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2 Chronicles 20:5

JehoshaphatJerusalem
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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.

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?

7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

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BSB
Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD in front of the new courtyard
KJV
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
WEB
Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the LORD’s house, before the new court;
ASV
And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court;
DARBY
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court;
BLB
And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of YHWH, before the new court,
ÅB
Da sto Josjafat fram blant dem som var kommet sammen fra Juda og Jerusalem, i Herrens hus foran den nye forgård
OTB
Josjafat stod da i forsamlingen av Juda og Jerusalem, i Herrens hus foran den nye forgården,
B1930
Da stod Josafat frem blandt dem som var kommet sammen fra Juda og Jerusalem, i Herrens hus foran den nye forgård

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 6:12–13

    And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

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  • 2 Kings 19:15–19

    And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD, and said, O LORD God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.

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  • 2 Chronicles 34:31

    And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

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