2 Chronicles 20 · Verse 13

2 Chronicles 20:13

And all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
2 Chronicles 20:13, King James Version

2 Chronicles 20:13 in other translations

BSBMeanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.
WEBAll Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
ASVAnd all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
YLTAnd all Judah are standing before Jehovah, also their infants, their wives, and their sons.
DARBYAnd all Judah stood before Jehovah, with their little ones, their wives, and their sons.
BBEAnd all Judah were waiting before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
WebsterAnd all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

What does 2 Chronicles 20:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 20:5-13

5-13. Jehoshaphat stood ... in the house of the Lord, before the new court--that is, the great or outer court (2Ch 4:9) called the new court, probably from having been at that time enlarged or beautified.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:1-13

In all dangers, public or personal, our first business should be to seek help from God. Hence the advantage of days for national fasting and prayer. From the first to the last of our seeking the Lord, we must approach him with humiliation for our sins, trusting only in his mercy and power. Jehoshaphat acknowledges the sovereign dominion of the Divine Providence. Lord, exert it on our behalf. Whom should we seek to…

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2 Chronicles 20:13 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.

וְכָ֨ל\־ve.Khol-and allH3605
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
עֹמְדִ֖ים'o.me.Dim[were] standingH5975
לִפְנֵ֣יlif.Nei<to> beforeH6440
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
טַפָּ֖םta.Pamlittle one[s] theirH2945
נְשֵׁיהֶ֥םne.shei.Hemwives theirH802
וּבְנֵיהֶֽם\׃\ \פu.ve.nei.Hemand children theirH1121

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 20:13

  • Ezra 10:1

    Now when Ezra had prayed, and when he had confessed, weeping and casting himself down before the house of God, there assembled unto him out of Israel a very great congregation of men and women and children: for the people wept very sore.

  • Jonah 3:5

    So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.

  • Acts 21:5

    And when we had accomplished those days, we departed and went our way; and they all brought us on our way, with wives and children, till we were out of the city: and we kneeled down on the shore, and prayed.

  • Deuteronomy 29:10

    Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
all Judah.
De 29:10; Ezr 10:1; Jon 3:5; Ac 21:5

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 20:12

    O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:13

    And all Judah stood before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:14

    Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation;

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2 Chronicles 20:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y todo Judá estaba en pie delante de Jehová, con sus niños, y sus mujeres, y sus hijos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tout Juda se tenait devant l’ Éternel, avec leurs petits enfants, leurs femmes et leurs fils.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ganz Juda stand vor Jehova, samt ihren Kindlein, ihren Weibern und ihren Söhnen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omnis vero Juda stabat coram Domino cum parvulis, et uxoribus, et liberis suis.