Verse 20

2 Chronicles 20:20

Noah Webster Bible

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20 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 (Elohim), so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּשְׁכִּ֣ימוּ בַ/בֹּ֔קֶר וַ/יֵּצְא֖וּ לְ/מִדְבַּ֣ר תְּק֑וֹעַ וּ/בְ/צֵאתָ֞/ם עָמַ֣ד יְהוֹשָׁפָ֗ט וַ/יֹּ֨אמֶר֙ שְׁמָע֗וּ/נִי יְהוּדָה֙ וְ/יֹשְׁבֵ֣י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֔ם הַאֲמִ֜ינוּ בַּ/יהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵי/כֶם֙ וְ/תֵ֣אָמֵ֔נוּ הַאֲמִ֥ינוּ בִ/נְבִיאָ֖י/ו וְ/הַצְלִֽיחוּ

English Translation

And they rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa, and as they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: Believe in the Lord your God, and you will be established; believe in His prophets, and you will succeed."

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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 assembled, to ask help of the LORD: even from all the cities of Judah they came to seek th... Focus ↗

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 thou n... 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 in it, and have built thee a sanctuary in it 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 wouldst not let Israel inv... Focus ↗

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

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

22 And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the children of Ammon, Moab... 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 towards the watch-tower in the wilderness, they looked to the multitude, and beh... 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 front of them, to go ag... Focus ↗

28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to 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 on all sides. 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 But the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts to the... 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 Jehoshaphat king of Judah joined himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wi... Focus ↗

36 And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geb... 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: Noah Webster Bible

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