"Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on t…" — 2 Chronicles 20:2

2 Chronicles 20:2 · KJV

“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.”

— 2 Chronicles 20:2

Verse 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.

Verse 3

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. {himself: Heb. his face}

2 Chronicles 20 — Context

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.

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.

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. {himself: Heb. his face}

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.

Cross References

Genesis 14:7

And 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 23:29

And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.

Song of Solomon 1:14

My beloved {is} unto me {as} a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi. {camphire: or, cypress}

Joshua 15:62

And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.

Joshua 3:16

That 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.

Genesis 14:3

All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.

Numbers 34:12

And 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.