John Gills Exposition of the Bible 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... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 13:1-12
Abijah's mother was called Maachah, the daughter of Absalom, 2 Chron. 11:20; here she is called Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel. It is most probable that she was a grand-daughter of Absalom, by his daughter Tamar (2 Sam. 14:27), and that her immediate father was this Uriel. But we are here to attend Abijah into the field of battle with Jeroboam king of Israel. I. God gave him leave to engage with Jeroboam, and owned him in the conflict, though he would not permit Rehoboam to do it, 2 Chron.... read more