Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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.
And when Judah looked back,…. On hearing a noise behind them:
behold, the battle was before and behind; men were set in battle array, and the battle was begun, and an attack made upon them both ways:
and they cried unto the Lord; for help against their enemies, and to deliver them out of their hands:
and the priests sounded with the trumpets; to inspire them with cheerfulness, and to suggest to them that God was with them and they need not be afraid.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) And when Judah looked back, behold the battle was before and behind.Comp. the account of the ambuscade by which Ai was taken (Joshua , 8); and Gibeah (Judges 20),
Judah looked back.Not prepared (Bertheau) (See Jos. 8:20).
Sounded.Were sounding. Literally, trumpeting.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
This is a beautiful testimony of piety; this cry unto the Lord.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 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.
Ver. 14. And when Judah looked back. ] For till then, they suspected not any such treachery.
And they cried unto the Lord.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.
Ephrain. Identified as “Ephraim” (Joh 11:54).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
looked back: Exo 14:10, Jos 8:20, Jdg 20:33-43, 2Sa 10:8-14
cried: 2Ch 14:11, 2Ch 18:31, Psa 50:15, Psa 91:5
the priests: 2Ch 13:12
Reciprocal: Num 10:9 – if ye go Jos 6:5 – the people 1Ch 5:20 – for they cried Psa 81:3 – Blow Pro 8:12 – knowledge
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 13:14. Behold, the battle was before and behind Thus Judah was unexpectedly brought into a great strait, and put into great fear. A good cause, and one which is designed to be victorious, may be involved in difficulty and distress. And they cried unto the Lord For when danger was on every side, which way should they look but upward for deliverance? It is an unspeakable comfort, that no enemy, not the most powerful or politic, and no stratagem or ambushment, can cut off our communication with heaven. Our way thitherward is always open. We may hope they cried unto the Lord before they engaged in this war; but the distress they were in made them renew their prayers, and quickened them to be more importunate. God brings his people into straits, that he may teach them to cry unto him.