KJV King James Version
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar, which [is] Engedi.
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2 Chronicles 20:2
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar, which [is] Engedi.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
WEB World English Bible
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).
ASV American Standard Version
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And they come in and declare to Jehoshaphat, saying, ‘Come against thee hath a great multitude from beyond the sea, from Aram, and lo, they are in Hazezon-Tamar—it is En-Gedi.’
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 20
1 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.
2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they [be] in Hazazontamar, which [is] Engedi.
3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask [help] of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וַיָּבֹ֗אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeוַיַּגִּ֤ידוּH5046 · na.gadto tellלִֽיהוֹשָׁפָט֙H3092 · ye.ho.sha.phatJehoshaphatלֵאמֹ֔רH559 · a.marto sayבָּ֣אH935 · boto come (in): comeעָלֶ֜יךָH5921 · aluponהָמ֥וֹןH1995 · ha.moncrowdרָ֛בH7227 · ravmanyמֵעֵ֥בֶרH5676 · e.verside: besideלַיָּ֖םH3220 · yamseaמֵאֲרָ֑םH758 · a.ramAramוְהִנָּם֙H2009 · hin.nehbeholdבְּחַֽצְצ֣וֹןH2688 · chats.tson ta.marHazazon-tamarתָּמָ֔רH2688 · chats.tson ta.marHazazon-tamarהִ֖יאH1931 · huhe/she/itעֵ֥יןH5872 · en ge.diEngediגֶּֽדִי׃H5872 · en ge.diEngedi
Cross-references
Genesis 14:7And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.1 Samuel 23:29And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.Song of Solomon 1:14My beloved [is] unto me [as] a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.Numbers 34:12And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood [and] rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that [is] beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, [even] the salt sea, failed, [and] were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.Joshua 15:62And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.Genesis 14:3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.
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