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2 Chronicles 13

2 Chron. 13:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And when Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
looked back
panah (Hebrew #6437)
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
KJV usage: appear, at (even-)tide, behold, cast out, come on, X corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-)turn (aside, away, back, face, self), X right (early).
Pronounce: paw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
, behold, the battle
milchamah (Hebrew #4421)
a battle (i.e. the engagement); generally, war (i.e. warfare)
KJV usage: battle, fight(-ing), war((-rior)).
Pronounce: mil-khaw-maw'
Origin: from 3898 (in the sense of fighting)
was before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
and behind
'achowr (Hebrew #268)
from 299; the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West
KJV usage: after(-ward), back (part, -side, -ward), hereafter, (be-)hind(-er part), time to come, without.
Pronounce: aw-khore'
Origin: or (shortened) achor {aw-khore'}
: and they cried
tsa`aq (Hebrew #6817)
to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)
KJV usage: X at all, call together, cry (out), gather (selves) (together).
Pronounce: tsaw-ak'
Origin: a primitive root
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, and the priests
kohen (Hebrew #3548)
literally, one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
KJV usage: chief ruler, X own, priest, prince, principal officer.
Pronounce: ko-hane'
Origin: active participle of 3547
sounded
chatsar (Hebrew #2690)
properly, to surround with a stockade, and thus separate from the open country; but used only in the reduplicated form chatsotser {khast-o-tsare'}; or (2 Chronicles 5:12) chatsorer {khats-o-rare'}; as dem. from 2689; to trumpet, i.e. blow on that instrument
KJV usage: blow, sound, trumpeter.
Pronounce: khaw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
chatsar (Hebrew #2690)
properly, to surround with a stockade, and thus separate from the open country; but used only in the reduplicated form chatsotser {khast-o-tsare'}; or (2 Chronicles 5:12) chatsorer {khats-o-rare'}; as dem. from 2689; to trumpet, i.e. blow on that instrument
KJV usage: blow, sound, trumpeter.
Pronounce: khaw-tsar'
Origin: a primitive root
with the trumpets
chatsotsrah (Hebrew #2689)
a trumpet (from its sundered or quavering note)
KJV usage: trumpet(-er).
Pronounce: khats-o-tser-aw'
Origin: by reduplication from 2690
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Ministry on This Verse

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looked back.
Ex. 14:10• 10And Pharaoh approached; and the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and the children of Israel were much afraid, and cried out to Jehovah. (Ex. 14:10)
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Josh. 8:20• 20And the men of Ai turned and saw, and behold, the smoke of the city went up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way; and the people that fled to the wilderness turned upon the pursuers. (Josh. 8:20)
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Judg. 20:33‑43• 33And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal-Tamar; and the ambush of Israel rushed forth out of their place, out of the meadows of Geba.
 34And there came from opposite Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was severe; but they knew not that disaster was coming upon them.
 35And Jehovah smote Benjamin before Israel; and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjaminites that day twenty-five thousand one hundred men: all these drew the sword.
 36And the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten.--And the men of Israel gave place to Benjamin, because they trusted to the ambush that they had set against Gibeah.
 37And the ambush hasted, and fell upon Gibeah; and the ambush drew along, and smote the whole city with the edge of the sword.
 38Now there was an appointed sign between the men of Israel and the ambush, that they should make a thick column of smoke rise up out of the city.
 39And when the men of Israel turned back in the battle, Benjamin began to smite, slaying of the men of Israel about thirty men; for they said, Surely they are quite routed before us as in the first battle.
 40And when the burning began to rise up out of the city as a pillar of smoke, Benjamin looked behind, and behold, the whole city ascended in smoke to the heavens.
 41Then the men of Israel turned back, and the men of Benjamin were amazed, for they saw that disaster was come upon them.
 42And they turned before the men of Israel to the way of the wilderness; but the battle overtook them; and those who came out of the cities destroyed them in their midst.
 43They encompassed the Benjaminites, chased them, trode them down at the resting-place over against Gibeah toward the sun-rising. (Judg. 20:33‑43)
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2 Sam. 10:8‑14• 8And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate; and the Syrians of Zoba and of Rehob, and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.
 9And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind; and he chose out of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians;
 10and the rest of the people he gave into the hand of Abishai his brother that he might array them against the children of Ammon.
 11And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me; and if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee.
 12Be strong, and let us shew ourselves valiant for our people and for the cities of our God; and Jehovah do what is good in his sight.
 13And Joab drew near, and the people that were with him, unto the battle against the Syrians; and they fled before him.
 14And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians fled, they fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. And Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem. (2 Sam. 10:8‑14)
cried.
2 Chron. 14:11• 11And Asa cried unto Jehovah his God, and said, Jehovah, it maketh no difference to thee to help, whether there be much or no power: help us, O Jehovah our God, for we rely on thee, and in thy name have we come against this multitude. Jehovah, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee. (2 Chron. 14:11)
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2 Chron. 18:31• 31And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, That is the king of Israel; and they surrounded him to fight; and Jehoshaphat cried out, and Jehovah helped him; and God diverted them from him. (2 Chron. 18:31)
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Psa. 50:15• 15And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psa. 50:15)
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Psa. 91:5• 5Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, for the arrow that flieth by day, (Psa. 91:5)
the priests.
2 Chron. 13:12• 12And behold, we have God with us at our head, and his priests, and the loud-sounding trumpets to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, do not fight with Jehovah the God of your fathers; for ye shall not prosper. (2 Chron. 13:12)
• The result is that Judah is lost; it had to begin there. (“Abijah: 2 Chronicles 13” by H.L. Rossier)
• It is only from this point: I am lost, that the loud-sounding trumpets can sound against the enemy (2 Chron. 13:12). Instead of confiding in his trumpets against the adversaries it is necessary to cry out to God for himself, and it is only then that the trumpets can resound, that is to say, that the testimony can be effective. Salvation can only come from Him and not from even the most orthodox forms of religion. (“Abijah: 2 Chronicles 13” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Judah looked back, and behold, they had the battle in front and behind; and they cried to Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.