2 Chronicles 13 · Verse 14

2 Chronicles 13:14

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.
2 Chronicles 13:14, King James Version

2 Chronicles 13:14 in other translations

BSBWhen Judah turned and discovered that the battle was both before and behind them, they cried out to the LORD. Then the priests blew the trumpets,
WEBWhen Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
ASVAnd when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried unto Jehovah, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.
YLTAnd Judah turneth, and lo, against them is the battle, before and behind, and they cry to Jehovah, and the priests are blowing with trumpets,
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.
WebsterAnd when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried to the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

What does 2 Chronicles 13:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 13:13-17

13-17. But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them--The oration of Abijah, however animating an effect it might have produced on his own troops, was unheeded by the party to whom it was addressed; for while he was wasting time in useless words, Jeroboam had ordered a detachment of his men to move quietly round the base of the hill, so that when Abijah stopped speaking, he and his followers found…

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2 Chronicles 13:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּפְנ֣וּvai.yif.Nuand they turnedH6437
יְהוּדָ֗הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וְהִנֵּ֨הve.hi.Nehand there!H2009
לָהֶ֤םla.Hem[was] to them
הַמִּלְחָמָה֙ha.mil.cha.Mahthe battleH4421
פָּנִ֣יםpa.NimbeforeH6440
וְאָח֔וֹרve.'a.Chorand behindH268
וַֽיִּצְעֲק֖וּvai.yitz.'a.Kuand they cried outH6817
לַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
וְהַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔יםve.ha.Ko.ha.Nimand the priestsH3548
מַחְצְרִ֖יםma.cha.tzo.tze.rim[were] blowing a trumpetH2690
בַּחֲצֹצְרֽוֹת\׃ba.cha.tzo.tze.Roton trumpetsH2689

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 13:14

  • 2 Chronicles 14:11

    And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

  • Exodus 14:10

    And when Pharaoh drew nigh, the children of Israel lifted up their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians marched after them; and they were sore afraid: and the children of Israel cried out unto the Lord.

  • Psalms 50:15

    And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  • Judges 20:33-43

    And all the men of Israel rose up out of their place, and put themselves in array at Baal–tamar: and the liers in wait of Israel came forth out of their places, even out of the meadows of Gibeah. And there came against Gibeah ten thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and the battle was sore: but they knew not that evil was near them. And the Lord smote Benjamin before Israel: and the children of Israel destroyed of the Benjamites that day twenty and five thousand and an hundred men: all these drew the sword. So the children of Benjamin saw that they were smitten: for the men of Israel gave place to the Benjamites, because they trusted unto the liers in wait which they had set beside Gibeah. …

  • 2 Samuel 10:8-14

    And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish–tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field. When Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind, he chose of all the choice men of Israel, and put them in array against the Syrians: And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, that he might put them in array against the children of Ammon. And he said, If the Syrians be too strong for me, then thou shalt help me: but if the children of Ammon be too strong for thee, then I will come and help thee. …

  • Joshua 8:20

    And when the men of Ai looked behind them, they saw, and, behold, the smoke of the city ascended up to heaven, and they had no power to flee this way or that way: and the people that fled to the wilderness turned back upon the pursuers.

  • Psalms 91:5

    Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day;

  • 2 Chronicles 18:31

    And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, It is the king of Israel. Therefore they compassed about him to fight: but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the Lord helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

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looked back.
Ex 14:10; Jos 8:20; Jud 20:33-43; 2Sa 10:8-14
cried.
14:11; 18:31; Ps 50:15; 91:5
the priests.
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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 13:13

    But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:14

    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.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:15

    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.

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2 Chronicles 13:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y como miró Judá, he aquí que tenía batalla delante y á las espaldas; por lo que clamaron á Jehová, y los sacerdotes tocaron las trompetas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Juda se tourna, et voici, la bataille était contre eux, devant et derrière; et ils crièrent à l’ Éternel, et les sacrificateurs sonnèrent des trompettes;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und als Juda sich umsah, siehe, da hatten sie den Streit vorn und hinten. Da schrieen sie zu Jehova, und die Priester bliesen mit den Trompeten,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Respiciensque Judas, vidit instare bellum ex adverso et post tergum, et clamavit ad Dominum, ac sacerdotes tubis canere cœperunt.