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War Against Judah

20 Now it happened after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the [a](A)Ammonites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, out of [b]Aram and behold, they are in (B)Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi).” And Jehoshaphat was afraid and [c](C)set his face to seek Yahweh, and (D)called for a fast throughout all Judah. So Judah gathered together to (E)seek help from Yahweh; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek Yahweh.

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  1. 2 Chronicles 20:1 Gr Meunites
  2. 2 Chronicles 20:2 Or Edom
  3. 2 Chronicles 20:3 Lit gave

Invasion from the East

20 After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites,[a] came against Jehoshaphat for battle. Messengers[b] came and told Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude is coming against you from Edom,[c] from beyond the sea; already they are at Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).(A) Jehoshaphat was afraid; he set himself to seek the Lord and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.(B) Judah assembled to seek help from the Lord; from all the towns of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 20.1 Heb Ammonites
  2. 20.2 Heb They
  3. 20.2 Heb ms: MT Aram