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2 Chronicles 20:13

So all Judah stood before the LORD, with their infants, their wives, and their children.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Children;   Faithfulness;   Jehoshaphat;   Prayer;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Children;   Home;   Jehoshaphat;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ammonites, the;   Prayer, Answers to;   Prayer, Public;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat, Valley of;   War;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Moab;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Moab, Moabites ;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Intercession;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Edox, Idumea;   Hezekiah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All Judah was standing before the Lord with their dependents, their wives, and their children.
Hebrew Names Version
All Yehudah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
King James Version
And all Judah stood before the Lord , with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
English Standard Version
Meanwhile all Judah stood before the Lord , with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
New Century Version
All the men of Judah stood before the Lord with their babies, wives, and children.
New English Translation
All the men of Judah were standing before the Lord , along with their infants, wives, and children.
New American Standard Bible
All Judah was standing before the LORD, with their infants, their wives, and their children.
World English Bible
All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And all Iudah stoode before the Lorde with their yong ones, their wiues, and their children.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now all Judah was standing before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Berean Standard Bible
Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.
Contemporary English Version
While every man, woman, and child of Judah was standing there at the temple,
Complete Jewish Bible
All Y'hudah stood before Adonai with their little ones, their wives and their children.
Darby Translation
And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their sons.
Easy-to-Read Version
All the men of Judah stood before the Lord with their wives, babies, and children.
George Lamsa Translation
And all Judah stood before the LORD with their little ones, their wives, their sons, and their daughters.
Good News Translation
All the men of Judah, with their wives and children, were standing there at the Temple.
Lexham English Bible
And all Judah was standing before Yahweh, and also their little children, their wives, and their children.
Literal Translation
And all Judah was standing before Jehovah, and their infants and their wives and their sons.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And all Iuda stode before the LORDE, with their children, wyues and sonnes.
American Standard Version
And all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Bible in Basic English
And all Judah were waiting before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And all Iuda stoode before the Lorde, with their young ones, their wiues, and their children.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
King James Version (1611)
And all Iudah stood before the Lord, with their litle ones, their wiues and their children.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And all Juda was standing before the Lord, and their children, and their wives.
English Revised Version
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli al Juda stood bifor the Lord, with her litle children and wyues and fre children.
Update Bible Version
And all Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their sons.
Webster's Bible Translation
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
New King James Version
Now all Judah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children, stood before the LORD.
New Living Translation
As all the men of Judah stood before the Lord with their little ones, wives, and children,
New Life Bible
And all the men of Judah were standing before the Lord, with their babies, their wives, and their children.
New Revised Standard
Meanwhile all Judah stood before the Lord , with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, all Judah, were standing before Yahweh, - also their little ones, their wives and their children.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all Juda stood before the Lord with their little ones, and their wives, and their children.
Revised Standard Version
Meanwhile all the men of Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
Young's Literal Translation
And all Judah are standing before Jehovah, also their infants, their wives, and their sons.
THE MESSAGE
Everyone in Judah was there—little children, wives, sons—all present and attentive to God .
New American Standard Bible (1995)
All Judah was standing before the LORD, with their infants, their wives and their children.

Contextual Overview

1Now it happened after this that the Moabites and the Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. 2Then it was reported to Jehoshaphat, "A great multitude has come against you from beyond the [Dead] Sea, out of Aram (Syria); and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is, Engedi)." 3Then Jehoshaphat was afraid and set himself [determinedly, as his vital need] to seek the LORD; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4So [the people of] Judah gathered together to seek help from the LORD; indeed they came from all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD [longing for Him with all their heart]. 5Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD in front of the new courtyard, 6and said, "O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not God in heaven? And do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, there is no one able to take a stand against You. 7"O our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Your friend Abraham? 8"They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your Name, saying, 9'If evil comes on us, or the sword of judgment, or plague, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your Name and Your Presence is in this house) and we will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear and save us.' 10"Now behold, the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom You would not allow Israel to invade when they came from the land of Egypt (for they turned away from them and did not destroy them),

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

all Judah: Deuteronomy 29:10, Ezra 10:1, Jonah 3:5, Acts 21:5

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 9:5 - Stand up Nehemiah 12:43 - the wives also Joel 1:14 - the elders Joel 2:16 - assemble Luke 18:16 - Suffer

Cross-References

Genesis 12:1
Now [in Haran] the LORD had said to Abram, "Go away from your country, And from your relatives And from your father's house, To the land which I will show you;
Genesis 12:9
Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev (the South country of Judah).
Genesis 20:3
But God came to Abimelech in a dream during the night, and said, "Behold, you are a dead man because of the woman whom you have taken [as your wife], for she is another man's wife."
Genesis 20:5
"Did Abraham not tell me, 'She is my sister?' And she herself said, 'He is my brother.' In the integrity of my heart and innocence of my hands I have done this."
Genesis 20:11
Abraham said, "Because I thought, 'Surely there is no fear or reverence of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.'
1 Samuel 23:21
Saul said, "May you be blessed by the LORD, because you have had compassion on me.
Psalms 64:5
They encourage themselves in [their pursuit of] an evil agenda; They talk of laying snares secretly; They say, "Who will discover us?"
Acts 5:9
Then Peter said to her, "How could you two have agreed together to put the Spirit of the Lord to the test? Look! The feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out also."
Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when he was called [by God], obeyed by going to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went, not knowing where he was going.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And all Judah stood before the Lord,.... Looking towards the most holy place, where the ark of his presence was, in an humble and submissive posture; waiting what would be the issue of things, what answer they should have from the Lord:

with their little ones, their wives, and their children: they and their wives, with their children, both small and grown up, which they brought with them, that as the sight of them, now in the utmost danger, might affect them, and make them the more fervent in their supplications to God, so they might hope the Lord would have pity and compassion on them, and save them.


 
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