2 Chronicles 20:17

17 Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still], and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to-morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.

2 Chronicles 20:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 20:17

Ye shall not need to fight in this battle
Since the Lord would fight for them: set yourselves, stand ye still;
present themselves they might, as if ready to engage; and keep their ground, not giving way in the least, but would have no need to strike a stroke: and see the salvation of the Lord with you;
which he would work for them, see ( Exodus 14:13 ) , and Judah, and Jerusalem, fear not, nor be dismayed;
which is repeated for the confirmation of them: tomorrow go out against them, for the Lord will be with you;
to protect them, fight for them, and give them victory; the Targum is, ``the Word of the Lord shall be your help.''

2 Chronicles 20:17 In-Context

15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD to you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle [is] not yours, but God's.

16 To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

17 Ye shall not [need] to fight in this [battle]: set yourselves, stand ye [still], and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to-morrow go out against them: for the LORD [will be] with you.

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with [his] face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshiping the LORD.

19 And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.