2 Chronicles 20:29

2 Chronicles 20:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel.
• New International Version (NIV)The fear of God came on all the surrounding kingdoms when they heard how the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.
• New Living Translation (NLT)When all the surrounding kingdoms heard that the Lord himself had fought against the enemies of Israel, the fear of God came over them.

Context of 2 Chronicles 20:29

27Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, with Jehoshaphat in front of them, to go back to Jerusalem with joy, for the Lord had made them rejoice over their enemies. 28So they came to Jerusalem, with stringed instruments and harps and trumpets, to the house of the Lord. And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel. 30Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around. 31So Jehoshaphat was king over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

2 Chronicles 20:29 word by word

וַיְהִי֙ פַּ֣חַד אֱלֹהִ֔ים עַ֖ל כָּל־מַמְלְכ֣וֹת הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת בְּשָׁמְעָ֕ם כִּ֚י נִלְחַ֣ם יְהוָ֔ה עִ֖ם אוֹיְבֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the fearפַּ֫חַדpachad · dreadH6343
• of Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• was on all the kingdomsמַמְלָכָהmamlâkâh · kingdomH4467
• countriesאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• when they had heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• foughtלָחַםlâcham · to fightH3898
• against the enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 20:29

• 2 Chronicles 17:10And the fear of the Lord fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.
• Genesis 35:5And they journeyed, and the terror of God was upon the cities that were all around them, and they did not pursue the sons of Jacob.
• Exodus 23:27“I will send My fear before you, I will cause confusion among all the people to whom you come, and will make all your enemies turn their backs to you.
• Joshua 5:1So it was, when all the kings of the Amorites who were on the west side of the Jordan, and all the kings of the Canaanites who were by the sea, heard that the Lord had dried up the waters of the Jordan from before the children of Israel until we had crossed over, that their heart melted; and there was no spirit in them any longer because of the children of Israel.
• 2 Kings 7:6For the Lord had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses—the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the kings of the Egyptians to attack us!”
• Exodus 15:14“The people will hear and be afraid; Sorrow will take hold of the inhabitants of Philistia.
• Joshua 2:9and said to the men: “I know that the Lord has given you the land, that the terror of you has fallen on us, and that all the inhabitants of the land are fainthearted because of you.
• Joshua 9:9So they said to him: “From a very far country your servants have come, because of the name of the Lord your God; for we have heard of His fame, and all that He did in Egypt,

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20:29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29The Lord fought - "The Word of the Lord made war against the enemies of Israel." - Targum.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

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 20:29

• Faithfulness
• Harp
• Jehoshaphat
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

• God
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• Jehoshaphat
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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