KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Chronicles 20:4
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.
WEB World English Bible
Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help from Yahweh. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek Yahweh.
ASV American Standard Version
And Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help of Jehovah: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek Jehovah.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and Judah is gathered to inquire of Jehovah; also, from all the cities of Judah they have come in to seek Jehovah.
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,
6 And said, O LORD God of our fathers, [art] not thou God in heaven? and rulest [not] thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand [is there not] power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
7 [Art] not thou our God, [who] didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
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וַיִּקָּבְצ֣וּH6908 · qa.vatsto gatherיְהוּדָ֔הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahלְבַקֵּ֖שׁH1245 · ba.qashto seekמֵֽיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDגַּ֚םH1571 · gamalsoמִכָּל־H3605 · kolallעָרֵ֣יH5892 · irexcitementיְהוּדָ֔הH3063 · ye.hu.dahJudahבָּ֖אוּH935 · boto come (in): comeלְבַקֵּ֥שׁH1245 · ba.qashto seekאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְהוָֽה׃H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORD
Cross-references
Psalm 50:15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.Psalm 60:10-12[Wilt] not thou, O God, [which] hadst cast us off? and [thou], O God, [which] didst not go out with our armies?Psalm 69:35For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.Psalm 34:5-6They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.2 Chronicles 19:5And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,
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