2 Chronicles 20:2

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And they came to Jehoshaphat with the news, saying, A great army is moving against you from Edom across the sea; and now they are in Hazazon-tamar (which is En-gedi).

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 14:7 : 7 Then they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites and of the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.
  • Num 34:12 : 12 And so down to Jordan, stretching to the Salt Sea: all the land inside these limits will be yours.
  • Josh 3:16 : 16 Then the waters flowing down from higher up were stopped and came together in a mass a long way back at Adam, a town near Zarethan; and the waters flowing down to the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were cut off: and the people went across opposite Jericho.
  • Josh 15:62 : 62 And Nibshan, and the Town of Salt, and En-gedi; six towns with their unwalled places.
  • Song 1:14 : 14 My love is to me as a branch of the cypress-tree in the vine-gardens of En-gedi.
  • Gen 14:3 : 3 All these came together in the valley of Siddim (which is the Salt Sea).

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 20:1
    82%

    1 Now after this, the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunim, made war against Jehoshaphat.

  • 2 Chr 20:15-17
    3 verses
    77%

    15 And he said, Give ear, O Judah, and you people of Jerusalem, and you, King Jehoshaphat: the Lord says to you, Have no fear and do not be troubled on account of this great army; for the fight is not yours but God's.

    16 Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the slope of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them.

    17 There will be no need for you to take up arms in this fight; put yourselves in position, and keep where you are, and you will see the salvation of the Lord with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: have no fear and do not be troubled: go out against them tomorrow, for the Lord is with you.

  • 1 Kgs 22:32
    73%

    32 So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, Truly, this is the king of Israel; and turning against him, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry.

  • 2 Chr 18:30-31
    2 verses
    72%

    30 Now the king of Aram had given orders to the captains of his war-carriages, saying, Make no attack on small or great, but only on the king of Israel.

    31 So when the captains of the war-carriages saw Jehoshaphat, they said, It is the king of Israel. And turning about, they came round him, but Jehoshaphat gave a cry, and the Lord came to his help, and God sent them away from him.

  • 1 Chr 19:16-17
    2 verses
    72%

    16 And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they sent men to get the Aramaeans who were on the other side of the River, with Shophach, the captain of Hadadezer's army, at their head.

    17 And word of this was given to David; and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam and put his forces in position against them. And when David's forces were in position against the Aramaeans, the fight was started.

  • 2 Chr 20:24
    71%

    24 And Judah came to the watchtower of the waste land, and looking in the direction of the army, they saw only dead bodies stretched on the earth; no living man was to be seen.

  • 2 Kgs 12:17
    71%

    17 Then Hazael, king of Aram, went up against Gath and took it; and his purpose was to go up to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 20:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Now Ben-hadad, king of Aram, got all his army together, and thirty-two kings with him, and horses and carriages of war; he went up and made war on Samaria, shutting it in.

    2 And he sent representatives into the town to Ahab, king of Israel;

  • 2 Chr 20:3
    71%

    3 Then Jehoshaphat, in his fear, went to the Lord for directions, and gave orders all through Judah for the people to go without food.

  • 2 Chr 19:2
    71%

    2 And Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went to King Jehoshaphat and said to him, Is it right for you to go to the help of evil-doers, loving the haters of the Lord? because of this, the wrath of the Lord has come on you.

  • 2 Sam 10:17
    70%

    17 And word of this was given to David: and he got all Israel together and went over Jordan and came to Helam. And the Aramaeans put their forces in position against David, and made an attack on him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
    70%

    13 Then a prophet came up to Ahab, king of Israel, and said, The Lord says, Have you seen all this great army? See, I will give it into your hands today, and you will see that I am the Lord.

  • 2 Kgs 3:12
    70%

    12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word of the Lord is with him. So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and the king of Edom went down to him.

  • 2 Chr 20:29
    70%

    29 And the fear of God came on all the kingdoms of the lands, when they had news of how the Lord made war on those who came against Israel.

  • 2 Chr 20:22
    69%

    22 And at the first notes of song and praise the Lord sent a surprise attack against the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were overcome.

  • 2 Kgs 6:9
    69%

    9 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take care to keep away from that place, for the Aramaeans are waiting there in secret.

  • 1 Kgs 20:27
    69%

    27 And the children of Israel got themselves together, and food was made ready and they went against them; the tents of the children of Israel were like two little flocks of goats before them, but all the country was full of the Aramaeans.

  • 2 Sam 10:15
    69%

    15 And when the Aramaeans saw that Israel had overcome them, they got themselves together.

  • 2 Sam 10:8
    69%

    8 And the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position at the way into the town: and the Aramaeans of Zobah and of Rehob, with the men of Tob and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.

  • 1 Kgs 22:29
    69%

    29 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

  • 2 Chr 20:27
    69%

    27 Then all the men of Judah and Jerusalem went back, with Jehoshaphat at their head, coming back to Jerusalem with joy; for the Lord had made them glad over their haters.

  • 2 Chr 20:20
    69%

    20 And early in the morning they got up and went out to the waste land of Tekoa: and when they were going out, Jehoshaphat took his station and said to them, Give ear to me, O Judah and you people of Jerusalem: have faith in the Lord your God and you will be safe; have faith in his prophets and all will go well for you.

  • 2 Chr 17:10
    69%

    10 And the fear of the Lord was on all the kingdoms of the lands round Judah, so that they made no wars against Jehoshaphat.

  • 2 Kgs 7:6
    69%

    6 For the Lord had made the sound of carriages and horses, and the noise of a great army, come to the ears of the Aramaeans, so that they said to one another, Truly, the king of Israel has got the kings of the Hittites and of the Egyptians for a price to make an attack on us.

  • 1 Chr 19:14
    69%

    14 So Joab and the people who were with him went forward into the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:22-23
    2 verses
    69%

    22 Then the prophet came up to the king of Israel, and said to him, Now make yourself strong, and take care what you do, or a year from now the king of Aram will come up against you again.

    23 Then the king of Aram's servants said to him, Their god is a god of the hills; that is why they were stronger than we: but if we make an attack on them in the lowlands, we will certainly be stronger than they.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    69%

    10 And now, see, the children of Ammon and Moab and the people of Mount Seir, whom you kept Israel from attacking when they came out of Egypt, so that turning to one side they did not send destruction on them:

  • 2 Kgs 16:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5 Then Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, came up to Jerusalem to make war; and they made an attack on Ahaz, shutting him in, but were not able to overcome him.

    6 At that time the king of Edom got Elath back for Edom, and sent the Jews out of Elath; and the Edomites came back to Elath where they are living to this day.

  • 2 Chr 24:23-24
    2 verses
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    23 Now in the spring, the army of the Aramaeans came up against him; they came against Judah and Jerusalem, putting to death all the great men of the people and sending all the goods they took from them to the king of Damascus.

    24 For though the army of Aram was only a small one, the Lord gave a very great army into their hands, because they had given up the Lord, the God of their fathers. So they put into effect the punishment of Joash.

  • 1 Kgs 20:19
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    19 So the servants of the chiefs of the divisions of the land went out of the town, with the army coming after them.

  • 1 Kgs 22:2
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    2 And it came about in the third year, that Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, came down to the king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 3:21
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    21 Now all Moab, hearing that the kings had come to make war against them, got together all who were able to take up arms and went forward to the edge of the country.

  • 2 Sam 24:6
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    6 Then they came to Gilead, and to the land of the Hittites under Hermon; and they came to Dan, and from Dan they came round to Zidon,

  • 2 Kgs 9:17
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    17 And the watchman on the tower in Jezreel saw Jehu and his band coming, and said, I see a band of people. And Joram said, Send out a horseman to them, and let him say, Is it peace?

  • 2 Chr 18:28
    68%

    28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went up to Ramoth-gilead.

  • 2 Sam 10:13
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    13 Then Joab and the people with him went forward to the fight against the Aramaeans, and they went in flight before him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:17
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    17 And the servants of the chiefs who were over the divisions of the land went forward first; and when Ben-hadad sent out, they gave him the news, saying, Men have come out from Samaria.

  • 2 Chr 20:37
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    37 Then the word of Eliezer the prophet, the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah, came against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because you have let yourself be joined with Ahaziah, the Lord has sent destruction on your works. And the ships were broken and were not able to go to Tarshish.

  • 1 Chr 19:9
    68%

    9 So the children of Ammon came out and put their forces in position on the way into the town; and the kings who had come were stationed by themselves in the field.

  • 2 Chr 13:13
    67%

    13 But Jeroboam had put some of his men to make a surprise attack on them from the back, so some were facing Judah and others were stationed secretly at their back.