2 Chronicles 20 · Verse 31

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 20:31, King James Version

2 Chronicles 20:31 in other translations

BSBSo Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-five years. His mother’s name was Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
WEBSo Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah. He was thirty-five years old when he began to reign. He reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd Jehoshaphat reigneth over Judah, a son of thirty and five years in his reigning, and twenty and five years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Azubah daughter of Shilhi.
DARBYAnd Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Azubah, daughter of Shilhi.
BBEAnd Jehoshaphat was king over Judah: he was thirty-five years old when he became king, and he was ruling for twenty-five years in Jerusalem: his mother's name was Azubah, the daughter of Shilhi.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 2 Chronicles 20:31 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
31. Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah--(See 2Ch 24:1).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:31-37
Jehoshaphat kept close to the worship of God, and did what he could to keep his people close to it. But after God had done such great things for him, given him not only victory, but wealth; after this, to go and join himself with a wicked king, was very ungrateful. What could he expect but that God would be angry with him? Yet it seems, he took the warning; for when Ahaziah afterward pressed him to join him, he would not, 1Ki 22:49. Thus the alliance was broken, and the Divine rebuke had its effect, at least for a season. Let us be thankful for any losses which may have prevented the loss of our immortal souls. Let us praise the Lord, who sought after us, and left us not to perish in our sins.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

2 Chronicles 20:31 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.

וַיִּמְלֹ֥ךְvai.yim.Lokhand he reignedH4427
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖טye.ho.sha.FatJehoshaphatH3092
עַל\־'al-overH5921
יְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
בֶּן\־ben-a son ofH1121
שְׁלֹשִׁים֩she.lo.ShimthirtyH7970
וְחָמֵ֨שׁve.cha.Meshand fiveH2568
שָׁנָ֜הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
בְּמָלְכ֗וֹbe.ma.le.Khowhen became king heH4427
וְעֶשְׂרִ֨יםve.'es.Rimand twentyH6242
וְחָמֵ֤שׁve.cha.Meshand fiveH2568
שָׁנָה֙sha.Nahyear[s]H8141
מָלַ֣ךְma.Lakhhe reignedH4427
בִּֽירוּשָׁלִַ֔םbi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389
וְשֵׁ֣םve.Shemand [the] name ofH8034
אִמּ֔וֹ'i.Momother hisH517
עֲזוּבָ֖ה'a.zu.Vah[was] AzubahH5806
בַּת\־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323
שִׁלְחִֽי\׃shil.ChiShilhiH7977

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 20:31

  • 1 Kings 22:41-44

    And Jehoshaphat the son of Asa began to reign over Judah in the fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. Jehoshaphat 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. And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places. And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A.M. 3090-3115. B.C. 914-889. Jehoshaphat.
1Ki 22:41-44

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Context

  • 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 20:32

    And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing that which was right in the sight of the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 20:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así reinó Josaphat sobre Judá: de treinta y cinco años era cuando comenzó á reinar, y reinó veinte y cinco años en Jerusalem. El nombre de su madre fué Azuba, hija de Silhi.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et Josaphat régna sur Juda. Il était âgé de 35 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner, et il régna 25 ans à Jérusalem; et le nom de sa mère était Azuba, fille de Shilkhi.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und so regierte Josaphat über Juda. Er war 35 Jahre alt, als er König wurde, und er regierte 25 Jahre zu Jerusalem; und der Name seiner Mutter war Asuba, die Tochter Schilchis.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Regnavit igitur Josaphat super Judam, et erat triginta quinque annorum cum regnare cœpisset: viginti autem et quinque annis regnavit in Jerusalem, et nomen matris ejus Azuba filia Selahi.