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2 Chronicles 20:1

After this, the armies of the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites declared war on Jehoshaphat.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Faithfulness;   Jehoshaphat;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ammonites, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Engedi;   Jehoshaphat, Valley of;   War;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;   Moab;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Obadiah, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ammonite;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Dibon;   Maon;   Moab;   Palestine;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ammonites;   Engedi;   Mehunim;   Transjordan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon, Ammonites;   Chronicles, I;   Maon, Maonites;   Minaeans;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Moab, Moabites ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Ammon ammonites children of ammon;   Moab;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Am'mon;   Israel, Kingdom of;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jehoshaphat;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Maon;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Jehoshaphat;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to fight against Jehoshaphat.
Hebrew Names Version
It happened after this, that the children of Mo'av, and the children of `Ammon, and with them some of the Me`unim, came against Yehoshafat to battle.
King James Version
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.
English Standard Version
After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle.
New Century Version
Later the Moabites, Ammonites, and some Meunites came to start a war with Jehoshaphat.
New English Translation
Later the Moabites and Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, attacked Jehoshaphat.
Amplified Bible
Now it happened after this that the Moabites and the Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
New American Standard Bible
Now it came about after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
World English Bible
It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
Geneva Bible (1587)
After this also came the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, & with them of the Ammonites against Iehoshaphat to battell.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now it happened after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Ammonites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
Berean Standard Bible
After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
Contemporary English Version
Some time later, the armies of Moab and Ammon, together with the Meunites, went to war against Jehoshaphat.
Complete Jewish Bible
Some time later, the people of Mo'av and the people of ‘Amon with other ‘Amonim came up to fight Y'hoshafat.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass after this [that] the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them certain of the Maonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
Easy-to-Read Version
Later, the Moabites, the Ammonites, and some Meunites came to start a war with Jehoshaphat.
George Lamsa Translation
AND it came to pass after this, the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, with the mighty men of war, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
Good News Translation
Some time later the armies of Moab and Ammon, together with their allies, the Meunites, invaded Judah.
Lexham English Bible
And it happened that afterward, the Moabites, the Ammonites, and some of the Meunites came against Jehoshaphat for war.
Literal Translation
And after this it happened that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon came in, and with them from the Ammonites, to battle against Jehoshaphat.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
After this came the childre of Moab, the children of Ammon, and certayne of Amanim wt them, to fighte against Iosaphat.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
Bible in Basic English
Now after this, the children of Moab and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunim, made war against Jehoshaphat.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
After this also, it fortuned that the children of Moab and the children Ammon, & with them other of the Ammonites came against Iehosaphat to battell.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
King James Version (1611)
It came to passe after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them, other beside the Ammonites, came against Iehoshaphat to battell.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And after this came the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Minaeans, against Josaphat to battle.
English Revised Version
And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Aftir these thingis the sones of Moab, and the sones of Amon, and with hem of Idumeis, weren gaderid togidere to Josaphat, for to fiyte ayens hym.
Update Bible Version
And it came to pass after this, that the sons of Moab, and the sons of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
Webster's Bible Translation
It came to pass after this also, [that] the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them [others] besides the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
New King James Version
It happened after this that the people of Moab with the people of Ammon, and others with them besides the Ammonites, 2 Chronicles 26:7).">[fn] came to battle against Jehoshaphat.
New Life Bible
After this the men of Moab, and Ammon, and some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
New Revised Standard
After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And it came to pass, after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, and, with them, some of the Meunim, came against Jehoshaphat, to battle.
Douay-Rheims Bible
After this the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them of the Ammonites, were gathered together to fight against Josaphat.
Revised Standard Version
After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Me-u'nites, came against Jehosh'aphat for battle.
Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass after this, the sons of Moab have come in, and the sons of Ammon, and with them of the peoples, against Jehoshaphat to battle.
THE MESSAGE
Some time later the Moabites and Ammonites, accompanied by Meunites, joined forces to make war on Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat received this intelligence report: "A huge force is on its way from beyond the Dead Sea to fight you. There's no time to waste—they're already at Hazazon Tamar, the oasis of En Gedi."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now it came about after this that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

Contextual Overview

1 After this, the armies of the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites declared war on Jehoshaphat. 2 Messengers came and told Jehoshaphat, "A vast army from Edom is marching against you from beyond the Dead Sea. They are already at Hazazon-tamar." (This was another name for En-gedi.) 3 Jehoshaphat was terrified by this news and begged the Lord for guidance. He also ordered everyone in Judah to begin fasting. 4 So people from all the towns of Judah came to Jerusalem to seek the Lord 's help. 5 Jehoshaphat stood before the community of Judah and Jerusalem in front of the new courtyard at the Temple of the Lord . 6 He prayed, "O Lord , God of our ancestors, you alone are the God who is in heaven. You are ruler of all the kingdoms of the earth. You are powerful and mighty; no one can stand against you! 7 O our God, did you not drive out those who lived in this land when your people Israel arrived? And did you not give this land forever to the descendants of your friend Abraham? 8 Your people settled here and built this Temple to honor your name. 9 They said, ‘Whenever we are faced with any calamity such as war, plague, or famine, we can come to stand in your presence before this Temple where your name is honored. We can cry out to you to save us, and you will hear us and rescue us.' 10 "And now see what the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir are doing. You would not let our ancestors invade those nations when Israel left Egypt, so they went around them and did not destroy them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

after this also: 2 Chronicles 19:5, 2 Chronicles 19:11, 2 Chronicles 32:1

the children of Moab: Psalms 83:5-8, Isaiah 7:1, Isaiah 8:9, Isaiah 8:10, Isaiah 16:6

came against: 2 Chronicles 19:2, Jeremiah 10:24, Revelation 3:19

Reciprocal: Joshua 9:2 - gathered Judges 10:9 - passed 2 Chronicles 26:8 - the Ammonites 2 Chronicles 27:5 - the king of the Ammonites Nehemiah 4:7 - the Ammonites Psalms 46:6 - heathen Psalms 48:3 - General Psalms 68:30 - Rebuke Psalms 83:6 - Edom Ecclesiastes 3:8 - a time of war Jeremiah 21:2 - according Jeremiah 49:1 - Ammonites Amos 1:13 - and for

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
and the territory of Canaan extended from Sidon in the north to Gerar and Gaza in the south, and east as far as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, near Lasha.
Genesis 13:1
So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.
Genesis 14:7
Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat (now called Kadesh) and conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.
Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not been able to bear children for him. But she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.
Genesis 16:7
The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road to Shur.
Genesis 16:14
So that well was named Beer-lahai-roi (which means "well of the Living One who sees me"). It can still be found between Kadesh and Bered.
Genesis 18:1
The Lord appeared again to Abraham near the oak grove belonging to Mamre. One day Abraham was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest part of the day.
Genesis 20:13
When God called me to leave my father's home and to travel from place to place, I told her, ‘Do me a favor. Wherever we go, tell the people that I am your brother.'"
Genesis 20:14
Then Abimelech took some of his sheep and goats, cattle, and male and female servants, and he presented them to Abraham. He also returned his wife, Sarah, to him.
Genesis 24:62
Meanwhile, Isaac, whose home was in the Negev, had returned from Beer-lahai-roi.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

It came to pass after this also,.... After Jehoshaphat's return from Ramothgilead, and putting the civil and religious affairs of his people on a better footing, when he might have expected much peace and prosperity:

that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon; both the descendants of Lot, see Psalms 83:8,

and with them other besides the Ammonites; a great company of Arabians, according to Josephus r; or "with the Meamonites", which the Targum understands of the Idumaeans or Edomites; and so do other interpreters, and which they conclude from 2 Chronicles 20:10. Jarchi thinks the Amalekites are meant, who were of the race of Edom; but the notion of Kimchi seems best, that these are the people that are so called from the name of a place, Meon, and, by an inversion of letters, the same with the Meunim or Maonites, mentioned along with the Zidonians and Amalekites, Judges 10:12 and whom the Septuagint version here calls Minaeans; some s take them to be such who counterfeited the Ammonites in their apparel and gestures:

these came against Jehoshaphat in battle; being instigated perhaps by the Syrians, who owed him ill will for assisting Ahab against them at Ramothgilead; for from that quarter they came, as the following verse shows.

r Antiqu. l. 9. c. 1. sect. 2. s Weemse of the Moral Law, l. 2. c. 6. p. 161.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The present Hebrew (and English) text mentions the Ammonites twice over. Hence, some adopt a different reading and translate “the children of Ammon, and with them certain of the Maonites,” etc. Compare 2 Chronicles 20:10, note; Judges 10:12, note; 1 Chronicles 4:41, note.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XX

The Moabites, Ammonites, and Edomites, invade Judah, 1, 2.

Jehoshaphat proclaims a fast, and gathers the people together

to seek the Lord, 3, 4.

His prayer to God, 5-12.

Great and small, male and female, seek the Lord, 13.

Jahaziel predicts the downfall of their enemies, 14-17.

The king, the Levites, and the people take courage; praise and

magnify God; and go forth to meet their enemies, 18-21.

The enemies are confounded, and destroy each other, 22-24.

The men of Judah take the spoil, praise the Lord, and return

with joy to Jerusalem, 25-28.

The fear of the Lord falls upon all their enemies round about;

and the land has rest, 29, 30.

Transactions and character of Jehoshaphat, 31-34.

He joins with Ahaziah, king of Israel, in building a fleet of

ships to go to Tarshish, but they are wrecked at Ezion-geber,

35-37.

NOTES ON CHAP. XX

Verse 2 Chronicles 20:1. Children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites — Here there must be a mistake; surely the Ammonites are the same as the children of Ammon. Our translators have falsified the text by inserting the words "other beside," which have nothing properly to represent them in the Hebrew. Literally translated, the words are: "And it happened after this, the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them of the Ammonites:" and thus the Vulgate. The Syriac, which the Arabic follows, has felt the difficulty, and translated, Came together with warlike men to fight, c. The Septuagint have given it another turn: Και μετ' αυτων εκ των Μιναιων, And with them people of the Minaites which were a people of Arabia Felix near the Red Sea. The Targum has ועמהון מן אדומאי Ve-immehon min Edomaey, "And with them some of the Edomites." This is very likely to be the true reading, as we find from 2 Chronicles 20:10; 2 Chronicles 20:22-23, that they procured men from Mount Seir; and these were the Idumeans or Edomites. We should, in my opinion, read the text thus: The children of Moab, and the children of common, and with them some of the Edomites.


 
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