2 Chronicles 20:30
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
2 Chronicles 20:30 in other translations
| BSB | Then Jehoshaphat’s kingdom was at peace, for his God had given him rest on every side. |
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| WEB | So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for his God gave him rest all around. |
| ASV | So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about. |
| YLT | and the kingdom of Jehoshaphat is quiet, and his God giveth rest to him round about. |
| DARBY | And the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; and his God gave him rest round about. |
| BBE | So the kingdom of Jehoshaphat was quiet, for the Lord gave him rest on every side. |
| Webster | So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest on all sides. |
What does 2 Chronicles 20:30 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:20-30
Jehoshaphat exhorted his troops to firm faith in God. Faith inspires a man with true courage; nor will any thing help more to the establishing of the heart in shaking times, than a firm belief of the power, and mercy, and promise of God. In all our trust in the Lord, and our praises of him, let us especially look at his everlasting mercy to sinners through Jesus Christ. Never was an army so destroyed as that of the…
2 Chronicles 20:30 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 20:30
- 2 Chronicles 15:15
And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.
- 2 Chronicles 14:6-7
And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the Lord had given him rest. Therefore he said unto Judah, Let us build these cities, and make about them walls, and towers, gates, and bars, while the land is yet before us; because we have sought the Lord our God, we have sought him, and he hath given us rest on every side. So they built and prospered.
- Joshua 23:1
And it came to pass a long time after that the Lord had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old and stricken in age.
- John 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
- 2 Samuel 7:1
And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the Lord had given him rest round about from all his enemies;
- Proverbs 16:7
When a man’s ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
- Job 34:29
When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth his face, who then can behold him? whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only:
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Context
- 2 Chronicles 20:29
And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the Lord fought against the enemies of Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 20:30
So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
- 2 Chronicles 20:31
And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
2 Chronicles 20:30 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y el reino de Josaphat tuvo reposo; porque su Dios le dió reposo de todas partes. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et le royaume de Josaphat fut tranquille, et son Dieu lui donna du repos tout à l’entour. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und das Königreich Josaphats hatte Ruhe; und sein Gott schaffte ihm Ruhe ringsumher. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quievitque regnum Josaphat, et præbuit ei Deus pacem per circuitum. |