2 Chronicles 20:1

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

After this, the Moabites, the Ammonites, and some of the Ammonites joined forces and came to wage war against Jehoshaphat.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    It happened after this that the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them others besides the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And it came to pass after this,{H310} that the children{H1121} of Moab,{H4124} and the children{H1121} of Ammon,{H5983} and with them some of the Ammonites,{H5984} came{H935} against Jehoshaphat{H3092} to battle.{H4421}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    It came to pass after this{H310} also, that the children{H1121} of Moab{H4124}, and the children{H1121} of Ammon{H5983}, and with them other beside the Ammonites{H5984}, came{H935}{(H8804)} against Jehoshaphat{H3092} to battle{H4421}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    After this came the childre of Moab, the children of Ammon, and certayne of Amanim wt them, to fighte against Iosaphat.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    After this also came the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, & with them of the Ammonites against Iehoshaphat to battell.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    After this also, it fortuned that the children of Moab and the children Ammon, & with them other of the Ammonites came against Iehosaphat to battell.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ It came to pass after this also, [that] the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them [other] beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And it cometh to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them of the peoples, against Jehoshaphat to battle.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

  • World English Bible (2000)

    It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Lord Gives Jehoshaphat Military Success Later the Moabites and Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, attacked Jehoshaphat.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Chr 19:11 : 11 Behold, Amariah the chief priest will be over you in matters of the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader over the tribe of Judah, will be responsible for kingly affairs. The Levites will serve as officials before you. Act courageously, and may the LORD be with those who do right.
  • 2 Chr 32:1 : 1 After these events and acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and entered Judah. He camped against the fortified cities, intending to break through them.
  • Ps 83:5-8 : 5 They say, 'Come, let us destroy them as a nation, so that the name of Israel may no longer be remembered.' 6 For they have consulted together with one mind; they have made a covenant against you. 7 The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Moab and the Hagrites, 8 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre.
  • Isa 8:9-9 : 9 Be shattered, you nations, and be terrified! Listen, all you distant lands. Prepare for battle and be terrified; prepare for battle and be shattered. 10 Devise your plans, but they will be thwarted; issue your orders, but they will not stand, for God is with us.
  • Isa 16:6 : 6 We have heard of Moab’s pride—how exceedingly proud and arrogant he is, full of pride, fury, and empty boasts.
  • Jer 10:24 : 24 Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure—not in Your anger, or You will reduce me to nothing.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent.
  • Isa 7:1 : 1 In the days of Ahaz, son of Jotham, son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin, king of Aram, and Pekah, son of Remaliah, king of Israel, marched up to Jerusalem for battle, but they could not prevail against it.
  • 1 Chr 4:41 : 41 These, recorded by name, came during the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the tents of the Meunites who were found there and completely destroyed them, as is still the case today. Then they settled in their place because there was pasture there for their flocks.
  • 2 Chr 19:2 : 2 Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went out to meet King Jehoshaphat and said to him, 'Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the LORD’s wrath is upon you.'
  • 2 Chr 19:5 : 5 He appointed judges throughout the land, in all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    2 verses
    82%

    2 Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, 'A massive army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea. They are already in Hazazon Tamar (that is, En Gedi).'

    3 Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he resolved to seek the LORD. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

  • Judg 11:4-5
    2 verses
    77%

    4 After some time, the Ammonites made war against Israel.

    5 When the Ammonites fought against Israel, the elders of Gilead went to get Jephthah from the land of Tob.

  • 2 Kgs 3:21
    75%

    21 When all the Moabites heard that the kings had come to fight against them, they called together everyone old enough to wear armor and stationed themselves at the border.

  • 2 Chr 20:22-24
    3 verses
    75%

    22 As they began to sing and praise, the LORD set ambushes against the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir who were invading Judah, and they were defeated.

    23 The Ammonites and Moabites rose up against the men from Mount Seir to destroy and annihilate them. After they finished slaughtering the men from Seir, they helped to destroy one another.

    24 When the men of Judah came to the place overlooking the desert and looked toward the vast army, they saw only dead bodies lying on the ground; no one had escaped.

  • Judg 10:9
    75%

    9 The Ammonites also crossed over the Jordan to fight against Judah, Benjamin, and the house of Ephraim, and Israel was greatly distressed.

  • Jer 25:21
    74%

    21 Edom, Moab, and the sons of Ammon.

  • 2 Chr 20:15-17
    3 verses
    74%

    15 He said: 'Listen, all you people of Judah and Jerusalem! Listen, King Jehoshaphat! This is what the LORD says: Do not be afraid or discouraged because of this vast army. For the battle is not yours, but God’s.'

    16 Tomorrow march down against them. They will be climbing up by the Pass of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the gorge in the desert of Jeruel.

    17 You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions, stand firm, and see the deliverance the LORD will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the LORD will be with you.'

  • 1 Chr 19:9
    74%

    9 The Ammonites came out and lined up for battle at the entrance to the city, while the kings who had come were by themselves in the open field.

  • 1 Kgs 22:32
    74%

    32 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, 'Surely this is the king of Israel.' So they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat cried out for help.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    74%

    10 'But now, here are the men from Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whose land you would not let Israel invade when they came from Egypt; so they turned away from them and did not destroy them.'

  • 2 Chr 18:31
    73%

    31 When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they thought, 'This is the king of Israel!' So they turned to attack him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him; God diverted them away from him.

  • 2 Chr 17:10
    73%

    10 The fear of the LORD came upon all the kingdoms surrounding Judah, so they did not make war against Jehoshaphat.

  • 2 Kgs 3:7
    73%

    7 Then he sent a message to Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, saying, "The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you go with me to fight against Moab?" And he replied, "I will go; I am as you are, my people as your people, my horses as your horses."

  • 1 Kgs 22:2
    73%

    2 But in the third year, Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, went down to visit the king of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 19:15
    73%

    15 When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled before Abishai, Joab's brother, and went back into the city. Then Joab returned to Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chr 20:27
    72%

    27 Then, led by Jehoshaphat, all the men of Judah and Jerusalem returned joyfully to Jerusalem, for the LORD had given them cause to rejoice over their enemies.

  • 2 Chr 20:29
    72%

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    72%

    1 Ben-Hadad, the king of Aram, gathered his entire army along with thirty-two kings, horses, and chariots. He marched up, laid siege to Samaria, and attacked it.

  • 1 Chr 20:1
    72%

    1 In the spring, at the time when kings go out to war, Joab led the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He went to besiege Rabbah, but David stayed in Jerusalem. Joab attacked Rabbah and destroyed it.

  • 1 Kgs 22:29
    71%

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

  • Judg 11:12
    71%

    12 Then Jephthah sent messengers to the king of the Ammonites, asking, 'What do you have against me that you have come to fight against my land?'

  • 2 Chr 19:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Jehoshaphat, the king of Judah, returned safely to his palace in Jerusalem.

    2 Jehu, the son of Hanani the seer, went out to meet King Jehoshaphat and said to him, 'Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the LORD’s wrath is upon you.'

  • 2 Sam 10:8
    71%

    8 The Ammonites came out and drew up in battle formation at the entrance of the city gate, while the Arameans from Zobah and Rehob, along with the men of Tob and Maacah, were stationed by themselves in the open field.

  • Judg 11:14
    71%

    14 Jephthah sent messengers again to the king of the Ammonites,

  • 2 Sam 10:14
    71%

    14 When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and went back to Jerusalem.

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    71%

    35 Later, Jehoshaphat king of Judah made an alliance with Ahaziah king of Israel, who acted wickedly.

  • 2 Chr 17:1
    71%

    1 Jehoshaphat, his son, became king in his place and strengthened himself against Israel.

  • 2 Chr 18:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Jehoshaphat had great wealth and honor, and he allied himself by marriage with Ahab.

    2 Some years later, he went down to visit Ahab in Samaria. Ahab slaughtered an abundance of sheep and cattle for him and the people who were with him and persuaded him to go up to Ramoth Gilead.

  • 1 Kgs 22:45
    71%

    45 Jehoshaphat was at peace with the king of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 18:28
    71%

    28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat king of Judah went up to Ramoth Gilead.

  • Judg 10:17
    71%

    17 The Ammonites were called together and encamped in Gilead, while the Israelites assembled and camped at Mizpah.

  • 2 Kgs 3:26
    71%

    26 When the king of Moab saw that the battle was too fierce for him, he took seven hundred men with swords to break through to the king of Edom, but they could not.

  • Josh 9:1
    71%

    1 When all the kings west of the Jordan—those in the hill country, the lowlands, and along the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the territory opposite Lebanon—heard about this, the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,

  • Exod 17:8
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    8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

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    1 After the death of Ahab, Moab rebelled against Israel.

  • Num 22:3
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    3 Moab became very afraid of the people because they were numerous. Moab was overcome with dread because of the Israelites.

  • 2 Chr 20:20
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    70%

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    21 So Joash king of Israel went up and he and Amaziah king of Judah faced each other at Beth Shemesh in Judah.

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    70%

    8 I have heard the taunts of Moab and the insults of the Ammonites, who have reproached My people and enlarged their borders.