2 Chronicles 20 · Verse 4

2 Chronicles 20:4

And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.
2 Chronicles 20:4, King James Version

2 Chronicles 20:4 in other translations

BSBSo the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.
WEBJudah gathered themselves together to seek help from the LORD. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek the LORD.
ASVAnd Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah.
YLTand Judah is gathered to inquire of Jehovah; also, from all the cities of Judah they have come in to seek Jehovah.
DARBYAnd Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah.
BBEAnd Judah came together to make prayer for help from the Lord; from every town of Judah they came to give worship to the Lord.
WebsterAnd Judah assembled, to ask help of the LORD: even from all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

What does 2 Chronicles 20:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 20:3-4

3-4. Jehoshaphat ... proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah--Alarmed by the intelligence and conscious of his total inability to repel this host of invaders, Jehoshaphat felt his only refuge was at the horns of the altar. He resolved to employ the aid of his God, and, in conformity with this resolution, he summoned all his subjects to observe a solemn fast at the sanctuary. It was customary with the Hebrew kings to…

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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 20:4 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.

וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּvai.yi.ka.ve.Tzuand they gatheredH6908
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
לְבַקֵּ֖שׁle.va.Keshto seekH1245
מֵֽיְהוָ֑הme.Yah.wehfrom YahwehH3068
גַּ֚םgamalsoH1571
מִכָּל\־mi.kolfrom allH3605
עָרֵ֣י'a.Rei[the] cities ofH5892
יְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
בָּ֖אוּBa.'uthey cameH935
לְבַקֵּ֥שׁle.va.Keshto seekH1245
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָֽה\׃Yah.wehYahwehH3068

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

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 20:4

  • Psalms 50:15

    And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  • Psalms 60:10-12

    Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies? Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man. Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

  • Psalms 69:35

    For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

  • Psalms 34:5-6

    They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed. This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

  • 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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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ask help of the Lord.
Ps 34:5,6; 50:15; 60:10-12
the cities.
19:5; Ps 69:35

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 20:3

    And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:4

    And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

  • 2 Chronicles 20:5

    And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,

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2 Chronicles 20:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y juntáronse los de Judá para pedir socorro á Jehová: y también de todas las ciudades de Judá vinieron á pedir á Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Juda s’assembla pour chercher secours de la part de l’ Éternel: et on vint aussi de toutes les villes de Juda pour rechercher l’ Éternel.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Juda versammelte sich, um von Jehova Hülfe zu suchen; sogar aus allen Städten Judas kamen sie, um Jehova zu suchen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Congregatusque est Judas ad deprecandum Dominum: sed et omnes de urbibus suis venerunt ad obsecrandum eum.