Judah gathered themselves together to seek help from Yahweh. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek Yahweh.
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Judah gathered themselves together to seek help from Yahweh. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek Yahweh.
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And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
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And Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help of the LORD; even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
Cross-references (5)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 20:4 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 50:15 Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.”
- Psalms 60:10-12 Haven’t you, God, rejected us? You don’t go out with our armies, God. Give us help against the adversary, for the help of man is vain. Through God we will do valiantly, for it is he who will tread down our adversaries.
- Psalms 34:5-6 They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame. This poor man cried, and Yahweh heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
- Psalms 69:35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah. They shall settle there, and own it.
- 2 Chronicles 19:5 He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask…
2Ch 20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask [help] of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
Ver. 4. To ask help of the Lord.] Armed they came on this errand. Ora et labora. Admota manu invocanda est Minerva, said the heathens. Pray and put forth yourselves at once. The late renowned Gustavus, king of Sweden, would pray on shipboard, ashore, in the field, in the midst of the battle; as if prayer alone were the surest piece of his whole armour.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of…
And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of the Lord,.... To implore his assistance against their enemies, and his protection of them; and they met not in their several cities, but at Jerusalem, as appears by what follows:
even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord; at the temple, where was the ark, the symbol of his presence.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 20:4-5. Judah gathered themselves together — The people…
2Ch 20:4-5. Judah gathered themselves together — The people readily assembled, out of all the cities of Judah, in the court of the temple, to join in fasting and prayer to the Lord for help in this time of great danger and distress. And Jehoshaphat stood in the house of the Lord — Largely so called, that is, in the court of the people, upon that brazen scaffold which Solomon had erected. Before the new court — Before the priest’s court; which is called the new court, because it had lately been renewed when the altar was renewed.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Prot. "to ask help of." H. --- Cities. Here…
Prot. "to ask help of." H. --- Cities. Here we have an example of a pilgrimage to a holy place, as God is more willing to hear the virtuous in one place than in another, C. vi. 7., &c. W.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 4. to ask help] R.V. to seek help.
4. to ask help] R.V. to seek help.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (4) To ask.—Literally, to seek (baqqçsh, a synonym of…
(4) To ask.—Literally, to seek (baqqçsh, a synonym of dârash. 2Ch_20:2) from Jehovah; scil., help, which Authorised Version rightly supplies.
Even out of all the cities of Judah.—Emphasising the fact that the gathering in the Temple represented the whole nation. Syriac and Arabic, “and even from the distant cities.”
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain This verse expresses the response of all the kingdom…
This verse expresses the response of all the kingdom to the proclamation of Jehoshaphat.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.