2 Chronicles 13:18

So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers.

In Context

17And Abijah and his people put them to death with great destruction: five hundred thousand of the best of Israel were put to the sword.

19And Abijah went after Jeroboam and took some of his towns, Beth-el with its small towns and Jeshanah with its small towns and Ephron with its small towns.

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Cross References

2 Kings 18:5He had faith in the Lord, the God of Israel; so that there was no one like him among all the kings of Judah who were before him.

2 Chronicles 14:10And Asa went out against him, and they put their forces in position in the valley north of Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 16:8Were not the Ethiopians and the Lubim a very great army, with war-carriages and horsemen more than might be numbered? but because your faith was in the Lord, he gave them up into your hands.

Psalms 22:4\22:3\But you are holy, O you who are seated among the praises of Israel.

Psalms 146:5Happy is the man who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God:

Nahum 1:7The Lord is good, a strong place in the day of trouble; and he has knowledge of those who take him for their safe cover.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 13:14-22

Jeroboam Defeated by Abijah. ( b. c. 957.) 13 But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. 14 And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the Lord , and the priests sounded with the trumpets. 15 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. 16 And the children of Israel fled before Judah:… Read the whole commentary →

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