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the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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World English Bible

2 Chronicles 20:30

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.

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.
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.
Bible in Basic English
So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for the Lord gave him rest on every side.
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 They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem: believe in Yahweh your God, so shall you be established; believe his prophets, so shall you prosper. 21 When he had taken counsel with the people, he appointed those who should sing to Yahweh, and give praise in holy array, as they went out before the army, and say, Give thanks to Yahweh; for his lovingkindness endures forever. 22 When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set liers-in-wait against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck. 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of Mount Seir, utterly to kill and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, everyone helped to destroy another. 24 When Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped. 25 When Jehoshaphat and his people came to take the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches and dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in taking the spoil, it was so much. 26 On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah to this day. 27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies. 28 They came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh. 29 The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Yahweh fought against the enemies of 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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