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2 Chronicles 13:12

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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.

2 Chronicles 13:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Chronicles 13:12

Theological / Devotional

Our captain. The comfort and strength that Judah claimed was that God was with them, to fight their battles and direct their ways (see ch. 32:7, 8).

Sounding trumpets. See Num 10:8, 9.

Against the Lord. No man who fights against God can hope ultimately to prosper.

By SdaBc