2 Chronicles 20:3

Contextual Overview

¹After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to fight against Jehoshaphat. ¹ It happened after this, that the children of Mo'av, and the children of `Ammon, and with them some of the Me`unim, came against Yehoshafat to battle. ¹ It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. ¹ After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle. ¹ Later the Moabites, Ammonites, and some Meunites came to start a war with Jehoshaphat. ¹ Later the Moabites and Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, attacked Jehoshaphat. ¹Now it happened after this that the Moabites and the Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. ¹ Now it came about after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. ¹ It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. ¹ After this also came the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, & with them of the Ammonites against Iehoshaphat to battell.

Bible Verse Review
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feared: Genesis 32:7-11, Genesis 32:24-28, Psalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4, Isaiah 37:3-6, Jonah 1:16, Matthew 10:28

himself: Heb. his face

seek the Lord: See note on 2 Chronicles 11:16, 2 Chronicles 19:3

proclaimed: Judges 20:26, 1 Samuel 7:6, Ezra 8:21-23, Esther 4:16, Jeremiah 36:9, Daniel 9:3, Joel 1:14, Joel 2:12-18, Jonah 3:5-9

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 23:9 - General 1 Samuel 7:7 - afraid 1 Kings 22:43 - doing 1 Chronicles 22:19 - set your Nehemiah 9:1 - children Psalms 30:11 - turned Isaiah 58:5 - it such Jeremiah 31:21 - set thine Daniel 11:17 - set Amos 5:4 - Seek Jonah 3:7 - caused

Cross-References

Genesis 20:1
Avraham journeyed from there toward the land of the South, and lived between Kadesh and Shur. He sojourned in Gerar.

Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south country, and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur, and sojourned in Gerar.

Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from there to the land of the Negev, and he settled between Kadesh and Shur. And he dwelled as an alien in Gerar.

Genesis 20:1
Abraham left Hebron and traveled to southern Canaan where he stayed awhile between Kadesh and Shur. When he moved to Gerar,

Genesis 20:1
Abraham journeyed from there to the Negev region and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he lived as a temporary resident in Gerar,

Genesis 20:1
Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the Negev (the South country), and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he lived temporarily in Gerar.

Genesis 20:1
Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev, and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he lived for a time in Gerar.

Genesis 20:1
Afterward Abraham departed thence toward the South countrey and dwelled betweene Cadesh and Shur, and soiourned in Gerar.

Genesis 20:1
And Abraham journeyed from there toward the land of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he sojourned in Gerar.

Genesis 20:1
Abraham moved to the Southern Desert, where he settled between Kadesh and Shur. Later he went to Gerar, and while there

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jehoshaphat feared,.... Exceedingly, as the Targum adds, not merely because of the number of his enemies, for he had forces enough to go forth against them, see 2 Chronicles 17:14, but chiefly because the Lord had told him that wrath was upon him from him, 2 Chronicles 19:2 and he might fear that this was the time for the execution of it:

and set himself to seek the Lord; by prayer and supplication, with all seriousness, fervour, and constancy:

and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah; a day of humiliation and mourning for sin before the Lord; when they were ordered to abstain from bodily food and labour, that they might be fit and more at leisure for spiritual exercises.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

General fasts had been previously observed by the Israelites (e. g. Judges 20:26; 1 Samuel 7:6); but we do not hear of any fast having been “proclaimed” by authority before this.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 20:3. Jehoshaphat feared — He found that he could not possibly stand against such a numerous army, and therefore could not expect to be delivered except by the strong arm of God. To get this assistance, it was necessary to seek it; and to get such extraordinary help, they should seek it in an extraordinary way; hence he proclaimed a universal fast, and all the people came up to Jerusalem to seek the Lord.