2 Chronicles 20:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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,

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  • 2 Kgs 19:15-19 : 15 And Hezekiah made his prayer to the Lord, saying, O Lord, the God of Israel, seated between the winged ones, you only are the God of all the kingdoms of the earth; you have made heaven and earth. 16 Let your ear be turned to us, O Lord, and let your eyes be open, O Lord, and see; take note of all the words of Sennacherib who has sent men to say evil against the living God. 17 Truly, O Lord, the kings of Assyria have made waste the nations and their lands, 18 And have given their gods to the fire; for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction. 19 But now, O Lord our God, give us salvation from his hands, so that it may be clear to all the kingdoms of the earth that you and only you, O Lord, are God.
  • 2 Chr 6:12-13 : 12 Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, 13 (For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the middle of the open space; on this he took his place and went down on his knees before all the meeting of Israel, stretching out his hands to heaven.)
  • 2 Chr 34:31 : 31 Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in this book.

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  • 2 Chr 20:17-20
    4 verses
    77%

    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.

    19 And the Levites, the children of the Kohathites and the Korahites, got to their feet and gave praise to the Lord, the God of Israel, with a loud voice.

    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 20:3-4
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

    4 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.

  • Ps 135:2
    75%

    2 You who are in the house of the Lord, and in the open spaces of the house of our God,

  • 2 Chr 20:13-15
    3 verses
    74%

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

    14 Then, before all the meeting, the spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel, the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite and one of the family of Asaph;

    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.

  • 2 Chr 19:8
    74%

    8 Then in Jerusalem he gave authority to certain of the Levites and the priests and the heads of families of Israel to give decisions for the Lord, and in the causes of those living in Jerusalem.

  • Ps 116:19
    73%

    19 In the Lord's house, even in Jerusalem. Praise be to the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 17:3-6
    4 verses
    73%

    3 And the Lord was with Jehoshaphat, because he went in the early ways of his father, not turning to the Baals,

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

    5 So the Lord made his kingdom strong; and all Judah gave offerings to Jehoshaphat, and he had great wealth and honour.

    6 His heart was lifted up in the ways of the Lord; and he went so far as to take away the high places and the wood pillars out of Judah.

  • 2 Chr 20:6
    72%

    6 And said, O Lord, the God of our fathers, are you not God in heaven? are you not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in your hands are power and strength so that no one is able to keep his place against you.

  • 2 Chr 19:1-6
    6 verses
    72%

    1 And Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, went back to his house in Jerusalem in peace.

    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.

    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,

    6 And said to the judges, Take care what you do, for you are judging not for man but for the Lord, and he is with you in the decisions you give.

  • Jer 7:2
    71%

    2 Take your place in the doorway of the Lord's house, and give out this word there, and say, Give ear to the word of the Lord, all you of Judah who come inside these doors to give worship to the Lord.

  • 1 Kgs 22:5
    71%

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

  • Jer 17:19-20
    2 verses
    70%

    19 This is what the Lord has said to me: Go and take your place in the doorway of Benjamin, where the kings of Judah come in and by which they go out, and in all the doorways of Jerusalem;

    20 And say to them, Give ear to the word of the Lord, you kings of Judah, and all the people of Jerusalem who come in by these doors:

  • Jer 26:10
    70%

    10 And the rulers of Judah, hearing of these things, came up from the king's house to the house of the Lord, and took their seats by the new door of the Lord's house.

  • 2 Chr 18:4
    70%

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

  • 2 Kgs 23:1-2
    2 verses
    70%

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

    2 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and all the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the prophets and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 34:30-31
    2 verses
    69%

    30 And the king went up to the house of the Lord, with all the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and the priests and the Levites and all the people, small and great; and they were present at his reading of the book of the law which had come to light in the house of the Lord.

    31 Then the king, taking his place by the pillar, made an agreement before the Lord, to go in the way of the Lord, and to keep his orders and his decisions and his rules with all his heart and with all his soul, and to keep the words of the agreement recorded in this book.

  • 2 Chr 17:12
    69%

    12 Jehoshaphat became greater and greater, and made strong towers and store-towns in Judah.

  • Isa 3:13
    69%

    13 The Lord is ready to take up his cause against his people, and is about to come forward as their judge.

  • 2 Chr 18:9
    69%

    9 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.

  • 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.

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
    68%

    22 Then Solomon took his place before the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, and stretching out his hands to heaven,

  • Jer 19:14
    68%

    14 Then Jeremiah came from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to give the prophet's word; and he took his place in the open square of the Lord's house, and said to all the people,

  • 1 Kgs 22:10
    68%

    10 Now the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, were seated on their seats of authority, dressed in their robes, by the doorway into Samaria; and all the prophets were acting as prophets before them.

  • Jer 26:2
    68%

    2 This is what the Lord has said: Take your place in the open square of the Lord's house and say to all the towns of Judah, who come into the Lord's house for worship, everything I give you orders to say to them: keep back not a word;

  • 2 Chr 23:5
    68%

    5 And a third are to be stationed at the king's house; and a third at the doorway of the horses: while all the people are waiting in the open spaces round the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 20:27-28
    2 verses
    68%

    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.

  • 2 Chr 20:1
    68%

    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 6:3
    68%

    3 Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all on their feet together.

  • 2 Kgs 21:5
    68%

    5 And he put up altars for all the stars of heaven in the two outer squares of the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 29:20
    68%

    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.

  • Deut 19:17
    67%

    17 Then the two men, between whom the argument has taken place, are to come before the Lord, before the priests and judges who are then in power;

  • 2 Chr 20:9
    67%

    9 If evil comes on us, the sword, or punishment, or disease, or need of food, we will come to this house and to you, (for your name is in this house,) crying to you in our trouble, and you will give us salvation in answer to our cry.