2 Chronicles 19 · Verse 4

2 Chronicles 19:4

And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer–sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 19:4, King James Version

2 Chronicles 19:4 in other translations

BSBJehoshaphat lived in Jerusalem, and once again he went out among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim and turned them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
WEBJehoshaphat lived at Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beersheba to the hill country of Ephraim, and brought them back to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
ASVAnd Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, and brought them back unto Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
YLTAnd Jehoshaphat dwelleth in Jerusalem, and he turneth back and goeth out among the people from Beer-Sheba unto the hill-country of Ephraim, and bringeth them back unto Jehovah, God of their fathers.
DARBYAnd Jehoshaphat dwelt in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back to Jehovah the God of their fathers.
BBEAnd Jehoshaphat was living in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people, from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, guiding them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.
WebsterAnd Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back to the LORD God of their fathers.

What does 2 Chronicles 19:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 19:1-4

2Ch 19:1-4. Jehoshaphat Visits His Kingdom. 1-4. Jehoshaphat ... returned to his house in peace--(See 2Ch 18:16). Not long after he had resumed the ordinary functions of royalty in Jerusalem, he was one day disturbed by an unexpected and ominous visit from a prophet of the Lord [2Ch 19:2]. This was Jehu, of whose father we read in 2Ch 16:7. He himself had been called to discharge the prophetic office in Israel. But…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 From Beer-sheba to Mount Ephraim - Before the separation of the ten tribes, in speaking of the extent of the land it was said, From Dan to Beer-sheba; but since that event, the kingdom of Judah was bounded on the south by Beer-sheba, and on the north by the mountains of Ephraim. This shows that Jehoshaphat had gone through all his territories to examine every thing himself, to see that judgment and justice were properly administered among the people.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

2 Chronicles 19:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֵּ֥שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevand he dweltH3427
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טye.ho.sha.FatJehoshaphatH3092
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם\ \סbi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
וַיָּ֜שָׁבvai.Ya.shovand he returnedH7725
וַיֵּצֵ֣אvai.ye.Tze'and he went outH3318
בָעָ֗םva.'Amamong the peopleH5971
מִבְּאֵ֥רmi.be.'Erfrom BeerH884
שֶׁ֙בַע֙she.va'ShebaH884
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
הַ֣רhar[the] hill country ofH2022
אֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimEphraimH669
וַיְשִׁיבֵ֕םvay.shi.Vemand he turned back themH7725
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֥י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430
אֲבוֹתֵיהֶֽם\׃'a.vo.tei.Hemancestors theirH1

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 19:4

  • Luke 1:17

    And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

  • Malachi 4:6

    And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.

  • 2 Chronicles 29:10-11

    Now it is in mine heart to make a covenant with the Lord God of Israel, that his fierce wrath may turn away from us. My sons, be not now negligent: for the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, to serve him, and that ye should minister unto him, and burn incense.

  • 1 Samuel 7:3-4

    And Samuel spake unto all the house of Israel, saying, If ye do return unto the Lord with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only: and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines. Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.

  • 2 Chronicles 15:8-13

    And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord. And he gathered all Judah and Benjamin, and the strangers with them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, and out of Simeon: for they fell to him out of Israel in abundance, when they saw that the Lord his God was with him. So they gathered themselves together at Jerusalem in the third month, in the fifteenth year of the reign of Asa. And they offered unto the Lord the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep. …

  • Judges 19:1

    And it came to pass in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the side of mount Ephraim, who took to him a concubine out of Beth–lehem–judah.

  • Genesis 21:33

    And Abraham planted a grove in Beer–sheba, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

  • Joshua 17:15

    And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

  • 1 Samuel 7:15-17

    And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. And he went from year to year in circuit to Beth–el, and Gilgal, and Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those places. And his return was to Ramah; for there was his house; and there he judged Israel; and there he built an altar unto the Lord.

  • Judges 20:1

    Then all the children of Israel went out, and the congregation was gathered together as one man, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, with the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in Mizpeh.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
went out again. Heb. returned and went out.
1Sa 7:15-17
Beer-sheba.
Ge 21:33; Jud 20:1
mount.
Jos 17:15; Jud 19:1
brought.
15:8-13; 29:10,11; 1Sa 7:3,4; Mal 4:6; Lu 1:17

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 2 Chronicles 19:3

    Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.

  • 2 Chronicles 19:4

    And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem: and he went out again through the people from Beer–sheba to mount Ephraim, and brought them back unto the Lord God of their fathers.

  • 2 Chronicles 19:5

    And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

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2 Chronicles 19:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Habitó pues Josaphat en Jerusalem; mas daba vuelta y salía al pueblo, desde Beer-seba hasta el monte de Ephraim, y reducíalos á Jehová el Dios de sus padres.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Josaphat habita à Jérusalem. Et de nouveau il sortit parmi le peuple, depuis Beër-Shéba jusqu’à la montagne d’Éphraïm; et il les ramena à l’ Éternel, le Dieu de leurs pères.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und Josaphat blieb zu Jerusalem. Und er zog wiederum aus unter das Volk, von Beerseba bis zum Gebirge Ephraim, und führte sie zurück zu Jehova, dem Gott ihrer Väter.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Habitavit ergo Josaphat in Jerusalem, rursumque egressus est ad populum de Bersabee usque ad montem Ephraim, et revocavit eos ad Dominum Deum patrum suorum.