2 Chronicles 20:24

2 Chronicles 20:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
• New International Version (NIV)When the men of Judah came to the place that overlooks the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When Judah came to the watchtower of the wilderness, they looked toward the horde, and behold, there were dead bodies lying on the ground; none had escaped.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So when Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude; and there were their dead bodies, fallen on the earth. No one had escaped.

Context of 2 Chronicles 20:24

22The moment they began their shouts and praises, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who had come against Judah, and they were defeated. 23The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, devoting them to destruction. And when they had finished off the inhabitants of Seir, they helped to destroy one another. When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped. 25Then Jehoshaphat and his people went to carry off the plunder, and they found on the bodies an abundance of goods and valuables—more than they could carry away. They were gathering the plunder for three days because there was so much. 26On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.

2 Chronicles 20:24 word by word

וִֽיהוּדָ֛ה בָּ֥א עַל־הַמִּצְפֶּ֖ה לַמִּדְבָּ֑ר וַיִּפְנוּ֙ אֶל־הֶ֣הָמ֔וֹן וְהִנָּ֧ם פְּגָרִ֛ים נֹפְלִ֥ים אַ֖רְצָה וְאֵ֥ין פְּלֵיטָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• When the men of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• toעַל‛al · uponH5921
• a place overlookingמִצְפֶּהmitspeh · lookoutH4707
• the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• they lookedפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• forאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the vast armyהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
• but thereהֵןhên · look!H2005
• were only corpsesפֶּ֫גֶרpeger · corpseH6297
• lyingנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• on the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• no oneאַ֫יִן'ayin · nothingH369
• had escapedפְּלֵיטָהpelêyţâh pelêţâh · survivorH6413

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 20:24

• Exodus 14:30That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
• 1 Chronicles 5:22and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
• Psalms 110:6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.
• Isaiah 37:36Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies!
• Jeremiah 33:5The Chaldeans are coming to fight and to fill those places with the corpses of the men I will strike down in My anger and in My wrath. I have hidden My face from this city because of all its wickedness.
• Ezra 9:14shall we again break Your commandments and intermarry with the peoples who commit these abominations? Would You not become so angry with us as to wipe us out, leaving no remnant or survivor?

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20:24

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24The march of Judah from Jerusalem would take five or six hours. By the time they reached the watch-towers in the wilderness of Jeruel all was over.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20-30Verses 20-30 Jehoshaphat exhorted his troops to firm faith in God. Faith inspires a man with true courage; nor will any thing help more to the establishing of the heart in shaking times, than a firm belief of the power, and mercy, and promise of God. In all our trust in the Lord, and our praises of him, let us especially look at his everlasting mercy to sinners through Jesus Christ. Never was an army so destroyed as that of the enemy. Thus God often makes…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2624-26. when Judah came toward the watchtower in the wilderness--Most probably the conical hill, Jebel Fereidis, or Frank Mountain, from the summit of which they obtained the first view of the scene of slaughter. Jehoshaphat and his people found the field strewed with dead bodies, so that they had not to fight at all, but rather to take possession of an immense booty, the collection of which occupied three days. On the fourth they set out on their return…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 20:24

• Faithfulness
• Harp
• Jehoshaphat
• Prayer
• Rulers
• Watchman

In the dictionaries

• Judah
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Jehoshaphat
• Sanctuary
• Ammon; Ammonites
• Ben-Ammi
• Chronicles, Books of
• Dead Sea, the
• Jehoshaphat (2)

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings