2 Chronicles 20:13

2 Chronicles 20:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
• New International Version (NIV)All the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, stood there before the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Meanwhile all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the Lord.

Context of 2 Chronicles 20:13

11now behold, how they repay us by coming to drive us out of Your possession that You gave us as an inheritance. 12Our God, will You not execute judgment on them? For we have no power to face this great multitude that is attacking us. We do not know what to do—but our eyes are on You.” All Judah was standing before Adonai with their infants, their wives and their children. 14Then in the midst of the congregation, the Ruach Adonai came upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, 15and he said: “Listen all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat. Thus Adonai says to you, ‘Do not be afraid or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

2 Chronicles 20:13 word by word

וְכָ֨ל־יְהוּדָ֔ה עֹמְדִ֖ים לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה גַּם־טַפָּ֖ם נְשֵׁיהֶ֥ם וּבְנֵיהֶֽם׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And all Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• stoodעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• withגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• their little onesטַףţaph · childH2945
• their wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• and their childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 20:13

• Deuteronomy 29:10your children, your wives, and the outsider within your camp (from your woodchopper to your water carrier).
• Ezra 10:1While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and prostrating himself before the House of God, a very large assembly of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. The people also wept very bitterly.
• Jonah 3:5Then the people of Nineveh believed God and called for a fast and wore sackcloth—from the greatest of them to the least of them.
• Acts 21:5When our days there were over, we departed and went on our journey. They all, with wives and children, accompanied us until we were outside the city. After kneeling down on the shore and praying,

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 20:13

• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-135-13. Jehoshaphat stood ... in the house of the Lord, before the new court--that is, the great or outer court (2Ch 4:9) called the new court, probably from having been at that time enlarged or beautified.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 20:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Children
• Faithfulness
• Jehoshaphat
• Prayer
• Rulers

In the dictionaries

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

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