E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 13:14
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. Ephrain. Identified as "Ephraim" (John 11:54 ). read more
2 Chronicles 13:12-14 Niv
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:13
THE BATTLE; JEROBOAM'S DEFEAT; AND ABIJAH'S DEATH"But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them; so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them; and when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. Then the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. And the children of Israel... read more
Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:13
13-17. But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them—The oration of Abijah, however animating an effect it might have produced on his own troops, was unheeded by the party to whom it was addressed; for while he was wasting time in useless words, Jeroboam had ordered a detachment of his men to move quietly round the base of the hill, so that when Abijah stopped speaking, he and his followers found themselves surprised in the rear, while the main body of the Israelitish forces... read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:1-22
Reign of AbijahThis chapter expands the account given of Abijah (Abijam) in 1 Kings 15:1-8 by giving details of his war with Jeroboam, which is there only briefly mentioned.2. Michaiah] In 2 Chronicles 11:21 and 1 Kings 15:2 she is called ’Maachah,’ and was probably daughter of Uriel and granddaughter of Absalom.3. Four hundred thousand, etc.] These numbers (see also 2 Chronicles 13:17) are in keeping with the large figures that appear elsewhere in Chronicles: see 2 Chronicles 14:8-9; 2... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 13:12
(12) God himself.—The (true) God. So in 2 Chronicles 13:15. Literally, and behold there are with us at the head the God and his priests, and the trumpets of alarm to sound alarm against you. (See Numbers 10:9; Numbers 31:6.) The trumpets were “the divinely appointed pledges that God would remember them in war.” The Syriac gives this verse thus: “But ye have forsaken him, and gone after dead gods, and worshipped and bowed down to them, and forsaken the Lord God of your fathers; and also ye shall... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 13:13
(13) But Jeroboam caused . . .—Now Jeroboam had brought the ambush round, in order to attack (literally, approach) them in the rear (literally, from behind them; so they (Jeroboam and his main body) were in front of Judah, and the ambush was in their rear.The ambush.—The troops which Jeroboam had detached for that service. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 13:14
(14) And when Judah looked back, behold the battle was before and behind.—Comp. the account of the ambuscade by which Ai was taken (Joshua , 8); and Gibeah (Judges 20:0),Judah looked back.—Not prepared (Bertheau) (See Joshua 8:20).Sounded.—Were sounding. Literally, trumpeting. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:1-22
REHOBOAM AND ABIJAH: THE IMPORTANCE OF RITUAL2 Chronicles 10:1-19; 2 Chronicles 11:1-23; 2 Chronicles 12:1-16; 2 Chronicles 13:1-22THE transition from Solomon to Rehoboam brings to light a serious drawback of the chronicler’s principle of selection. In the history of Solomon we read of nothing but wealth, splendor, unchallenged dominion, and superhuman wisdom; and yet the breath is hardly out of the body of the wisest and greatest king of Israel before his empire falls to pieces. We are told,... read more
Arno Clemens Gaebelein
Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Chronicles 13:1-22
CHAPTER 13 The Reign of Abijah 1. The beginning of his reign (2 Chronicles 13:1-2 ) 2. War with Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:3-19 ) 3. Death of Jeroboam (2 Chronicles 13:20 ) 4. Abijah’s family (2 Chronicles 13:21-22 ) Abijah is called in Kings, Abijam, and in 2 Chronicles 13:21 , Abijahu (Hebrew text). His reign was not of a long duration; he outlived his father Rehoboam only three years. His mother was Maachah (2 Chronicles 11:20 ). She is called here Michaiah, probably because she was... read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 13:12
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. sounding trumpets. Compare Numbers 10:9 ; Numbers 31:6 . read more