"So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about." — 2 Chronicles 20:30

2 Chronicles 20:30 · KJV

“So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.”

— 2 Chronicles 20:30

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.

Verse 31

And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: {he was} thirty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name {was} Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.

2 Chronicles 20 — Context

And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.

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.

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.

And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and departed not from it, doing {that which was} right in the sight of the LORD.

Cross References

2 Chronicles 15:15

And all Judah rejoiced at the oath: for they had sworn with all their heart, and sought him with their whole desire; and he was found of them: and the LORD gave them rest round about.

2 Chronicles 14:6-7

And he built fenced cities in Judah: for the land had rest, and he had no war in those years; because the LORD had given him rest.

Job 34:29

When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth {his} face, who then can behold him? whether {it be done} against a nation, or against a man only:

John 14:27

Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

Proverbs 16:7

When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.

2 Samuel 7:1

And it came to pass, when the king sat in his house, and the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies;

Joshua 23:1

And it came to pass a long time after that the LORD had given rest unto Israel from all their enemies round about, that Joshua waxed old {and} stricken in age. {stricken...: Heb. come into days}