2 Chronicles 20:4

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Judah came together to make prayer for help from the Lord; from every town of Judah they came to give worship to the Lord.

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Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 19:5 : 5 And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,
  • Ps 34:5-6 : 5 Let your eyes be turned to him and you will have light, and your faces will not be shamed. 6 This poor man's cry came before the Lord, and he gave him salvation from all his troubles.
  • Ps 50:15 : 15 Let your voice come up to me in the day of trouble; I will be your saviour, so that you may give glory to me.
  • Ps 60:10-12 : 10 Have not you put us away, O God? and you have not gone out with our armies. 11 Give us help in our trouble; for there is no help in man. 12 Through God we will do great things, for through him our haters will be crushed under our feet.
  • Ps 69:35 : 35 For God will be the saviour of Zion, and the builder of the towns of Judah; so that it may be their resting-place and heritage.

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  • 2 Chr 20:3
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    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 20:5
    76%

    5 And Jehoshaphat took his place in the meeting of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord in front of the new open space,

  • 2 Chr 20:15-18
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    76%

    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.

    18 Then Jehoshaphat went down with his face to the earth, and all Judah and the people of Jerusalem gave worship to the Lord, falling down before him.

  • 2 Chr 20:12-13
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    73%

    12 O our God, will you not be their judge? for our strength is not equal to this great army which is coming against us; and we are at a loss what to do: but our eyes are on you.

    13 And all Judah were waiting before the Lord, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

  • 2 Chr 14:4
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    4 And he made Judah go after the Lord, the God of their fathers, and keep his laws and his orders.

  • Judg 20:18
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    18 And they got up and went up to Beth-el to get directions from God, and the children of Israel said, Who is to be the first to go up to the fight against the children of Benjamin? And the Lord said, Judah is to go up first.

  • 2 Kgs 23:1
    72%

    1 Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 30:12
    72%

    12 And in Judah the power of God gave them one heart to do the orders of the king and the captains, which were taken as the word of the Lord.

  • Jer 50:4
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    4 In those days and in that time, says the Lord, the children of Israel will come, they and the children of Judah together; they will go on their way weeping and making prayer to the Lord their God.

  • 2 Chr 18:4
    72%

    4 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 34:29
    72%

    29 Then the king sent and got together all the responsible men of Judah and of Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 19:3-5
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    72%

    3 But still there is some good in you, for you have put away the wood pillars out of the land, and have given your heart to the worship of God.

    4 And Jehoshaphat was living in Jerusalem; and he went out again among the people, from Beer-sheba to the hill-country of Ephraim, guiding them back to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

    5 And he put judges through all the land, in every walled town of Judah,

  • 2 Chr 15:15
    72%

    15 And all Judah was glad because of the oath, for they had taken it with all their heart, turning to the Lord with all their desire; and he was with them and gave them rest on every side.

  • 2 Chr 20:20
    72%

    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 20:26-29
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    71%

    26 On the fourth day they all came together in the Valley of Blessing, and there they gave blessing to the Lord; for which cause that place has been named the Valley of Blessing to this day.

    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.

    28 So they came to Jerusalem with corded instruments and wind-instruments into the house of the Lord.

    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 13:14
    71%

    14 And Judah, turning their faces, saw that they were being attacked in front and at the back; and they gave a cry for help to the Lord, while the priests were sounding their horns.

  • Zech 8:21-22
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    21 And the people of one town go to another and say, Let us certainly go with a request for grace from the Lord, and to give worship to the Lord of armies, then I will go with you.

    22 And great peoples and strong nations will come to give worship to the Lord of armies in Jerusalem and to make requests for grace from the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 23:2
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    2 And they went through Judah, getting together the Levites and the heads of families in Israel from all the towns of Judah, and they came to Jerusalem.

  • Judg 20:27
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    27 And the children of Israel made request to the Lord, (for the ark of the agreement of the Lord was there in those days,

  • 2 Chr 11:16
    70%

    16 And after them, from all the tribes of Israel, all those whose hearts were fixed and true to the Lord, the God of Israel, came to Jerusalem to make offerings to the Lord, the God of their fathers.

  • 2 Chr 18:31
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    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 Sam 7:5
    70%

    5 Then Samuel said, Let all Israel come to Mizpah and I will make prayer to the Lord for you.

  • 2 Chr 13:18
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    18 So at that time the children of Israel were overcome, and the children of Judah got the better of them, because they put their faith in the Lord, the God of their fathers.

  • 2 Chr 15:4
    70%

    4 But when in their trouble they were turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, searching after him, he let their search be rewarded.

  • 2 Chr 17:4
    69%

    4 But turning to the God of his father and keeping his laws, and not doing as Israel did.

  • 1 Kgs 22:5
    69%

    5 Then Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Let us now get directions from the Lord.

  • 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.

  • Judg 20:1
    69%

    1 Then all the children of Israel took up arms, and the people came together like one man, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and the land of Gilead, before the Lord at Mizpah.

  • Joel 1:14
    69%

    14 Let a time be fixed for going without food, have a holy meeting, let the old men, even all the people of the land, come together to the house of the Lord your God, crying out to the Lord.

  • Jer 4:5
    69%

    5 Say openly in Judah, give it out in Jerusalem, and say, Let the horn be sounded in the land: crying out in a loud voice, Come together, and let us go into the walled towns.

  • Judg 1:2
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    2 And the Lord said, Judah is to go up: see, I have given the land into his hands.

  • 2 Chr 20:1
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    1 Now after this, the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunim, made war against Jehoshaphat.

  • Jer 30:4
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    4 And these are the words which the Lord said about Israel and about Judah.

  • 2 Chr 14:7
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    7 He said to Judah, Let us make these towns, building walls round them with towers and doors and locks. The land is still ours, because we have been true to the Lord our God; we have been true to him and he has given us rest on every side. So they went on building and all went well for them.

  • Jer 17:26
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    26 And they will come from the towns of Judah, and from the places round about Jerusalem, and from the land of Benjamin, and from the lowlands, and from the mountains, and from the South, with burned offerings and offerings of beasts and meal offerings and perfume and offerings of praise, to the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 29:20
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    20 Then Hezekiah the king got up early, and got together the great men of the town, and went up to the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 15:12
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    12 And they made an agreement to be true to the Lord, the God of their fathers, with all their heart and all their soul;