2 Chronicles 20:1-6

Jehoshaphat's Prayer

1 After this ¹the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites,^[a] came against Jehoshaphat for battle.

2 Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A great multitude is coming against you from Edom,^[b] from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in ²Hazazon-tamar" (that is, ³Engedi).

3 Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face ⁴to seek the LORD, and ⁵proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

4 And Judah assembled to seek help from the LORD; from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

6 and said, "O LORD, God of our fathers, are you not ⁶God in heaven? You ⁷rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. ⁸In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you.

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2 Chronicles 20:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 20

Jehoshaphat having notice of a numerous army coming against him, 2Ch 20:1,2, betakes himself to fasting and prayer with his people, 2Ch 20:3-13, when they were immediately assured of victory by a prophet, which filled them with joy and thankfulness, 2Ch 20:14-21, and accordingly their enemies destroyed one another, and Jehoshaphat and his people returned to Jerusalem rejoicing and praising God, 2Ch 20:22-30, and the chapter is closed with an account of the latter part of Jehoshaphat's reign, 2Ch 20:31-37.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 8

1. 2 Kings 1:1; 2 Kings 3:4, 7
2. Genesis 14:7
3. See 1 Samuel 23:29
4. 2 Chronicles 19:3; [1 Chronicles 22:19]
5. Ezra 8:21; Jeremiah 36:9; Jonah 3:5; [Joel 1:14; Joel 2:15]
6. See Deuteronomy 4:39
7. [Dan. 4:17, 25, 32]
8. 1 Chronicles 29:12

Footnotes 2

[a]. Compare 26:7; Hebrew Ammonites
[b]. One Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts Aram (Syria)

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