Lord, Called Faith: And Other Conquests Faithfulness: Abijah God: Fighting the Battles of Israel God: Preserver by Abijah Kings: Who Reigned Over Judah: Abijam or Abijah Priest: Duties of Sound the Trumpet in Summoning Assemblies and in Battle Rebellion: Revolt of the Ten Tribes Trumpet in War, of Abijah War: Enemy Harangued by the General of the Opposing Side

2 Chronicles 13:12

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