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Verse	Translation	Text
2Ch 20:14	Strong Concordance	Then upon Jahaziel [03166] the son [01121] of Zechariah [02148], the son [01121] of Benaiah [01141], the son [01121] of Jeiel [03273], the son [01121] of Mattaniah [04983], a Levite [03881] of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623], came the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] in the midst [08432] of the congregation [06951];
	King James	Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Then upon Jahaziel . . . came the Spirit of the Lord--This prophet is not elsewhere mentioned, but his claim to the inspiration of a prophetic spirit was verified by the calm and distinct announcement he gave, both of the manner and the completeness of the deliverance he predicted.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Then upon Jahaziel . . . came the Spirit of the Lord--This prophet is not elsewhere mentioned, but his claim to the inspiration of a prophetic spirit was verified by the calm and distinct announcement he gave, both of the manner and the completeness of the deliverance he predicted.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
"Mattaniah" is thought to be a corrupt reading for "Nethaniah," who is mentioned among the sons of Asaph in Ch1 25:2, Ch1 25:12.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The Lord's answer by the prophet Jahaziel. - Ch2 20:14. In the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, and promised miraculous assistance to king and people. Jahaziel's descent is traced back for five generations to the Levite Mattaniah of the sons of Asaph. This Mattaniah is not the same person as the Mattaniah in Ch1 25:4, Ch1 25:16, who lived in David's time, for he belonged to the sons of Heman; but perhaps (as Movers conjectures, S. 112) he is identical with the Asaphite Nethaniah, Ch1 25:2, Ch1 25:12, since מ and נ might easily be confounded. Ch2 20:15 Jehaziel announced to the king and people that they need not fear before the great multitude of their foes; "for the war is not yours, but Jahve's," i.e., you have not to make war upon them, for the Lord will do it; cf. Sa1 17:47. Ch2 20:16 "To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the height Hazziz; and ye will find them at the end of the valley, before the desert Jeruel." The wilderness Jeruel was, without doubt, the name of a part of the great stretch of flat country, bounded on the south by the Wady el Ghr, and extending from the Dead Sea to the neighbourhood of Tekoa, which is now called el Hasasah, after a wady on its northern side. The whole country along the west side of the Dead Sea, "where it does not consist of mountain ridges or deep valley, is a high table-land, sloping gradually towards the east, wholly waste, merely covered here and there with a few bushes, and without the slightest trace of having ever been cultivated" (Robinson's Pal. sub voce). The name הצּיץ מעלה, ascent or height of Hazziz, has perhaps remained attached to the Wady el Hasasah. lxx have rendered הצּיץ by Ἀσσεῖς; Josephus (Antt. ix. 1. 2) has ἀναβάσεως λεγομένης ἐξοχῆς, in accordance with which Robinson (loc. cit.) takes the way "upwards from Ziz" to be the pass which at present leads from Ain Jidy to the table-land. Yet it is described by him as a "fearful pass," (Note: He remarks: "The path winds up in zig-zags, often at the steepest gradient which horses could ascend, and runs partly along projecting walls of rock on the perpendicular face of the cliff, and then down the heaps of dbris, which are almost as steep. When one looks back at this part from below, it seems quite impossible that there could be any pathway; but by skilful windings the path has been carried down without any unconquerable difficulties, so that even loaded camels often go up and down.") and it can hardly be thought of here, even if the enemy, like the Bedouins now when on their forays, may be supposed to have marched along the shore of the sea, and ascended to the table-land only at Engedi; for the Israelites did not meet the enemy in this ascent, but above upon the table-land. Josephus' translation of הצּיץ by ἐξοχή is also very questionable, for it is not necessary that the ה should be the article (Ew. Gesch. iii. S. 475, der 2 Aufl.). Ch2 20:17 Ye have not to fight therein (בּזאת); only come hither, stand and see the help of the Lord (who is) with you. You need do nothing more, and therefore need not fear. Ch2 20:18-19 For this comforting assurance the king and people thanked the Lord, falling down in worship before Him, whereupon the Levites stood up to praise God with a loud voice. Levites "of the sons of Kohath, yea, of the Korahites," for they were descended from Kohath (Ch1 6:22).

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

The Lord's answer by the prophet Jahaziel. - Ch2 20:14. In the midst of the assembly the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, and promised miraculous assistance to king and people. Jahaziel's descent is traced back for five generations to the Levite Mattaniah of the sons of Asaph. This Mattaniah is not the same person as the Mattaniah in Ch1 25:4, Ch1 25:16, who lived in David's time, for he belonged to the sons of Heman; but perhaps (as Movers conjectures, S. 112) he is identical with the Asaphite Nethaniah, Ch1 25:2, Ch1 25:12, since מ and נ might easily be confounded.

Ch2 20:15

Jehaziel announced to the king and people that they need not fear before the great multitude of their foes; "for the war is not yours, but Jahve's," i.e., you have not to make war upon them, for the Lord will do it; cf. Sa1 17:47.

Ch2 20:16

"To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the height Hazziz; and ye will find them at the end of the valley, before the desert Jeruel." The wilderness Jeruel was, without doubt, the name of a part of the great stretch of flat country, bounded on the south by the Wady el Ghr, and extending from the Dead Sea to the neighbourhood of Tekoa, which is now called el Hasasah, after a wady on its northern side. The whole country along the west side of the Dead Sea, "where it does not consist of mountain ridges or deep valley, is a high table-land, sloping gradually towards the east, wholly waste, merely covered here and there with a few bushes, and without the slightest trace of having ever been cultivated" (Robinson's Pal. sub voce). The name הצּיץ מעלה, ascent or height of Hazziz, has perhaps remained attached to the Wady el Hasasah. lxx have rendered הצּיץ by Ἀσσεῖς; Josephus (Antt. ix. 1. 2) has ἀναβάσεως λεγομένης ἐξοχῆς, in accordance with which Robinson (loc. cit.) takes the way "upwards from Ziz" to be the pass which at present leads from Ain Jidy to the table-land. Yet it is described by him as a "fearful pass,"

(Note: He remarks: "The path winds up in zig-zags, often at the steepest gradient which horses could ascend, and runs partly along projecting walls of rock on the perpendicular face of the cliff, and then down the heaps of dbris, which are almost as steep. When one looks back at this part from below, it seems quite impossible that there could be any pathway; but by skilful windings the path has been carried down without any unconquerable difficulties, so that even loaded camels often go up and down.")

and it can hardly be thought of here, even if the enemy, like the Bedouins now when on their forays, may be supposed to have marched along the shore of the sea, and ascended to the table-land only at Engedi; for the Israelites did not meet the enemy in this ascent, but above upon the table-land. Josephus' translation of הצּיץ by ἐξοχή is also very questionable, for it is not necessary that the ה should be the article (Ew. Gesch. iii. S. 475, der 2 Aufl.).

Ch2 20:17

Ye have not to fight therein (בּזאת); only come hither, stand and see the help of the Lord (who is) with you. You need do nothing more, and therefore need not fear.

Ch2 20:18-19

For this comforting assurance the king and people thanked the Lord, falling down in worship before Him, whereupon the Levites stood up to praise God with a loud voice. Levites "of the sons of Kohath, yea, of the Korahites," for they were descended from Kohath (Ch1 6:22).

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¹² The fifth [02549] to Nethaniah [05418], he, his sons [01121], and his brethren [0251], were twelve [08147] [06240]:

² Of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623]; Zaccur [02139], and Joseph [03130], and Nethaniah [05418], and Asarelah [0841], the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623] under the hands [03027] of Asaph [0623], which prophesied [05012] according to the order [03027] of the king [04428].

²² The sons [01121] of Kohath [06955]; Amminadab [05992] his son [01121], Korah [07141] his son [01121], Assir [0617] his son [01121],

¹⁸ And Jehoshaphat [03092] bowed [06915] his head with his face [0639] to the ground [0776]: and all Judah [03063] and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] fell [05307] before [06440] the LORD [03068], worshipping [07812] the LORD [03068].
¹⁹ And the Levites [03881], of the children [01121] of the Kohathites [06956], and of the children [01121] of the Korhites [07145], stood up [06965] to praise [01984] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] with a loud [01419] voice [06963] on high [04605].

¹⁷ Ye shall not need to fight [03898] in this [02063] battle: set [03320] yourselves, stand [05975] ye still, and see [07200] the salvation [03444] of the LORD [03068] with you, O Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389]: fear [03372] not, nor be dismayed [02865]; to morrow [04279] go out [03318] against [06440] them: for the LORD [03068] will be with you.

¹⁶ To morrow [04279] go ye down [03381] against them: behold, they come up [05927] by the cliff [04608] of Ziz [06732]; and ye shall find [04672] them at the end [05490] of the brook [05158], before [06440] the wilderness [04057] of Jeruel [03385].

⁴⁷ And all this assembly [06951] shall know [03045] that the LORD [03068] saveth [03467] not with sword [02719] and spear [02595]: for the battle [04421] is the LORD'S [03068], and he will give [05414] you into our hands [03027].

¹⁵ And he said [0559], Hearken [07181] ye, all Judah [03063], and ye inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], and thou king [04428] Jehoshaphat [03092], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] unto you, Be not afraid [03372] nor dismayed [02865] by reason [06440] of this great [07227] multitude [01995]; for the battle [04421] is not yours, but God's [0430].

¹² The fifth [02549] to Nethaniah [05418], he, his sons [01121], and his brethren [0251], were twelve [08147] [06240]:

¹⁶ The ninth [08671] to Mattaniah [04983], he, his sons [01121], and his brethren [0251], were twelve [08147] [06240]:

⁴ Of Heman [01968]: the sons [01121] of Heman [01968]; Bukkiah [01232], Mattaniah [04983], Uzziel [05816], Shebuel [07619], and Jerimoth [03406], Hananiah [02608], Hanani [02607], Eliathah [0448], Giddalti [01437], and Romamtiezer [07320], Joshbekashah [03436], Mallothi [04413], Hothir [01956], and Mahazioth [04238]:

¹⁴ Then upon Jahaziel [03166] the son [01121] of Zechariah [02148], the son [01121] of Benaiah [01141], the son [01121] of Jeiel [03273], the son [01121] of Mattaniah [04983], a Levite [03881] of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623], came the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] in the midst [08432] of the congregation [06951];