Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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.

15. gave a shout ] This shout had the character of a religions function; cp. Jos 6:10; Jos 6:16, where the same Heb. word is used.

God smote Jeroboam ] Cp. 2Ch 14:12.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

By strengthening the hearts and hands of the men of Judah, and taking away the spirits and power of their enemies; and, it may be, by some extraordinary assistance.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

Then the men of Judah gave a shout,…. Taking heart at the sound of the trumpets, and in order to encourage one another, and intimidate the enemy; [See comments on 1Sa 17:20],

and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah; possessed them with a panic, so that they fled at once, as follows.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(15) Then the men of Judah gave a shout.The same verb (hria) occurred in 2Ch. 13:12, in the sense of sounding an alarm with the trumpets of alarm (trah.) Here our version gives the right sense. Immediately after the priests had blown a blast upon the trumpets, the warriors raised a shout or war- cry. (Comp. Jdg. 7:18-20).

God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.The wild panic which seized the host of Israel, when they heard the shout of their foes, is thus forcibly described. The same phrase is used in Jdg. 20:35, and again by the chronicler (2Ch. 14:12). (Comp. the Vulg., perterruit Deus Jeroboam et omnem Israel. Syriac, the Lord routed, &c.)

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

And this is as sweet a testimony of the Lord’s hearing and answering prayer. – It was not Abijah’s sword, not Abijah’s speech, but it was the Lord that smote Jeroboam and Israel with him.

Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

2Ch 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.

Ver. 15. Then the men of Judah gave a shout. ] Initio pugnae, de more antiquorum. Together with their loud outcries – first for fear perhaps, afterwards to affright their enemies – prayers went up to God. And see the happy effect thereof.

God smote Jeroboam. ] With a panic terror, with furies in his own conscience, and with some grievous disease, whereof, Nabal-like, at length he died. 2Ch 13:20

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

as the men: 2Ch 20:21, Jos 6:16, Jos 6:20, Jdg 7:18-22, Psa 47:1, Psa 47:5

God smote: 2Ch 14:12, Num 32:4, Jos 11:8, Jdg 4:15, 2Ki 5:1, Psa 118:4-7, Isa 37:36

Reciprocal: Jos 6:5 – the people 1Ch 5:20 – for they cried

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2Ch 13:15. Then the men of Judah gave a shout In confidence of victory, the priests animating them by sounding the trumpets, and giving them assurance of Gods presence with them. To the cry of prayer they added the shout of faith, and so became more than conquerors. God smote Jeroboam and all Israel He struck him and his army with such terror and amazement, that, it appears, they could not strike a stroke, but fled with the greatest precipitation imaginable, and the conquerors gave no quarter; so that they put to the sword five hundred thousand chosen men; more (it is said) than ever we read of in any history to have been killed in one battle. But the battle was the Lords; who would thus chastise the idolatry of Israel, and own the house of David. But see the sad effects of division! It was the blood of Israelites which was thus shed like water by Israelites, while the heathen, their neighbours, to whom the name of Israel had formerly been a terror, cried, Aha, so would we have it.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments