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2 Chronicles 20:18-20
New English Translation
2 Chronicles 20:18-20
New English Translation
18 Jehoshaphat bowed down with his face toward the ground, and all the people of Judah[a] and the residents of Jerusalem fell down before the Lord and worshiped him.[b] 19 Then some Levites, from the Kohathites and Korahites, got up and loudly praised the Lord God of Israel.[c]
20 Early the next morning they marched out to the wilderness of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: “Listen to me, you people of Judah[d] and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe![e] Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”
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- 2 Chronicles 20:18 tn Heb “all Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.
- 2 Chronicles 20:18 tn Heb “to worship the Lord.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:19 tn Heb “arose to praise the Lord God of Israel with a very loud voice.”
- 2 Chronicles 20:20 tn Heb “O Judah.” The words “you people of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “Judah” in v. 15.
- 2 Chronicles 20:20 tn There is a wordplay in the Hebrew text. The Hiphil verb form הַאֲמִינוּ (haʾaminu, “trust”) and the Niphal form תֵאָמֵנוּ (teʾamenu, “you will be safe”) come from the same verbal root (אָמַן, ʾaman).
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