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2 Chronicles 20:1
After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator reports a coordinated military threat arriving against King Jehoshaphat in the aftermath of preceding events.
The words — בְנֵי־ (ve.nei-) translates literally as "sons of" or "people of," while וְ/עִמָּ/הֶם (ve./'i.ma./Hem) means "and with them." The Hebrew explicitly enumerates the people of Moab and the people of Ammon, but contains no lexical item corresponding to "Meunites."
The thread — This invasion pattern echoes later threats where foreign coalitions or armies approach Judah, as seen in 2 Chronicles 32:1 and Psalm 83:5.
Why it lands — The text records a factual military mobilization before detailing the royal response, requiring the reader to observe how the narrative frames external hostility as the catalyst for subsequent reliance on divine intervention.
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The Hebrew words
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 19:11 Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”
- 2 Chronicles 32:1 After all these acts of faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came and invaded Judah. He laid siege to the fortified cities, intending to conquer them for himself.
- Psalms 83:5 For with one mind they plot together; they form an alliance against You—
- Isaiah 8:9 Huddle together, O peoples, and be shattered; pay attention, all you distant lands; prepare for battle, and be shattered; prepare for battle, and be shattered!
- Isaiah 16:6 We have heard of Moab’s pomposity, his exceeding pride and conceit, his overflowing arrogance. But his boasting is empty.
- Revelation 3:19 Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
- 1 Chronicles 4:41 These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.
- 2 Chronicles 19:2 Jehu son of Hanani the seer went out to confront him and said to King Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked and love those who hate the LORD? Because of this, the wrath of the LORD is upon you.
- 2 Chronicles 19:5 He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
- Isaiah 7:1 Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.