2 Chronicles 20

Verse 1

WEB It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

KJV 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.

TSK after this also: 2ch 19:5,11, 2ch 32:1; the children of Moab: ps 83:5-8, isa 7:1, isa 8:9,10, isa 16:6; came against: 2ch 19:2, jer 10:24, re 3:19

Verse 2

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).

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 Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

TSK beyond the sea: ge 14:3, nu 34:12, jos 3:16; Hazazon-tamar: ge 14:7; En-gedi: jos 15:62, 1sa 23:29, so 1:14

Verse 3

WEB Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek to Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

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

TSK feared: ge 32:7-11,24-28, ps 56:3,4, isa 37:3-6, jon 1:16, mt 10:28; himself: 2ch 11:16, 2ch 19:3; proclaimed: jud 20:26, 1sa 7:6, ezr 8:21-23, es 4:16, jer 36:9, da 9:3, joe 1:14, joe 2:12-18, jon 3:5-9

Verse 4

WEB Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help from Yahweh. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek Yahweh.

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.

TSK ask help of the Lord: ps 34:5,6, ps 50:15, ps 60:10-12; the cities: 2ch 19:5, ps 69:35

Verse 5

WEB Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Yahweh, before the new court;

KJV And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

TSK Jehoshaphat: 2ch 6:12,13, 2ch 34:31, 2ki 19:15-19

Verse 6

WEB and he said, “Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren’t you God in heaven? Aren’t you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.

KJV 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?

TSK O Lord: ex 3:6,15,16, 1ch 29:18; God in heaven: de 4:39, jos 2:11, 1ki 8:23, ps 115:3, isa 57:15,16, isa 66:1, mt 6:9; rulest not: 1ch 29:11,12, ps 47:2,8, jer 27:5-8, da 4:17,25,32-35; in thine hand: 1ch 29:11,12, ps 62:11, mt 6:13; none is able: ac 11:17

Verse 7

WEB Didn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend forever?

KJV 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?

TSK our God: 2ch 14:11, ge 17:7, ex 6:7, ex 19:5-7, ex 20:2, 1ch 17:21-24; drive out: ex 33:2, ps 44:2; gavest: ge 12:7, ge 13:15, jos 24:3,13, ne 9:8; thy friend: isa 41:8, joh 11:11, joh 15:15, jas 2:23

Verse 8

WEB They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,

KJV And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

TSK built thee: 2ch 2:4, 2ch 6:10

Verse 9

WEB ‘If evil comes on us—the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’

KJV If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.

TSK If, when evil: 2ch 6:28-30, 1ki 8:33,37; and in thy presence: mt 18:20; thy name: 2ch 6:20, ex 20:24, ex 23:21

Verse 10

WEB Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and didn’t destroy them;

KJV And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;

TSK whom thou: nu 20:17-21, de 2:4,5,9,19, jud 11:15-18

Verse 11

WEB behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.

KJV Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

TSK how they reward us: ge 44:4, ps 7:4, ps 35:12, pr 17:13, jer 18:20; to cast us: jud 11:23,24, ps 83:3-12

Verse 12

WEB Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

KJV O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

TSK wilt: de 32:36, jud 11:27, 1sa 3:13, ps 7:6,8, ps 9:19, ps 43:1, isa 2:4, isa 42:4, joe 3:12, re 19:11; we have: 2sa 14:11, 1sa 14:6, 2co 1:8,9; neither: 2ki 6:15; our eyes: ps 25:15, ps 121:1,2, ps 123:1,2, ps 141:8, jon 2:4

Verse 13

WEB All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

KJV And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

TSK all Judah: de 29:10, ezr 10:1, jon 3:5, ac 21:5

Verse 14

WEB Then the Spirit of Yahweh came on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly;

KJV Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;

TSK Then upon: isa 58:9, isa 65:24, da 9:20,21, ac 10:4,31; came the Spirit: 2ch 15:1, 2ch 24:20, nu 11:25,26, nu 24:2

Verse 15

WEB and he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat. Thus says Yahweh to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

KJV And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

TSK Be not afraid: 2ch 32:7,8, ex 14:13,14, de 1:29,30, de 20:1,4, de 31:6,8, jos 11:6, ne 4:14, ps 17:1,2, isa 41:10-16, isa 43:1,2; the battle: 2ch 32:8, 1sa 17:47

Verse 16

WEB Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz. You shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

KJV To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

TSK No cross references.

Verse 17

WEB You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.’”

KJV Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.

TSK not need: 2ch 20:22,23, ex 14:13,14,25; stand ye still: ps 46:10,11, isa 30:7,15, la 3:26, la 3:26; for the Lord: 2ch 15:2, 2ch 32:8, nu 14:9, ps 46:7,11, isa 8:9,10, isa 41:10, am 5:14, mt 1:23, mt 28:20, ro 8:31, 2ti 4:22

Verse 18

WEB Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground; and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before Yahweh, worshipping Yahweh.

KJV And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.

TSK bowed his head: 2ch 7:3, ge 24:26, ex 4:31; fell before: job 1:20, ps 95:6

Verse 19

WEB The Levites, of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korahites, stood up to praise Yahweh, the God of Israel, with an exceeding loud voice.

KJV And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.

TSK Levites: 1ch 15:16-22, 1ch 16:5,42, 1ch 23:5, 1ch 25:1-7; Korhites: ps 44:1, ps 49:1; a loud: 2ch 5:13, ezr 3:12,13, ne 12:42,43, ps 81:1, ps 95:1,2

Verse 20

WEB They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you shall be established! Believe his prophets, so you shall prosper.”

KJV And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

TSK Tekoa: 2ch 11:6, 2sa 14:2, 1ch 4:5, jer 6:1; Believe in the Lord: isa 7:9, isa 26:3, joh 11:40, joh 14:1, ro 8:31, heb 11:6; believe his: ex 14:31, lu 16:31, joh 5:46,47, joh 13:20

Verse 21

WEB When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh; for his loving kindness endures forever.

KJV And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.

TSK consulted: 1ch 13:1,2, pr 11:14; appointed: 2ch 29:25-30, 2ch 30:21, ezr 3:10,11, ne 12:27; the beauty: 1ch 16:29, ps 29:2, ps 50:2, ps 90:17, ps 96:9; Praise the Lord: 2ch 5:13, 2ch 7:3,6, 1ch 16:34,41, ezr 3:11, ps 106:1, ps 107:1, ps 136:1-26, jer 33:11

Verse 22

WEB When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.

KJV And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.

TSK when they: jud 7:22, 1sa 14:16,20, 2ki 6:17, ps 35:5,6, isa 19:2, eze 38:21

Verse 23

WEB For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to kill and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another.

KJV For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

TSK mount Seir: ge 14:6, ge 36:8,9, de 2:5, jos 24:4, eze 35:2,3

Verse 24

WEB When Judah came to the place overlooking the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.

KJV And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

TSK they were dead: ex 14:30, 1ch 5:22, ps 110:6, isa 37:36, jer 33:5; none escaped: ezr 9:14

Verse 25

WEB When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much.

KJV And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.

TSK they found: ex 12:35,36, 1sa 30:19,20, 2ki 7:9-16, ps 68:12, ro 8:37; precious jewels: ex 3:22, nu 31:15, jud 8:24-26, pr 3:15; it was so much: eze 39:8,9

Verse 26

WEB On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah to this day.

KJV And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.

TSK blessed: ex 15:1-19, 2sa 22:1, ps 103:1,2, ps 107:21,22, lu 1:68, re 19:1-6; the name: ge 28:19, ge 32:20, ex 17:15, 1sa 7:12, isa 62:4, ac 1:19; unto this day: 2ch 5:9

Verse 27

WEB Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in their forefront, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

KJV 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.

TSK forefront: 2sa 6:14,15, mic 2:13, heb 6:20; the Lord: 1sa 2:1, ne 12:43, ps 20:5, ps 30:1, isa 35:10, isa 51:11, re 18:20

Verse 28

WEB They came to Jerusalem with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.

KJV And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

TSK with psalteries: 2sa 6:5, 1ch 13:8, 1ch 23:5, 1ch 25:6, ps 57:8, ps 92:3, ps 149:3, ps 150:3-5, re 14:2,3

Verse 29

WEB The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Yahweh 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.

TSK the fear: 2ch 17:10, ge 35:5, ex 23:27, jos 5:1, 2ki 7:6; they had heard: ex 15:14-16, jos 2:9-11, jos 9:9-11

Verse 30

WEB So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest all around.

KJV So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

TSK his God: 2ch 14:6,7, 2ch 15:15, jos 23:1, 2sa 7:1, job 34:29, pr 16:7, joh 14:27

Verse 31

WEB Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

KJV 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.

TSK A. M. 3090-3115. B.C. 914-889. Jehoshaphat: 1ki 22:41-44

Verse 32

WEB He walked in the way of Asa his father, and didn’t turn aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh.

KJV And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD.

TSK he walked: 2ch 17:3-6; the way: 2ch 14:2-5,11-13, 1ki 15:11; departed not: 2ch 16:7-12, ps 18:21, ps 36:3

Verse 33

WEB However the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts to the God of their fathers.

KJV Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.

TSK the high places: 2ch 14:3, 2ch 17:6; had not: 2ch 12:14, 2ch 19:3, 2ch 30:19, de 29:4, 1sa 7:3

Verse 34

WEB Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the history of Jehu the son of Hanani, which is inserted in the book of the kings of Israel.

KJV Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.

TSK the rest: 2ch 12:15, 2ch 13:22, 2ch 16:11; Jehu the son of Hanani: 2ch 19:2, 1ki 16:1,7

Verse 35

WEB After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. The same did very wickedly:

KJV And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:

TSK A. M. 3108. B.C. 896. did Jehoshaphat: 1ki 22:48,49; who did very: 2ki 1:2-16

Verse 36

WEB and he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish; and they made the ships in Ezion Geber.

KJV And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongaber.

TSK Tarshish: 1ki 10:22; Ezion-geber: 1ki 9:26

Verse 37

WEB Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, “Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works.” The ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

KJV Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

TSK Because: 2ch 19:2, jos 7:11,12, pr 13:20; the Lord: 2ch 16:9, pr 9:6, pr 13:20, heb 12:6, re 3:19; And the ships: 1ki 22:48; to Tarshish: 2ch 9:21