2 CHRONICLES 13:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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.”
'Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with their trumpets to sound the call to battle against you. O people of Israel, do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers, for you cannot succeed' — Abijah invoked divine presence ('God is with us,' אֱלֹהִים עִמָּנוּ בְּרֹאשׁ) and priestly support with trumpet-blasts (וְהַכֹּהֲנִים בַּחֲצֹצְרוֹת לַהְרִיעַ עֲלֵיכֶם). The rhetoric: fighting Judah means fighting God. The command: 'do not fight against the LORD, the God of your fathers' (אַל־תִּלָּחֲמוּ עִם־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי אֲבוֹתֵיכֶם), and 'you cannot succeed' (וְלֹא תִּצְלָחוּ). Abijah presented himself as defender of legitimate covenant against false innovation.
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