2 Chronicles 20:4

2 Chronicles 20:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)The people of Judah came together to seek help from the Lord; indeed, they came from every town in Judah to seek him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
• New Living Translation (NLT)So people from all the towns of Judah came to Jerusalem to seek the Lord’s help.

Context of 2 Chronicles 20:4

2Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Syria; and they are in Hazazon Tamar” (which is En Gedi). 3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. So Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord; and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord. 5Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, 6and said: “O Lord God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations, and in Your hand is there not power and might, so that no one is able to withstand You?

2 Chronicles 20:4 word by word

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּ יְהוּדָ֔ה לְבַקֵּ֖שׁ מֵֽיְהוָ֑ה גַּ֚ם מִכָּל־עָרֵ֣י יְהוּדָ֔ה בָּ֖אוּ לְבַקֵּ֥שׁ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• gathered themselves togetherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• to askבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• even out of all the citiesעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• they cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 20:4

• Psalms 24:5He shall receive blessing from the Lord, And righteousness from the God of his salvation.
• Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify Me.”
• Psalms 60:10Is it not You, O God, who cast us off? And You, O God, who did not go out with our armies?
• 2 Chronicles 19:5Then he set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
• Psalms 69:35For God will save Zion And build the cities of Judah, That they may dwell there and possess it.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20:4

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-12Jehoshaphat reacted to the news of war with nearby nations by praying in sorrow, following Solomon's prayer ideals (2 Chronicles 6:24–40).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. Jehoshaphat ... proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah--Alarmed by the intelligence and conscious of his total inability to repel this host of invaders, Jehoshaphat felt his only refuge was at the horns of the altar. He resolved to employ the aid of his God, and, in conformity with this resolution, he summoned all his subjects to observe a solemn fast at the sanctuary. It was customary with the Hebrew kings to proclaim fasts in perilous…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 20:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Battle
• Faithfulness
• Jehoshaphat
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

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

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