歴代誌Ⅱ 20:3-4 JCB

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:1-37

CRITICAL NOTES.] Narrative to 2 Chronicles 20:30 entirely additional to Kings. Invasion of Moabites (2 Chronicles 20:1-3); fast and supplication of king and people (2 Chronicles 20:3-13); the message of Jahaziel (2 Chronicles 20:14-19); exhortation and victory of Jehoshaphat (2 Chronicles 20:20-30); close of his reign (2 Chronicles 20:31-37), which runs parallel with 1 Kings 22:41-49.2 Chronicles 20:1-2.—Invasion of Moabites. Ammonites, Sept., some of the Minœi, inhabitants of Maon (Mehunins),... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Chronicles 20:2-4

DISCOURSE: 410PRAYER THE BEST MEANS OF DEFEATING INVASION [Note: Fast-day Sermon, Oct. 19, 1803.]2 Chronicles 20:2-4. 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 Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:1-37

Chapter 20Now in chapter 20, it records how that at this time three nations had gathered together to fight against Judah. The nation of Moab and Ammon, and those of Mount Seir, which would have been the Edomites. And word came to Jehoshaphat that Judah was being invaded by this confederacy of nations. That they had already come across the Dead Sea and they were in the area of Engedi. And they were approaching, actually, by the area of Engedi, which is the valley known also as the Valley of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 20:1-37

2 Chronicles 20:1 . With them other, the LXX, Μιναιοι , mixed people. 2 Chronicles 20:5 . Jehosphaphat stood in the house of the Lord. This was proceeding in the good and ancient way. He prayed in open courts; the men of Judah also stood with their wives and little ones. 2 Chronicles 20:14 . Then, when the king had prayed, came the Spirit of the Lord upon Jahaziel, a man of distinction and piety, as is indicated by this act, and by his genealogy. He prophesied openly in the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Chronicles 20:3

2 Chronicles 20:3And proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.Objections to fasting answered(on the occasion of a public fast):--A fast may be defined to be a voluntary abstinence from food, as a token of our humiliation before God. Objections--1. There may be this outward mark of repentance without any real sorrow for sin. Answer--The outward expression then becomes a mockery.2. A public fast has the appearance of ostentation. Answer--If you alone were to keep the fast, it might aver the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:3

2Ch 20:3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. Ver. 3 And Jehoshaphat feared … and proclaimed a fast.] When the Turks fast it is a sure sign that they are in a bodily fear: they also cast dust upon their heads, and their hands up towards heaven, when they are about to enter battle. a But Jehoshaphat’s fear was not only natural, of the enemy, but reverential, of God; and his fast not a moral but a religious abstinence, that he... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:4

2Ch 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. Ver. 4. To ask help of the Lord. ] Armed they came on this errand. Ora et labora. Admota manu invocanda est Minerva, said the heathens. Pray and put forth yourselves at once. The late renowned Gustavus, king of Sweden, would pray on shipboard, ashore, in the field, in the midst of the battle; as if prayer alone were the surest piece of his whole armour. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Chronicles 20:3

feared: Genesis 32:7-1 Kings :, Genesis 32:24-Hosea :, Psalms 56:3, Psalms 56:4, Isaiah 37:3-Joshua :, Jonah 1:16, Matthew 10:28 himself: Heb. his face seek the Lord: See note on 2 Chronicles 11:16, 2 Chronicles 19:3 proclaimed: Judges 20:26, 1 Samuel 7:6, Ezra 8:21-Isaiah :, Esther 4:16, Jeremiah 36:9, Daniel 9:3, Joel 1:14, Joel 2:12-Job :, Jonah 3:5-1 Samuel : Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 23:9 - General 1 Samuel 7:7 - afraid 1 Kings 22:43 - doing 1 Chronicles 22:19 - set your Nehemiah 9:1 -... read more