2 Chronicles 13:18
So the soldiers of Israel were defeated, and the soldiers of Judah won the battle because they trusted in Yahweh, the God to whom their ancestors belonged.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
17Abijah and his troops struck the capable soldiers of Israel and killed 500,000 of them.
Cross References
2 Kings 18:5Hezekiah trusted in Yahweh, the God whom the Israelis worshiped. There was no king who ruled Judah before him or after him who was as devoted to Yahweh as he was.
2 Chronicles 14:10Asa went with his army to fight against them, and both armies took their positions in the Zephathah Valley.
2 Chronicles 16:8The huge armies from Ethiopia and Libya with all their chariots and soldiers riding on horses were certainly very powerful. But when you relied on Yahweh, he enabled your army to defeat them.
Psalms 22:4Our ancestors trusted in you. Because they trusted in you, you rescued them.
Psalms 146:5But those whose helper is the God whom Jacob worshiped are happy. The one whom they confidently expect to help them is Yahweh, their God.
Nahum 1:7But he is good; he protects us his people when we experience troubles. He takes care of those who trust in him.
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 →