Verse 4

2 Chronicles 20:4

New King James Version

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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.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּקָּבְצ֣וּ יְהוּדָ֔ה לְ/בַקֵּ֖שׁ מֵֽ/יְהוָ֑ה גַּ֚ם מִ/כָּל עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה בָּ֖אוּ לְ/בַקֵּ֥שׁ אֶת יְהוָֽה

English Translation

And Judah gathered to seek the Lord; also from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

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Chapter 20 Context

1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them... Focus ↗

2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from... Focus ↗

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

4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah...

5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before t... Focus ↗

6 And said, O LORD God (Elohim) of our fathers, art not thou God (Elohim) in heaven? and rulest not th... Focus ↗

7 Art not thou our God (Elohim), who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Is... Focus ↗

8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, Focus ↗

9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this... Focus ↗

10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel in... Focus ↗

11 Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given u... Focus ↗

12 O our God (Elohim), wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that c... Focus ↗

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

14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah,... Focus ↗

15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus... Focus ↗

16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them... Focus ↗

17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of... Focus ↗

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jer... Focus ↗

19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to... Focus ↗

20 And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went fo... Focus ↗

21 And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should prais... Focus ↗

22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, M... Focus ↗

23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay a... Focus ↗

24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, b... Focus ↗

25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in ab... Focus ↗

26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed th... Focus ↗

27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to g... Focus ↗

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

29 And the fear of God (Elohim) was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that th... Focus ↗

30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God (Elohim) gave him rest round about. Focus ↗

31 And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he... Focus ↗

32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in... Focus ↗

33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unt... Focus ↗

34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jeh... Focus ↗

35 And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very... Focus ↗

36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-gab... Focus ↗

37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou has... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 20 (37 verses)
Version: New King James Version

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