2 Chronicles 20:29
27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And the fear of God came upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.
- KJV
- And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
- WEB
- The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
- ASV
- And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel.
- DARBY
- And the terror of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel.
- BLB
- And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands in their hearing that YHWH had fought against the enemies of Israel.
- ÅB
- Og frykt for Gud kom over alle riker rundt i landene, da de hørte at Herren hadde stridt mot Israels fiender.
- OTB
- Og frykten for Gud var over alle rikene i landene da de hørte at Herren hadde kjempet mot Israels fiender.
- B1930
- Og frykt for Gud kom over alle riker rundt i landene, da de hørte at Herren hadde stridt mot Israels fiender.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 17:10
And the fear of the LORD fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.
Read in contextExodus 23:27
I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
Read in context2 Kings 7:6
For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host: and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Read in context2 Chronicles 14:14
And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the LORD came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them.
Read in contextGenesis 35:5
And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob.
Read in contextJoshua 5:1
And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
Read in contextJoshua 2:9–11
And she said unto the men, I know that the LORD hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
Read in contextExodus 15:14–16
The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
Read in context