2 Chronicles 20:24

When Judah came to the place overlooking the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.

World English Bible

Learn

Your notes

Private to you. Anything you write on this verse, here or while reading, shows up here and in My study.

Other translations

WEBBE

When Judah came to the place overlooking the wilderness, they looked at the multitude; and behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none who escaped.

BSB

When the men of Judah came to a place overlooking the wilderness, they looked for the vast army, but there were only corpses lying on the ground; no one had escaped.

KJV

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.

ASV

And when Judah came to the watch-tower of the wilderness, they looked upon the multitude; and, behold, they were dead bodies fallen to the earth, and there were none that escaped.

BBE

And Judah came to the watchtower of the waste land, and looking in the direction of the army, they saw only dead bodies stretched on the earth; no living man was to be seen.

Original Hebrew

Look up a word

Tap a word to see what it means and everywhere else it's used.

וִיהוּדָה vi·hu·dah and Judah H3063 בָּא ba' it came H935 עַל־ 'al- to H5921 הַמִּצְפֶּה ha·mitz·peh the watchtower H4707 לַמִּדְבָּר la·mid·bar of the wilderness H4057 וַיִּפְנוּ vai·yif·nu and they turned H6437 אֶל־ 'el- to H413 הֶהָמוֹן he·ha·mon the multitude H1995 וְהִנָּם ve·hi·nam and there they H2005 פְּגָרִים pe·ga·rim [were] corpses H6297 נֹפְלִים no·fe·lim lying H5307 אַרְצָה 'ar·tzah [the] ground towards H776 וְאֵין ve·'ein and there not H369 פְּלֵיטָה pe·lei·tah [was] an escaped remnant H6413

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 20–30

Jehoshaphat exhorted his troops to firm faith in God. Faith inspires a man with true courage; nor will any thing help more to the establishing of the heart in shaking times, than a firm belief of the power, and mercy, and promise of God. In all our trust in the Lord, and our praises of him, let us especially look at his everlasting mercy to sinners through Jesus Christ. Never was an army so destroyed as that of the enemy. Thus God often makes wicked people destroy one another. And never was a victory celebrated with more solemn thanksgivings.

Read Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 20 →

Cross-references

Topics

Watchman

Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.