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2 Chronicles 20:30

So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for the Lord gave him rest on every side.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blessing;   Faithfulness;   Jehoshaphat;   Rulers;   Thompson Chain Reference - Jehoshaphat;  

Dictionaries:

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

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was quiet, for his God gave him rest on every side.
Hebrew Names Version
So the realm of Yehoshafat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.
King James Version
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
English Standard Version
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
New Century Version
So Jehoshaphat's kingdom was not at war. His God gave him peace from all the countries around him.
New English Translation
Jehoshaphat's kingdom enjoyed peace; his God made him secure on every side.
Amplified Bible
So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest on all sides.
New American Standard Bible
So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God gave him rest on all sides.
World English Bible
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the kingdom of Iehoshaphat was quiet, and his God gaue him rest on euery side.
Legacy Standard Bible
So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jehoshaphat's kingdom was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.
Contemporary English Version
to invade Judah. The Lord let Jehoshaphat's kingdom be at peace.
Complete Jewish Bible
So Y'hoshafat's rule was a quiet one, because his God gave him rest all around.
Darby Translation
And the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; and his God gave him rest round about.
Easy-to-Read Version
That is why there was peace for Jehoshaphat's kingdom—his God brought him rest from the enemies that were all around him.
George Lamsa Translation
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for the LORD gave him rest on all sides.
Good News Translation
so Jehoshaphat ruled in peace, and God gave him security on every side.
Lexham English Bible
So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at rest, since his God gave rest to him all around.
Literal Translation
And the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, and his God gave him rest all around.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus was ye kyngdome of Iosaphat in quyetnes, & God gaue him rest on euery syde.
American Standard Version
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And so the realme of Iehosaphat was in tranquillitie, and his God gaue him rest on euery side.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.
King James Version (1611)
So the Realme of Iehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gaue him rest round about.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the kingdom of Josaphat was at peace; and his God gave him rest round about.
English Revised Version
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the rewme of Josaphat restide; and the Lord yaf `pees to hym `bi cumpas.
Update Bible Version
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.
Webster's Bible Translation
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest on all sides.
New King James Version
Then the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
New Living Translation
So Jehoshaphat's kingdom was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side.
New Life Bible
So the nation of Jehoshaphat was at peace. His God gave him rest on all sides.
New Revised Standard
And the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, - for his God, gave him rest, round about.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the kingdom of Josaphat was quiet, and God gave him peace round about.
Revised Standard Version
So the realm of Jehosh'aphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest round about.
Young's Literal Translation
and the kingdom of Jehoshaphat is quiet, and his God giveth rest to him round about.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was at peace, for his God gave him rest on all sides.

Contextual Overview

20 And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you. 21 And after discussion with the people, he put in their places those who were to make melody to the Lord, praising him in holy robes, while they went at the head of the army, and saying, May the Lord be praised, for his mercy is unchanging for ever. 22 And at the first notes of song and praise the Lord sent a surprise attack against the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were overcome. 23 And the children of Ammon and Moab made an attack on the people of Mount Seir with a view to their complete destruction; and when they had put an end to the people of Seir, everyman's hand was turned against his neighbour for his destruction. 24 And Judah came to the watchtower of the waste land, and looking in the direction of the army, they saw only dead bodies stretched on the earth; no living man was to be seen. 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their goods from them, they saw beasts in great numbers, and wealth and clothing and things of value, more than they were able to take away; all this they took for themselves, and they were three days getting it away, there was so much. 26 On the fourth day they all came together in the Valley of Blessing, and there they gave blessing to the Lord; for which cause that place has been named the Valley of Blessing to this day. 27 Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters. 28 So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord. 29 And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had news of how the Lord made war on those who came against Israel.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

his God: 2 Chronicles 14:6, 2 Chronicles 14:7, 2 Chronicles 15:15, Joshua 23:1, 2 Samuel 7:1, Job 34:29, Proverbs 16:7, John 14:27

Reciprocal: Psalms 76:8 - still Ecclesiastes 3:8 - a time of war

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet,.... Both within and without; they were at peace among themselves, and none from abroad dared to molest them:

for his God gave him rest round about; from all his enemies; the Targum has it, the Word of his God; and so, in the preceding verse, the Word of the Lord fought; and in 2 Chronicles 20:28 the Word of the Lord made them rejoice.


 
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