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2 Chronicles 32:7
7“Be strong and courageous! Don’t be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria or before the large army that is with him, for there are more with us than with him.
2 Chronicles 32:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:
- New International Version (NIV)“Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged because of the king of Assyria and the vast army with him, for there is a greater power with us than with him.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or dismayed before the king of Assyria and all the horde that is with him, for there are more with us than with him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Be strong and courageous; do not be afraid nor dismayed before the king of Assyria, nor before all the multitude that is with him; for there are more with us than with him.
Context of 2 Chronicles 32:7
5Then Hezekiah strengthened his position by rebuilding the entire broken-down wall and heightening the towers and the other outside wall. He repaired the supporting terraces of the city of David, and made an abundance of weapons and shields. 6He set military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying, “Be strong and courageous! Don’t be afraid or discouraged before the king of Assyria or before the large army that is with him, for there are more with us than with him. 8He has only human strength, but we have the Lord our God to help us and to fight our battles.” So the people relied on the words of King Hezekiah of Judah. 9After this, while King Sennacherib of Assyria with all his armed forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem against King Hezekiah of Judah and against all those of Judah who were in Jerusalem, saying,
Read all of 2 Chronicles 322 Chronicles 32:7 word by word
חִזְק֣וּ וְאִמְצ֔וּ אַל־תִּֽירְא֣וּ וְאַל־תֵּחַ֗תּוּ מִפְּנֵי֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אַשּׁ֔וּר וּמִלִּפְנֵ֖י כָּל־הֶהָמ֣וֹן אֲשֶׁר־עִמּ֑וֹ כִּֽי־עִמָּ֥נוּ רַ֖ב מֵעִמּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Be strongחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
- and courageousאָמֵץ'âmats · to strengthenH553
- be not afraidיָרֵאyârê' · to fearH3372
- nor dismayedחָתַתchâthath · to to be dismayedH2865
- forפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
- the kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
- of Assyriaאַשּׁוּר'ashshûr 'ashshûr · AssyriaH804
- nor for all the multitudeהָמוֹןhâmôn hâmôn · crowdH1995
- moreרַבrab · manyH7227
Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 32:7
- Deuteronomy 31:6Be strong and courageous; don’t be terrified or afraid of them. For the Lord your God is the one who will go with you; he will not leave you or abandon you.”
- Joshua 1:6“Be strong and courageous, for you will distribute the land I swore to their ancestors to give them as an inheritance.
- 1 Chronicles 28:10Realize now that the Lord has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong, and do it.”
- Isaiah 35:4Say to the cowardly: “Be strong; do not fear! Here is your God; vengeance is coming. God’s retribution is coming; he will save you.”
- Daniel 10:19He said, “Don’t be afraid, you who are treasured by God. Peace to you; be very strong!” As he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, “Let my lord speak, for you have strengthened me.”
- Zechariah 8:9The Lord of Armies says this: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words that the prophets spoke when the foundations were laid for the rebuilding of the temple, the house of the Lord of Armies.
- Ephesians 6:10Finally, be strengthened by the Lord and by his vast strength.
- 2 Timothy 2:1You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
- 2 Chronicles 20:15and he said, “Listen carefully, all Judah and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat. This is what the Lord says: ‘Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast number, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.
- 2 Kings 18:30Don’t let Hezekiah persuade you to rely on the Lord by saying, “Certainly the Lord will rescue us! This city will not be handed over to the king of Assyria.”’
- 2 Kings 19:6who said to them, “Tell your master, ‘The Lord says this: Don’t be afraid because of the words you have heard, with which the king of Assyria’s attendants have blasphemed me.
- 2 Kings 6:16Elisha said, “Don’t be afraid, for those who are with us outnumber those who are with them.”
- Romans 8:31What, then, are we to say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?
- 1 John 4:4You are from God, little children, and you have conquered them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 32:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7There be more with us than with him - We have more power than they have. (These words he quotes from the prophet Elisha, 2 Kings 6:16;). This was soon proved to be true by the slaughter made by the angel of the Lord in the Assyrian camp.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7On the language, compare the marginal references, for details, see Isaiah 22:5-13; Isaiah 29:3.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-23The Chronicler summarizes the long account of the siege against Jerusalem in twenty-three verses (compare 2 Kings 18:17–19:37; Isaiah 36–38). God responded to King Sennacherib of Assyria's attack by blessing Judah and Hezekiah for their faithfulness in seeking the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-82-8. when Hezekiah saw that Sennacherib ... was purposed to fight against Jerusalem--An account of the means taken to fortify Jerusalem against the threatened siege is given only in this passage. The polluting or filling up of wells, and the altering of the course of rivers, is an old practice that still obtains in the wars of the East. Hezekiah's plan was to cover the fountain heads, so that they might not be discovered by the enemy, and to carry the…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 32
- 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
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