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II Chronicles Chapter 20

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II Chronicles

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The chapter describes the Israelites’ return to their homeland and the rebuilding of the temple despite their lingering weakness. It highlights God’s patience and the necessity of repentance and faithful obedience.

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(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.
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II Chronicles 19:5II Chronicles 19:11II Chronicles 32:1Psalms 83:5Psalms 83:6Psalms 83:7Psalms 83:8Isaiah 7:1Isaiah 8:9Isaiah 8:10Isaiah 16:6II Chronicles 19:2

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II Kings 3:7Judges 11:18Leviticus 23:38I Kings 22:4I Kings 22:30II Chronicles 18:29

(2) 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.
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Genesis 14:3Numbers 34:12Joshua 3:16Genesis 14:7Joshua 15:62I Samuel 23:29Song of Solomon 1:14

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Ephesians 4:11II Kings 7:13Ecclesiastes 5:3Ezekiel 14:4Acts 21:34II Samuel 17:9

(3) And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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Genesis 32:7Genesis 32:8Genesis 32:9Genesis 32:10Genesis 32:11Genesis 32:24Genesis 32:25Genesis 32:26Genesis 32:27Genesis 32:28Psalms 56:3Psalms 56:4

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Zechariah 8:19Ezra 8:21Mark 2:18Zephaniah 2:3

(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.
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Psalms 34:5Psalms 34:6Psalms 50:15Psalms 60:10Psalms 60:11Psalms 60:12II Chronicles 19:5Psalms 69:35

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Exodus 16:18Numbers 11:32Zephaniah 2:3

(5) And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
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II Chronicles 6:12II Chronicles 6:13II Chronicles 34:31II Kings 19:15II Kings 19:16II Kings 19:17II Kings 19:18II Kings 19:19

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Ezekiel 46:21Exodus 38:31II Chronicles 4:9

(6) And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
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Exodus 3:6Exodus 3:15Exodus 3:16I Chronicles 29:18Deuteronomy 4:39Joshua 2:11I Kings 8:23Psalms 115:3Isaiah 57:15Isaiah 57:16Isaiah 66:1Matthew 6:9

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Haggai 2:22

(7) Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
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II Chronicles 14:11Genesis 17:7Exodus 6:7Exodus 19:5Exodus 19:6Exodus 19:7Exodus 20:2I Chronicles 17:21I Chronicles 17:22I Chronicles 17:23I Chronicles 17:24Exodus 33:2

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Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Jeremiah 33:26Joshua 17:11Genesis 26:4Genesis 28:4

(8) And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
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II Chronicles 2:4II Chronicles 6:10

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Revelation 10:6I Kings 12:25Deuteronomy 8:12Joshua 19:50Judges 18:28Genesis 34:10

(9) If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
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II Chronicles 6:28II Chronicles 6:29II Chronicles 6:30I Kings 8:33I Kings 8:37Matthew 18:20II Chronicles 6:20Exodus 20:24Exodus 23:21

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Ezekiel 7:15II Kings 8:12Habakkuk 1:2II Samuel 16:19II Samuel 24:13Jeremiah 14:12

(10) And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
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Numbers 20:17Numbers 20:18Numbers 20:19Numbers 20:20Numbers 20:21Deuteronomy 2:4Deuteronomy 2:5Deuteronomy 2:9Deuteronomy 2:19Judges 11:15Judges 11:16Judges 11:17

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II Chronicles 20:23II Chronicles 20:22Judges 11:18Deuteronomy 2:1Deuteronomy 2:8Deuteronomy 9:15

(11) Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
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Genesis 44:4Psalms 7:4Psalms 35:12Proverbs 17:13Jeremiah 18:20Judges 11:23Judges 11:24Psalms 83:3Psalms 83:4Psalms 83:5Psalms 83:6Psalms 83:7

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Joshua 22:19Ezekiel 46:18

(12) O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
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Deuteronomy 32:36Judges 11:27I Samuel 3:13Psalms 7:6Psalms 7:8Psalms 9:19Psalms 43:1Isaiah 2:4Isaiah 42:4Joel 3:12Revelation 19:11II Samuel 14:11

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II Kings 8:12Ezekiel 20:4Ezekiel 22:2Psalms 96:13Exodus 15:26I Samuel 30:15

(13) And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
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Deuteronomy 29:10Ezra 10:1Jonah 3:5Acts 21:5

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Genesis 34:29Genesis 45:19Genesis 46:5Numbers 32:26Deuteronomy 3:19Deuteronomy 29:11

(14) Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation;
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Isaiah 58:9Isaiah 65:24Daniel 9:20Daniel 9:21Acts 10:4Acts 10:31II Chronicles 15:1II Chronicles 24:20Numbers 11:25Numbers 11:26Numbers 24:2

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I Chronicles 16:5II Chronicles 29:13I Chronicles 15:18I Chronicles 25:2Nehemiah 12:35

(15) And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, Thus saith the LORD unto you, Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.
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II Chronicles 32:7II Chronicles 32:8Exodus 14:13Exodus 14:14Deuteronomy 1:29Deuteronomy 1:30Deuteronomy 20:1Deuteronomy 20:4Deuteronomy 31:6Deuteronomy 31:8Joshua 11:6Nehemiah 4:14

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Ezekiel 2:6Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33II Chronicles 32:7Jeremiah 42:11

(16) To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
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Jeremiah 12:12Ecclesiastes 8:17

(17) Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem: fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them: for the LORD will be with you.
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II Chronicles 20:22II Chronicles 20:23Exodus 14:13Exodus 14:14Exodus 14:25Psalms 46:10Psalms 46:11Isaiah 30:7Isaiah 30:15Lamentations 3:26II Chronicles 15:2II Chronicles 32:8

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Joshua 7:13I Samuel 4:9Isaiah 8:9Exodus 17:9

(18) And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.
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II Chronicles 7:3Genesis 24:26Exodus 4:31Job 1:20Psalms 95:6

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Judges 5:27Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Ruth 2:10I Samuel 20:41

(19) And the Levites, of the children of the Kohathites, and of the children of the Korhites, stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high.
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I Chronicles 15:16I Chronicles 15:17I Chronicles 15:18I Chronicles 15:19I Chronicles 15:20I Chronicles 15:21I Chronicles 15:22I Chronicles 16:5I Chronicles 16:42I Chronicles 23:5I Chronicles 25:1I Chronicles 25:2

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II Chronicles 31:2Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1Psalms 150:5

(20) And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.
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II Chronicles 11:6II Samuel 14:2I Chronicles 4:5Jeremiah 6:1Isaiah 7:9Isaiah 26:3John 11:40John 14:1Romans 8:31Hebrews 11:6Exodus 14:31Luke 16:31

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I Corinthians 14:22John 10:38Genesis 21:14Genesis 22:3I Samuel 29:10Joshua 17:11

(21) And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed singers unto the LORD, and that should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army, and to say, Praise the LORD; for his mercy endureth for ever.
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I Chronicles 13:1I Chronicles 13:2Proverbs 11:14II Chronicles 29:25II Chronicles 29:26II Chronicles 29:27II Chronicles 29:28II Chronicles 29:29II Chronicles 29:30II Chronicles 30:21Ezra 3:10Ezra 3:11

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Jeremiah 33:11Psalms 113:1Psalms 135:1Psalms 148:1Psalms 150:1II Chronicles 7:6

(22) And when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Judah; and they were smitten.
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Judges 7:22I Samuel 14:16I Samuel 14:20II Kings 6:17Psalms 35:5Psalms 35:6Isaiah 19:2Ezekiel 38:21

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II Chronicles 20:23II Chronicles 20:10Judges 11:18Psalms 47:6Luke 19:37Exodus 19:20

(23) For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.
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Genesis 14:6Genesis 36:8Genesis 36:9Deuteronomy 2:5Joshua 24:4Ezekiel 35:2Ezekiel 35:3

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Numbers 33:52Joshua 11:20Jeremiah 25:9

(24) And when Judah came toward the watch tower in the wilderness, they looked unto the multitude, and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and none escaped.
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Exodus 14:30I Chronicles 5:22Psalms 110:6Isaiah 37:36Jeremiah 33:5Ezra 9:14

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I Kings 7:25II Chronicles 4:4Ezekiel 48:10Ezekiel 48:17Zechariah 14:4Genesis 19:28

(25) And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them, they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies, and precious jewels, which they stripped off for themselves, more than they could carry away: and they were three days in gathering of the spoil, it was so much.
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Exodus 12:35Exodus 12:36I Samuel 30:19I Samuel 30:20II Kings 7:9II Kings 7:10II Kings 7:11II Kings 7:12II Kings 7:13II Kings 7:14II Kings 7:15II Kings 7:16

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Ezekiel 38:13Exodus 3:22II Samuel 12:30Jeremiah 20:5Deuteronomy 13:16Deuteronomy 20:14

(26) And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of Berachah; for there they blessed the LORD: therefore the name of the same place was called, The valley of Berachah, unto this day.
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Exodus 15:1Exodus 15:2Exodus 15:3Exodus 15:4Exodus 15:5Exodus 15:6Exodus 15:7Exodus 15:8Exodus 15:9Exodus 15:10Exodus 15:11Exodus 15:12

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Joshua 15:8Joshua 18:16Deuteronomy 21:4Joshua 11:16Joshua 17:16Jeremiah 7:32

(27) Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
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II Samuel 6:14II Samuel 6:15Micah 2:13Hebrews 6:20I Samuel 2:1Nehemiah 12:43Psalms 20:5Psalms 30:1Isaiah 35:10Isaiah 51:11Revelation 18:20

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Isaiah 9:3Esther 9:22Nehemiah 12:43Isaiah 66:10Jeremiah 31:13Zephaniah 3:17

(28) And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
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II Samuel 6:5I Chronicles 13:8I Chronicles 23:5I Chronicles 25:6Psalms 57:8Psalms 92:3Psalms 149:3Psalms 150:3Psalms 150:4Psalms 150:5Revelation 14:2Revelation 14:3

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Joshua 6:13I Chronicles 13:8I Chronicles 15:28II Chronicles 5:12

(29) 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.
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II Chronicles 17:10Genesis 35:5Exodus 23:27Joshua 5:1II Kings 7:6Exodus 15:14Exodus 15:15Exodus 15:16Joshua 2:9Joshua 2:10Joshua 2:11Joshua 9:9

(30) So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
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II Chronicles 14:6II Chronicles 14:7II Chronicles 15:15Joshua 23:1II Samuel 7:1Job 34:29Proverbs 16:7John 14:27

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I Chronicles 11:8I Chronicles 22:9I Kings 6:5Ezekiel 46:23

(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.
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I Kings 22:41I Kings 22:42I Kings 22:43I Kings 22:44

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I Kings 22:42II Kings 18:2II Chronicles 29:1II Kings 14:2II Kings 15:33II Kings 23:36

(32) 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.
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II Chronicles 17:3II Chronicles 17:4II Chronicles 17:5II Chronicles 17:6II Chronicles 14:2II Chronicles 14:3II Chronicles 14:4II Chronicles 14:5II Chronicles 14:11II Chronicles 14:12II Chronicles 14:13I Kings 15:11

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I Kings 22:43

(33) Howbeit the high places were not taken away: for as yet the people had not prepared their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
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II Chronicles 14:3II Chronicles 17:6II Chronicles 12:14II Chronicles 19:3II Chronicles 30:19Deuteronomy 29:4I Samuel 7:3

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II Kings 14:4II Kings 15:35

(34) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoshaphat, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Jehu the son of Hanani, who is mentioned in the book of the kings of Israel.
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II Chronicles 12:15II Chronicles 13:22II Chronicles 16:11II Chronicles 19:2I Kings 16:1I Kings 16:7

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I Chronicles 29:29Revelation 22:19I Kings 11:41I Kings 22:45II Kings 10:34I Kings 14:19

(35) And after this did Jehoshaphat king of Judah join himself with Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very wickedly:
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I Kings 22:48I Kings 22:49II Kings 1:2II Kings 1:3II Kings 1:4II Kings 1:5II Kings 1:6II Kings 1:7II Kings 1:8II Kings 1:9II Kings 1:10II Kings 1:11

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I Kings 22:49II Chronicles 22:9

(36) And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Eziongeber.
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I Kings 10:22I Kings 9:26

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II Chronicles 9:21I Kings 22:48II Chronicles 20:37Psalms 48:7Isaiah 2:16Isaiah 23:1

(37) Then Eliezer the son of Dodavah of Mareshah prophesied against Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, the LORD hath broken thy works. And the ships were broken, that they were not able to go to Tarshish.
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II Chronicles 19:2Joshua 7:11Joshua 7:12Proverbs 13:20II Chronicles 16:9Proverbs 9:6Hebrews 12:6Revelation 3:19I Kings 22:48II Chronicles 9:21

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Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9I Kings 22:48Psalms 51:17Jeremiah 50:2II Chronicles 9:21

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