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2 Chronicles 13:15

Then the men of Judah gave a shout. As the men of Judah shouted, God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:15 · World English Bible
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  • KJV 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.
  • BSB and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
  • NKJV Then the men of Judah gave a shout; and as the men of Judah shouted, it happened that God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
  • NASB Then the men of Judah raised a war cry, and when the men of Judah raised the war cry, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
  • NLT and the men of Judah began to shout. At the sound of their battle cry, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel and routed them before Abijah and the army of Judah.

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Quick answer

As Judah shouts, God strikes Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. God himself wins the victory.

Overview

The decisive blow comes from God, not Judah's prowess: 'God struck Jeroboam and all Israel.' Judah's battle shout becomes the occasion for divine intervention. The Chronicler makes clear that reliance on the LORD, not military might, secured the triumph, a recurring testimony that the battle belongs to God.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 13

  • 2 Chr 14:12So Yahweh struck the Ethiopians before Asa and before Judah; and the Ethiopians fled.
  • Josh 6:20So the people shouted and the priests blew the trumpets. When the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted with a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight in front of him, and they took the city.
  • Num 32:4the land which Yahweh struck before the congregation of Israel, is a land for livestock; and your servants have livestock.”
  • Judg 4:15Yahweh confused Sisera, all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barak. Sisera abandoned his chariot and fled away on his feet.
  • Judg 7:18–22When I blow the trumpet, I and all who are with me, then blow the trumpets also on every side of all the camp, and shout, ‘For Yahweh and for Gideon!’”
  • Josh 11:8Yahweh delivered them into the hand of Israel, and they struck them, and chased them to great Sidon, and to Misrephoth Maim, and to the valley of Mizpah eastward. They struck them until they left them no one remaining.
  • Ps 47:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
  • Isa 37:36Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
  • Ps 47:5God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
  • Ps 118:4–7Now let those who fear Yahweh say that his loving kindness endures forever.
  • 2 Chr 20:21When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who were to sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they go out before the army, and say, “Give thanks to Yahweh; for his loving kindness endures forever.”
  • 2 Kgs 5:1Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
  • Josh 6:16At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, “Shout, for Yahweh has given you the city!

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