Verse 1

2 Chronicles 20:1

Literal Standard Version

1 And it comes to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them of the peoples, to battle against Jehoshaphat.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְהִ֣י אַֽחֲרֵי כֵ֡ן בָּ֣אוּ בְנֵי מוֹאָב֩ וּ/בְנֵ֨י עַמּ֜וֹן וְ/עִמָּ/הֶ֧ם מֵֽ/הָ/עַמּוֹנִ֛ים עַל יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט לַ/מִּלְחָמָֽה
English Translation
And it came to pass after that, the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle.
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Chapter 20 Context
1 And it comes to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them...
2 And some come in and declare it to Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude has come against you from... Focus ↗
3 And Jehoshaphat fears, and sets his face to seek for YHWH, and proclaims a fast over all Judah; Focus ↗
4 and Judah is gathered to inquire of YHWH; also, from all the cities of Judah they have come to seek... Focus ↗
5 And Jehoshaphat stands in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of YHWH, at the front of... Focus ↗
6 and says, “O YHWH, God (Elohim) of our fathers, are You not God (Elohim) in the heavens? Indeed, You... Focus ↗
7 Are You not our God (Elohim)? You have dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Your pe... Focus ↗
8 and they dwell in it, and build a sanctuary in it for You, for Your Name, saying, Focus ↗
9 If evil comes on us—sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine—we stand before this house, and befo... Focus ↗
10 And now, behold, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not grant to Israel to go in... Focus ↗
11 and behold, they are repaying to us—to come to drive us out of Your possession that You have caused... Focus ↗
12 O our God (Elohim), do You not execute judgment on them? For there is no power in us before this gre... Focus ↗
13 And all Judah is standing before YHWH, also their infants, their wives, and their sons. Focus ↗
14 And the Spirit of YHWH has been on Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of... Focus ↗
15 and he says, “Attend, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and O King Jehoshaphat, Thus said... Focus ↗
16 Tomorrow, go down against them, behold, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and you have found... Focus ↗
17 It is not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of YHWH with yo... Focus ↗
18 And Jehoshaphat bows—face to the earth—and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem have fallen be... Focus ↗
19 And the Levites, of the sons of the Kohathites, and of the sons of the Korahites, rise to give prais... Focus ↗
20 And they rise early in the morning, and go out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and in their going out Je... Focus ↗
21 And he takes counsel with the people, and appoints singers for YHWH, and those giving praise for the... Focus ↗
22 And at the time they have begun with singing and praise, YHWH has put ambushes against the sons of A... Focus ↗
23 and the sons of Ammon stand up, and Moab, against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, to devote and to de... Focus ↗
24 And Judah has come to the watchtower in the wilderness, and they look toward the multitude, and beho... Focus ↗
25 and Jehoshaphat comes in, and his people, to seize their spoil, and they find among them, in abundan... Focus ↗
26 And on the fourth day they have been assembled at the Valley of Blessing, for there they blessed YHW... Focus ↗
27 And they return, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat at their head, to go back to Jeru... Focus ↗
28 And they come to Jerusalem with psalteries, and with harps, and with trumpets, to the house of YHWH. Focus ↗
29 And there is a fear of God (Elohim) on all kingdoms of the lands in their hearing that YHWH has foug... Focus ↗
30 and the kingdom of Jehoshaphat is quiet, and his God (Elohim) gives rest to him all around. Focus ↗
31 And Jehoshaphat reigns over Judah, a son of thirty-five years in his reigning, and he has reigned tw... Focus ↗
32 And he walks in the way of his father Asa, and has not turned aside from it, to do that which is rig... Focus ↗
33 Only, the high places have not been removed, and still the people have not prepared their heart for... Focus ↗
34 And the rest of the matters of Jehoshaphat, the first and the last, behold, they are written among t... Focus ↗
35 And after this Jehoshaphat king of Judah has joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel (he did wick... Focus ↗
36 and he joins him with himself to make ships to go to Tarshish, and they make ships in Ezion-Geber, Focus ↗
37 and Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, prophesies against Jehoshaphat, saying, “For your joining y... Focus ↗