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 King James Version (NKJV)So Judah gathered together to ask help from the Lord; and from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

Context of 2 Chronicles 20:4

2Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon–tamar, which is En–gedi. 3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Yhwh, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of Yhwh: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Yhwh. 5And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Yhwh, before the new court, 6And said, O Yhwh God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

2 Chronicles 20:4 word by word

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

• And Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• gathered themselves togetherקָבַץqâbats · to gatherH6908
• to askבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• of Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · 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 the blessing from Yhwh, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
• Psalms 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
• Psalms 60:10Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?
• 2 Chronicles 19:5And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
• Psalms 69:35For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

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
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Jehoshaphat
• Sanctuary
• Ammon; Ammonites
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• Chronicles, Books of
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• 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