2 Chronicles 20:2

World English Bible (2000)

Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, "A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar" (that is, En Gedi).

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 14:7 : 7 They returned, and came to En Mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.
  • 1 Sam 23:29 : 29 David went up from there, and lived in the strongholds of En Gedi.
  • Song 1:14 : 14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi. Lover
  • Gen 14:3 : 3 All these joined together in the valley of Siddim (the same is the Salt Sea).
  • Num 34:12 : 12 and the border shall go down to the Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land according to its borders around it.'"
  • Josh 3:16 : 16 that the waters which came down from above stood, and rose up in one heap, a great way off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan; and those that went down toward the sea of the Arabah, even the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off. Then the people passed over right against Jericho.
  • Josh 15:62 : 62 Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En Gedi; six cities with their villages.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Chr 20:1
    82%

    1 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.

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

    15 and he said, "Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you king Jehoshaphat. Thus says Yahweh to you, 'Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

    16 Tomorrow go down against them. Behold, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz. You shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.

    17 You will not need to fight this battle. Set yourselves, stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh with you, O Judah and Jerusalem. Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed. Go out against them tomorrow, for Yahweh is with you.'"

  • 1 Kgs 22:32
    73%

    32 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "Surely that is the king of Israel!" and they turned aside to fight against him. Jehoshaphat cried out.

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

    30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of his chariots, saying, "Fight neither with small nor great, except only with the king of Israel."

    31 It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, "It is the king of Israel!" Therefore they turned around to fight against him. But Jehoshaphat cried out, and Yahweh helped him; and God moved them to depart from him.

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

    16 When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they sent messengers, and drew forth the Syrians who were beyond the River, with Shophach the captain of the army of Hadadezer at their head.

    17 It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came on them, and set the battle in array against them. So when David had put the battle in array against the Syrians, they fought with him.

  • 2 Chr 20:24
    71%

    24 When Judah came to the place overlooking the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.

  • 2 Kgs 12:17
    71%

    17 Then Hazael king of Syria went up, and fought against Gath, and took it; and Hazael set his face to go up to Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 20:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1 Ben Hadad the king of Syria gathered all his army together; and there were thirty-two kings with him, and horses and chariots: and he went up and besieged Samaria, and fought against it.

    2 He sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel, into the city, and said to him, "Thus says Ben Hadad,

  • 2 Chr 20:3
    71%

    3 Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek to Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

  • 2 Chr 19:2
    71%

    2 Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, "Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh.

  • 2 Sam 10:17
    70%

    17 It was told David; and he gathered all Israel together, and passed over the Jordan, and came to Helam. The Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:13
    70%

    13 Behold, a prophet came near to Ahab king of Israel, and said, "Thus says Yahweh, 'Have you seen all this great multitude? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this day; and you shall know that I am Yahweh.'"

  • 2 Kgs 3:12
    70%

    12 Jehoshaphat said, "The word of Yahweh 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 The fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Yahweh fought against the enemies of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 20:22
    69%

    22 When they began to sing and to praise, Yahweh set ambushers against the children of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were struck.

  • 2 Kgs 6:9
    69%

    9 The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, "Beware that you not pass such a place; for the Syrians are coming down there."

  • 1 Kgs 20:27
    69%

    27 The children of Israel were mustered, and were provisioned, and went against them. The children of Israel encamped before them like two little flocks of young goats; but the Syrians filled the country.

  • 2 Sam 10:15
    69%

    15 When the Syrians saw that they were defeated by Israel, they gathered themselves together.

  • 2 Sam 10:8
    69%

    8 The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entrance of the gate: and the Syrians of Zobah and of Rehob, and 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 they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Yahweh had made them to rejoice over their enemies.

  • 2 Chr 20:20
    69%

    20 They rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, "Listen to me, Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Yahweh your God, so you shall be established! Believe his prophets, so you shall prosper."

  • 2 Chr 17:10
    69%

    10 The fear of Yahweh fell on all the kingdoms of the lands that were around Judah, so that they made no war against Jehoshaphat.

  • 2 Kgs 7:6
    69%

    6 For the Lord had made the army of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great army: and they said one to another, Behold, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come on us.

  • 1 Chr 19:14
    69%

    14 So Joab and the people who were with him drew near before the Syrians to the battle; and they fled before him.

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

    22 The prophet came near to the king of Israel, and said to him, "Go, strengthen yourself, and mark, and see what you do; for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against you."

    23 The servants of the king of Syria said to him, "Their god is a god of the hills; therefore they were stronger than we. But let us fight against them in the plain, and surely we shall be stronger than they.

  • 2 Chr 20:10
    69%

    10 Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and didn't destroy them;

  • 2 Kgs 16:5-6
    2 verses
    68%

    5 Then Rezin king of Syria and Pekah son of Remaliah king of Israel came up to Jerusalem to war: and they besieged Ahaz, but could not overcome him.

    6 At that time Rezin king of Syria recovered Elath to Syria, and drove the Jews from Elath; and the Syrians came to Elath, and lived there, to this day.

  • 2 Chr 24:23-24
    2 verses
    68%

    23 It happened at the end of the year, that the army of the Syrians came up against him: and they came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all the spoil of them to the king of Damascus.

    24 For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.

  • 1 Kgs 20:19
    68%

    19 So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.

  • 1 Kgs 22:2
    68%

    2 It happened in the third year, that Jehoshaphat the king of Judah came down to the king of Israel.

  • 2 Kgs 3:21
    68%

    21 Now when all the Moabites heard that the kings had come up to fight against them, they gathered themselves together, all who were able to put on armor, and upward, and stood on the border.

  • 2 Sam 24:6
    68%

    6 then they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim Hodshi; and they came to Dan Jaan, and around to Sidon,

  • 2 Kgs 9:17
    68%

    17 Now the watchman was standing on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied the company of Jehu as he came, and said, "I see a company." Joram said, "Take a horseman, and send to meet 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
    68%

    13 So Joab and the people who were with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians: and they fled before him.

  • 1 Kgs 20:17
    68%

    17 The young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben Hadad sent out, and they told him, saying, "Men are coming out from Samaria."

  • 2 Chr 20:37
    68%

    37 Then Eliezer the son of Dodavahu of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, "Because you have joined yourself with Ahaziah, Yahweh has destroyed your works." The ships were broken, so that they were not able to go to Tarshish.

  • 1 Chr 19:9
    68%

    9 The children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the gate of the city: and the kings who had come were by themselves in the field.

  • 2 Chr 13:13
    67%

    13 But Jeroboam caused an ambush to come about behind them: so they were before Judah, and the ambush was behind them.