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2 Chronicles 20:2

2 Chronicles 20:2 is verse 2 of 2 Chronicles chapter 20, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).

One Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Vulgate Aram

That is, the Dead Sea

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King James Version

Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

World English Bible

Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar” (that is, En Gedi).

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2 Chronicles 20:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible

1 After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

2 Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).

3 Jehoshaphat was alarmed and set his face to seek the LORD. And he proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.

4 So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.

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Hebrew words

וַיָּבֹ֗אוּand people came וַיַּגִּ֤ידוּand they told לִֽיהוֹשָׁפָט֙to Jehoshaphat לֵאמֹ֔ר<to> saying בָּ֣א[is] coming עָלֶ֜יךָon you הָמ֥וֹןa multitude רָ֛בgreat מֵעֵ֥בֶרfrom [the] other side לַיָּ֖םof the sea מֵאֲרָ֑םfrom Aram וְהִנָּם֙and there they בְּחַֽצְצ֣וֹן[are] in Hazezon תָּמָ֔רTamar הִ֖יאitעֵ֥יןגֶּֽדִיGedi

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Genesis 14:3
The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea ).

Numbers 34:12
Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”

Joshua 3:16
the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.

Genesis 14:7
Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

Joshua 15:62
Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.

1 Samuel 23:29
And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.

Song of Solomon 1:14
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.

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