KJV King James Version
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
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2 Chronicles 20:26
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
On the fourth day they assembled in the Valley of Beracah, where they blessed the LORD. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Beracah to this day.
WEB World English Bible
On the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Yahweh: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah to this day.
ASV American Standard Version
And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Beracah; for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore the name of that place was called The valley of Beracah unto this day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And on the fourth day they have been assembled at the valley of Blessing, for there they blessed Jehovah: therefore they have called the name of that place, ‘Valley of Blessing,’ unto this day.
Surrounding context — 2 Chronicles 20
23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy [them]: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
24 And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they [were] dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
26 And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
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 the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of [those] countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וּבַיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהָרְבִעִ֗יH7243 · re.vi.ifourthנִקְהֲלוּ֙H6950 · qa.halto gatherלְעֵ֣מֶקH6010 · e.meqValley (of Achor)בְּרָכָ֔הH1294 · be.ra.khahBeracahכִּי־H3588 · kiforשָׁ֖םH8033 · shamthereבֵּרֲכ֣וּH1288 · ba.rakhto blessאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDעַל־H5921 · aluponכֵּ֡ןH3651 · kenrightקָֽרְא֞וּH7121 · qa.rato call: call toאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]שֵׁ֨םH8034 · shemnameהַמָּק֥וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceהַה֛וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itעֵ֥מֶקH6010 · e.meqValley (of Achor)בְּרָכָ֖הH1294 · be.ra.khahBeracahעַד־H5704 · adtillהַיּֽוֹם׃H3117 · yomday
Cross-references
Exodus 17:15And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovahnissi:Isaiah 62:4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.Luke 1:68Blessed [be] the Lord God of Israel; for he hath visited and redeemed his people,Psalm 107:21-22Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!2 Chronicles 5:9And they drew out the staves [of the ark], that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without. And there it is unto this day.Genesis 32:20And say ye moreover, Behold, thy servant Jacob [is] behind us. For he said, I will appease him with the present that goeth before me, and afterward I will see his face; peradventure he will accept of me.2 Samuel 22:1And David spake unto the LORD the words of this song in the day [that] the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul:1 Samuel 7:12Then Samuel took a stone, and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.Exodus 15:1-19Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.Psalm 103:1-2[A Psalm] of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, [bless] his holy name.Revelation 19:1-6And after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God:Acts 1:19And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.Genesis 28:19And he called the name of that place Bethel: but the name of that city [was called] Luz at the first.
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