And when Judah looked, behold, the battle was in front of them and behind them. And they cried to the LORD, and the priests sounded the trumpets — Judah, surrounded (לִפְנֵיהֶם וּמֵאַחֲרֵיהֶם), cried to God (וַיִּצְעֲקוּ אֶל־יְהוָה) while priests sounded trumpets (וְהַכֹּהֲנִים תִּקְעוּ בַחֲצֹצְרוֹת). The cry and trumpet-blast invoked divine intervention. The desperation (surrounded foe) became the occasion for prayer.

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