Then the men of Judah raised a war cry, and when the men of Judah raised the war cry, then it was that God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.What was this war cry? Was it the coordinated shout that happened when the walls fell at Jericho? Was is something more like today's war cry you see in movies, when the soldiers leave the trenches for a charge? Or was it at actual, specific cry out to God for relief?
Also, why did God wait for the war cry before helping Judah? Abijah had just given a passionate speech to both sides or the battle line, proclaiming how God was with them, even though they were outnumbered 2:1. Yet God waited to "show up" until they were losing and cried out. Why not simply give them the victory from the beginning? Maybe it was because while Abijah believed, not everyone on his side did? Maybe God was proving that Abijah's words were true, and victory can only come through God.
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