2 Chronicles 20:4
2 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.
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.
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- Judah gathered themselves together to seek help from the LORD. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD.
- ASV
- And Judah gathered themselves together, to seek [help] of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And Judah gathered themselves together to ask [help] of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah.
- BLB
- And Judah gathered together to inquire of YHWH; even from all the cities of Judah they came to seek YHWH.
- ÅB
- Og Juda samlet seg for å søke hjelp hos Herren; ja, fra alle Judas byer kom de for å søke Herren.
- OTB
- Så samlet Juda seg for å søke hjelp fra Herren; folk kom til og med fra alle byene i Juda for å søke Herren.
- B1930
- Og Juda samlet sig for å søke hjelp hos Herren; ja, fra alle Judas byer kom de for å søke Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 50:15
And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Read in contextPsalms 60:10–12
Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
Read in contextPsalms 69:35
For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.
Read in contextPsalms 34:5–6
They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.
Read in context2 Chronicles 19:5
And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
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