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2 Chronicles 20:31 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 20 · verse 31
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.2 Chronicles 20:31 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 20:31 in context
29And 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.
30So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
31And 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.
32And 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.
33Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JehoshaphatYᵉhôwshâphâṭJehoshaphat, the name of six IsraelitesH3092 →
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
- reignedmâlakto reignH4427 →
- thirtyshᵉlôwshîymthirtyH7970 →
- twentyʻesrîymtwentyH6242 →
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We are now drawing towards the close of the history of Jehoshaphat's reign, for a further account of which those who lived when this book was published were referred to an authentic history of it, written by Jehu the prophet (Ch2 19:2), which was then extant, Ch2 20:34.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 31-37