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Second Book of Chronicles, Chapter 20

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2 Chronicles 20 NASB - New American Standard Bible2 Chronicles 20 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 20 of 2 Chronicles—New American Standard Bible (NASB)

  1. ¶ Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the [a]1Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
  2. Then some came and reported to Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, out of [b]Aram and behold, they are in 2Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi).”
  3. Jehoshaphat was afraid and [c]3turned his attention to seek the LORD, and 4proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
  4. So Judah gathered together to 5seek help from the LORD; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD.
  5. ¶ Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD before the new court,
  6. and he said, “O LORD, the God of our fathers, 6are You not God in the heavens? And 7are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can stand against You.
  7. Did You not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and 8give it to the descendants of 9Abraham Your friend forever?
  8. They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying,
  9. ‘10Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for 11Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver us.’
  10. Now behold, 12the sons of Ammon and Moab and [d]Mount Seir, 13whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them),
  11. see how they are rewarding us by 14coming to drive us out from Your possession which You have given us as an inheritance.
  12. O our God, 15will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; nor do we know what to do, but 16our eyes are on You.”
  13. ¶ All Judah was standing before the LORD, with their infants, their wives and their children.
  14. ¶ Then in the midst of the assembly 17the Spirit of the LORD came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite of the sons of Asaph;
  15. and he said, “Listen, all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and King Jehoshaphat: thus says the LORD to you, ‘18Do not fear or be dismayed because of this great multitude, for 19the battle is not yours but God’s.
  16. Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they will come up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley in front of the wilderness of Jeruel.
  17. You need not fight in this battle; station yourselves, 20stand and see the salvation of the LORD on your behalf, O Judah and Jerusalem.’ Do not fear or be dismayed; tomorrow go out to face them, 21for the LORD is with you.”
  18. ¶ Jehoshaphat 22bowed his head with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell down before the LORD, worshiping the LORD.
  19. The Levites, from the sons of the Kohathites and of the sons of the Korahites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel, with a very loud voice.
  20. ¶ They rose early in the morning and went out to the wilderness of Tekoa; and when they went out, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, 23put your trust in the LORD your God and you will be established. Put your trust in His prophets and succeed.”
  21. When he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who sang to the LORD and those who 24praised Him in holy attire, as they went out before the army and said, “25Give thanks to the LORD, for His lovingkindness is everlasting.”
  22. When they began singing and praising, the LORD 26set ambushes against the sons of 27Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; so they were [e]routed.
  23. For the sons of Ammon and Moab rose up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir destroying them completely; and when they had finished with the inhabitants of Seir, 28they helped to destroy one another.
  24. ¶ When Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, they looked toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses lying on the ground, and no one had escaped.
  25. When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil, they found much among them, including goods, [f]garments and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry. And they were three days taking the spoil because there was so much.
  26. ¶ Then on the fourth day they assembled in the valley of Beracah, for there they blessed the LORD. Therefore they have named that place “The Valley of [g]Beracah” until today.
  27. Every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, 29for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
  28. They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres and trumpets to the house of the LORD.
  29. And 30the dread of God was on all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the LORD had fought against the enemies of Israel.
  30. So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, 31for his God gave him rest on all sides.
  31. 32Now Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
  32. He walked in the way of his father Asa and did not depart from it, doing right in the sight of the LORD.
  33. 33The high places, however, were not removed; 34the people had not yet directed their hearts to the God of their fathers.
  34. ¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first [h]to last, behold, they are written in the annals of 35Jehu the son of Hanani, which is [i]recorded in the Book of the Kings of Israel.
  35. 36After this Jehoshaphat king of Judah allied himself with Ahaziah king of Israel. He acted wickedly [j]in so doing.
  36. So he allied himself with him to make ships to go 37to Tarshish, and they made the ships in Ezion-geber.
  37. Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat saying, “Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD has destroyed your works.” So the ships were broken and could not go to Tarshish.

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ So with Gr; Heb Ammonites
  2. ^ Another reading is Edom
  3. ^ Lit set his face
  4. ^ I.e. Edom
  5. ^ Lit struck down
  6. ^ So several ancient mss; others read corpses
  7. ^ I.e. blessing
  8. ^ Lit and
  9. ^ Lit taken up
  10. ^ Lit to do

REFERENCES

  1. ^ 1Ch 4:41; 2Ch 26:7
  2. ^ Ge 14:7
  3. ^ 2Ch 19:3
  4. ^ 1Sa 7:6; Ezr 8:21
  5. ^ Jl 1:14
  6. ^ De 4:39
  7. ^ 1Ch 29:11
  8. ^ Is 41:8
  9. ^ Jm 2:23
  10. ^ 2Ch 6:28-30
  11. ^ 2Ch 6:20
  12. ^ 2Ch 20:1, 22
  13. ^ Nu 20:17-21
  14. ^ Ps 83:12
  15. ^ Jg 11:27
  16. ^ Ps 25:15; 121:1, 2
  17. ^ 2Ch 15:1; 24:20
  18. ^ Ex 14:13; De 20:1-4; 2Ch 32:7, 8
  19. ^ 1Sa 17:47
  20. ^ Ex 14:13
  21. ^ 2Ch 15:2
  22. ^ Ex 4:31
  23. ^ Is 7:9
  24. ^ 1Ch 16:29; Ps 29:2
  25. ^ 1Ch 16:34
  26. ^ 2Ch 13:13
  27. ^ 2Ch 20:10
  28. ^ Jg 7:22; 1Sa 14:20
  29. ^ Ne 12:43
  30. ^ 2Ch 14:14; 17:10
  31. ^ 2Ch 14:6, 7; 15:15
  32. ^ 1Ki 22:41-43
  33. ^ 2Ch 17:6
  34. ^ 2Ch 19:3
  35. ^ 2Ch 19:2
  36. ^ 1Ki 22:48, 49
  37. ^ 2Ch 9:21

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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