13But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.


In Context

10 |But as for us, Yahweh is our God, and we have not forsaken him; and we have priests ministering to Yahweh, the sons of Aaron, and the Levites in their work:

11 and they burn to Yahweh every morning and every evening burnt offerings and sweet incense: the show bread also set they in order on the pure table; and the lampstand of gold with its lamps, to burn every evening: for we keep the instruction of Yahweh our God; but you have forsaken him.

12 Behold, God is with us at our head, and his priests with the trumpets of alarm to sound an alarm against you. Children of Israel, don't fight against Yahweh, the God of your fathers; for you shall not prosper.|

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

14 When Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind them; and they cried to Yahweh, and the priests sounded with the trumpets.

15 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.

2 Chronicles 13:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:13But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment [was] behind them.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:13Now Jeroboam had sent troops around to the rear, so that while he was in front of Judah the ambush was behind them.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:13While he spoke these things, Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind him. And while he stood facing the enemies, he encompassed Juda. who perceived it not, with his army.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:13But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:13But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them; and they were before Judah, and the ambush behind them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:13But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:13But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:13And Jeroboam hath brought round the ambush to come in from behind them, and they are before Judah, and the ambush is behind them.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:13But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.