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2 Chronik 20:3

Listen to 2 Chronik 20:3
3 Da fürchtete sich Josaphat, und er richtete sein Angesicht darauf, Jehova zu suchen; und er rief ein Fasten aus über ganz Juda.

2 Chronik 20:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 20:3

And Jehoshaphat feared
Exceedingly, as the Targum adds, not merely because of the number of his enemies, for he had forces enough to go forth against them, see ( 2 Chronicles 17:14-19 ) , but chiefly because the Lord had told him that wrath was upon him from him, ( 2 Chronicles 19:2 ) and he might fear that this was the time for the execution of it: and set himself to seek the Lord;
by prayer and supplication, with all seriousness, fervour, and constancy: and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah;
a day of humiliation and mourning for sin before the Lord; when they were ordered to abstain from bodily food and labour, that they might be fit and more at leisure for spiritual exercises.

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2 Chronik 20:3 In-Context

1 Und es geschah hernach, da kamen die Kinder Moab und die Kinder Ammon und mit ihnen von den Meunitern wider Josaphat zum Streit.
2 Und man kam und berichtete Josaphat und sprach: Eine große Menge ist wider dich gekommen von jenseit des Meeres, von Syrien; und siehe, sie sind zu Hazezon-Tamar, das ist Engedi.
3 Da fürchtete sich Josaphat, und er richtete sein Angesicht darauf, Jehova zu suchen; und er rief ein Fasten aus über ganz Juda.
4 Und Juda versammelte sich, um von Jehova Hilfe zu suchen; sogar aus allen Städten Judas kamen sie, um Jehova zu suchen.
5 Und Josaphat stand in der Versammlung Judas und Jerusalems im Hause Jehovas, vor dem neuen Vorhof;
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