¹³ Now Jeroboam had sent some men to ambush the Judahite army from behind.^[a] The main army was in front of the Judahite army;^[b] the ambushers were behind it.

¹⁴ The men of Judah turned around and realized they were being attacked from the front and the rear.^[a] So they cried out to the Lord for help. The priests blew their trumpets,