2 Chronicles 20:2

1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.

3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

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BSB
Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
KJV
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
WEB
Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar” (that is, En Gedi).
ASV
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).
DARBY
And they came and told Jehoshaphat saying, A great multitude is come against thee from beyond the sea, from Syria; and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar, which is Engedi.
BLB
And they came in and declared to Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude from beyond the sea is coming against you from Edom, and behold, [they are] in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
ÅB
Folk kom med tidende derom til Josjafat og sa: Det kommer en stor hær imot deg fra andre siden av havet[^1], fra Syria; de er allerede i Haseson-Tamar, det er En-Gedi.
OTB
Budbringere kom og informerte Josjafat og sa, "En stor hær nærmer seg deg fra havet, fra Aram; og se, de er i Haseson-Tamar (det er En-Gedi)."
B1930
Folk kom med tidende derom til Josafat og sa: Det kommer en stor hær imot dig fra hin side havet, fra Syria; de er allerede i Haseson-Tamar, det er En-Gedi. / < d.e. det Døde Hav.>

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Cross references

  • Genesis 14:7

    And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon-tamar.

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  • 1 Samuel 23:29

    And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En-gedi.

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  • Joshua 15:62

    And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En-gedi; six cities with their villages.

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  • Genesis 14:3

    All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

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  • Joshua 3:16

    That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.

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  • Song of Solomon 1:14

    My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.

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  • Numbers 34:12

    And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.

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