2 Chronicles 20:5
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,
2 Chronicles 20:5 in other translations
| BSB | Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD in front of the new courtyard |
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| WEB | Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the LORD’s house, before the new court; |
| ASV | And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court; |
| YLT | And Jehoshaphat standeth in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, at the front of the new court, |
| DARBY | And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court; |
| BBE | And Jehoshaphat took his place in the meeting of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord in front of the new open space, |
| Webster | And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court, |
What does 2 Chronicles 20:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 20:5-13
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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…
2 Chronicles 20:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 20:5
- 2 Chronicles 6:12-13
And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
- 2 Kings 19:15-19
And Hezekiah prayed before the Lord, and said, O Lord God of Israel, which dwellest between the cherubims, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth. Lord, bow down thine ear, and hear: open, Lord, thine eyes, and see: and hear the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent him to reproach the living God. Of a truth, Lord, the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands, And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them. …
- 2 Chronicles 34:31
And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.
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6:12,13; 34:31; 2Ki 19:15-19
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Context
- 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,
- 2 Chronicles 20:6
And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
2 Chronicles 20:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Púsose entonces Josaphat en pie en la reunión de Judá y de Jerusalem, en la casa de Jehová, delante del atrio nuevo; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et Josaphat se tint debout dans la congrégation de Juda et de Jérusalem, dans la maison de l’ Éternel, devant le nouveau parvis; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Josaphat stand in der Versammlung Judas und Jerusalems im Hause Jehovas, vor dem neuen Vorhof; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cumque stetisset Josaphat in medio cœtu Juda et Jerusalem, in domo Domini ante atrium novum, |