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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 20:3 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 20:3 |
Strong Concordance |
And Jehoshaphat [03092] feared [03372], and set [05414] himself [06440] to seek [01875] the LORD [03068], and proclaimed [07121] a fast [06685] throughout [05921] all Judah [03063]. |
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King James |
And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| 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 proclaim fasts in perilous circumstances, either in a city, a district, or throughout the entire kingdom, according to the greatness of the emergency. On this occasion, it was a universal fast, which extended to infants (Ch2 20:13; see also Joe 2:15-16; Jon 3:7). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| General fasts had been previously observed by the Israelites (e. g. Jdg 20:26; Sa1 7:6); but we do not hear of any fast having been "proclaimed" by authority before this. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| This report filled Jehoshaphat with fear, and he resolved to seek help of the Lord. ??????? נתן = שׂוּם , cf. Kg2 12:18; Jer 42:15, to direct the face to anything, i.e., to purpose something, come to a determination. He proclaimed a fast in all Judah, that the people might bow themselves before God, and supplicate His help, as was wont to be done in great misfortunes; cf. Jdg 20:26; Sa1 7:6; Isa 2:15. In consequence of the royal appeal, Judah came together to seek of the Lord, i.e., to pray for help, by fasting and prayer in the temple; and it was not only the inhabitants of Jerusalem who thus assembled, for they came out of all the cities of the kingdom. מיהוה בּקּשׁ, to seek of the Lord, sc. help, is expressed in the last clause by את־יהוה בּקּשׁ to seek the Lord. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Jehoshaphat feared - He found that he could not possibly stand against such a numerous army, and therefore could not expect to be delivered except by the strong arm of God. To get this assistance, it was necessary to seek it; and to get such extraordinary help, they should seek it in an extraordinary way; hence he proclaimed a universal fast, and all the people came up to Jerusalem to seek the Lord. |
7 And he caused it to be proclaimed [02199] and published [0559] through Nineveh [05210] by the decree [02940] of the king [04428] and his nobles [01419], saying [0559], Let neither man [0120] nor beast [0929], herd [01241] nor flock [06629], taste [02938] any thing [03972]: let them not feed [07462], nor drink [08354] water [04325]:
15 Blow [08628] the trumpet [07782] in Zion [06726], sanctify [06942] a fast [06685], call [07121] a solemn assembly [06116]:
16 Gather [0622] the people [05971], sanctify [06942] the congregation [06951], assemble [06908] the elders [02205], gather [0622] the children [05768], and those that suck [03243] the breasts [07699]: let the bridegroom [02860] go forth [03318] of his chamber [02315], and the bride [03618] out of her closet [02646].
13 And all Judah [03063] stood [05975] before [06440] the LORD [03068], with [01571] their little ones [02945], their wives [0802], and their children [01121].
6 And they gathered together [06908] to Mizpeh [04709], and drew [07579] water [04325], and poured it out [08210] before [06440] the LORD [03068], and fasted [06684] on that day [03117], and said [0559] there, We have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068]. And Samuel [08050] judged [08199] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in Mizpeh [04708].
26 Then all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and all the people [05971], went up [05927], and came [0935] unto the house [01004] of God [0430] [01008], and wept [01058], and sat [03427] there before [06440] the LORD [03068], and fasted [06684] that day [03117] until even [06153], and offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and peace offerings [08002] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
15 And upon every high [01364] tower [04026], and upon every fenced [01219] wall [02346],
6 And they gathered together [06908] to Mizpeh [04709], and drew [07579] water [04325], and poured it out [08210] before [06440] the LORD [03068], and fasted [06684] on that day [03117], and said [0559] there, We have sinned [02398] against the LORD [03068]. And Samuel [08050] judged [08199] the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in Mizpeh [04708].
26 Then all the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and all the people [05971], went up [05927], and came [0935] unto the house [01004] of God [0430] [01008], and wept [01058], and sat [03427] there before [06440] the LORD [03068], and fasted [06684] that day [03117] until even [06153], and offered [05927] burnt offerings [05930] and peace offerings [08002] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
15 And now therefore hear [08085] the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], ye remnant [07611] of Judah [03063]; Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], the God [0430] of Israel [03478]; If ye wholly [07760] set [07760] your faces [06440] to enter [0935] into Egypt [04714], and go [0935] to sojourn [01481] there;
18 And Jehoash [03060] king [04428] of Judah [03063] took [03947] all the hallowed things [06944] that Jehoshaphat [03092], and Jehoram [03088], and Ahaziah [0274], his fathers [01], kings [04428] of Judah [03063], had dedicated [06942], and his own hallowed things [06944], and all the gold [02091] that was found [04672] in the treasures [0214] of the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], and in the king's [04428] house [01004], and sent [07971] it to Hazael [02371] king [04428] of Syria [0758]: and he went away [05927] from Jerusalem [03389].