2 Chronicles 20:2

2 Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, ^[a] from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in ¹Hazazon-tamar” (that is, ²Engedi).

2 Chronicles 20:2 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 20:2

Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat
Deserters or spies, or some of the inhabitants of those parts where they had entered, who rode post haste to acquaint him with it:

saying, there cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea
on this side Syria;
that is, beyond the Dead or Salt sea, the sea of Sodom; the Targum is,

``beyond the west of Syria,''

that sea being the western boundary of it:

and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi;
(See Gill on Genesis 14:7).

2 Chronicles 20:2 In-Context

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

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

3 Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek the Lord, and proclaimed 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,

Cross References

• 1. 20:2 Gen. 14:7
• 2. 20:2 See 1 Sam. 23:29

Footnotes

• [a] 20:2 One Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts 'Aram' (Syria)