2 Chronicles 20

Treated in 11 passages across the library.

  • 20:21 After consulting with the people, he appointed singers to sing to the LORD and to praise him in holy splendor as they went out ahead of the army, saying, "Give the LORD thanks, for his loyal love lasts forever." 3
  • 20:3 Jehoshaphat was afraid, and he resolved to seek the LORD. He proclaimed a fast for all Judah. 2
  • 20:22 The moment they began their shouts of joy and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the invaders from Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir who had come to attack Judah, and they were routed. 2
  • 20:1 After this the Moabites and the Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war on Jehoshaphat. 1
  • 20:2 Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A great army is coming against you from beyond the Dead Sea, from Edom. They are already at Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi." 1
  • 20:12 Our God, will you not judge them? We have no strength to face this great army that is coming against us. We have no idea what we should do, but our eyes are turned toward you." 1
  • 20:15 He said, "Listen, all Judah, people of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat! The LORD says this to you: 'Do not be afraid or lose heart because of this great army, for the battle is not yours; it belongs to God. 1
  • 20:23 The men of Ammon and Moab turned against the people of Mount Seir to devote them to destruction and wipe them out. When they had finished off the people of Seir, they all helped to destroy one another. 1
  • 20:37 Then Eliezer son of Dodavahu from Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat: "Because you have allied yourself with Ahaziah, the LORD will break down what you have made." And the ships were wrecked and could not sail to Tarshish. 1

Open Word Bible

  1. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    Jehovah cites 2 Chronicles 20:15

    …and do not be dismayed at this great horde, for the battle is not yours but God’s.” (2 Chronicles 20:15). “God himself has been with us as our head.” (2 Chronicles 13:12). Nothing is more…

  2. The God of All Comfort · Hannah Whitall Smith

    The Shout of Faith cites 2 Chronicles 20:3

    …to do.” He did not waste time on engines of warfare; he “set his face to seek the Lord” (2 Chronicles 20:3). He stood before the people and prayed: “We are powerless against this great horde... we…

  3. The Key Teachings of Watchman Nee · Ochorus Originals

    The Ministry of Prayer cites 2 CHRONICLES 20:21

    …went out before the army, and to say, Praise the Lord; for his mercy endureth for ever. 2 CHRONICLES 20:21 Jehoshaphat’s position was hopeless by any military reckoning, and his own prayer had…

  4. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    January cites 2 Ch. 20:37

    …Lord's people; it was his alliance with a sinful family, his fellowship with sinners. In 2 Ch. 20:37, we are told that the Lord sent a prophet to declare, “Because thou hast joined thyself…

  5. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Christ alone advanceth this government cites 2 Chron. xx. 12

    …say with good Jehosaphat, Lord, we know not what to do, but our eyes are towards thee, 2 Chron. xx. 12: the battle we fight is thine, and the strength whereby we fight must be thine. If thou…

  6. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    The Means of Grace cites 2 Chron. 20:2

    …the children of Moab, Ammon, and mount Seir: — and everyone helped to destroy another.” (2 Chron. 20:2) Such was the salvation which the children of Judah saw. But how does all this prove…

  7. Sermons on Several Occasions · John Wesley

    Discourse 7 cites 2 Chron. 20:1

    …Jehoshaphat set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. (2 Chron. 20:1, 3) And so, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, in the ninth month, when…

  8. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Providence of God cites 2 Chron 20:23

    …they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.’ 2 Chron 20:23. In the powder treason he made the traitors to be their own betrayers. God can do his…

  9. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Christ's Kingly Office cites 2 Chron 20:03

    …Persians against the Grecians; and the children of Ammon helped to destroy one another. 2 Chron 20:03. Thus Christ is king in vanquishing the enemies of his church. It is a great ground of…

  10. Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde · Ochorus Originals

    The Garment of Praise cites 2 Chronicles 20:21-22

    …And “when they began to sing and to praise, Jehovah set liers-in-wait” against the enemy (2 Chronicles 20:21-22, ASV). Paul and Silas, beaten and chained in the prison at Philippi, did not wait for…

  11. Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 2 Chronicles 20:21-22

    …that he treated its absence as sin. Scriptures to revisit Isaiah 61:1-3; Ephesians 5:20; 2 Chronicles 20:21-22; Acts 16:25; Nehemiah 8:10; Psalm 24:7-10. Reflection 1. What would “praising God through…