John Gill's Exposition on 2 Chronicles 13:12

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And, behold, God himself is with us for our Captain, etc.] To go before our armies, and fight our battles for us: and his priests with sounding trumpets to cry alarm against you; which was one use of the trumpets, that the people might be remembered by the Lord, and saved from their enemies, (<041009>Numbers 10:9), so that this circumstance was against Jeroboam and his army, and for Abijah and his: O children of Israel, fight ye not against the Lord God of your fathers; for fighting against his people, that retained the pure worship of him, was fighting against him: for you shall not prosper; he seems to be assured of victory.

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