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2 Chronicles 20:2 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 20 · verse 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 Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.2 Chronicles 20:2 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 20:2 in context
1It 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.
2Then 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.
3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
4And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- HazazontamarChatsᵉtsôwn TâmârChatsetson-tamar, a place in PalestineH2688 →
- JehoshaphatYᵉhôwshâphâṭJehoshaphat, the name of six IsraelitesH3092 →
- multitudehâmôwna noise, tumult, crowdH1995 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- beyondʻêberproperly, a region acrossH5676 →
- greatrababundantH7227 →
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We left Jehoshaphat, in the foregoing chapter, well employed in reforming his kingdom and providing for the due administration of justice and support of religion in it, and expected nothing but to hear of the peace and prosperity of his reign;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13