King James Version
What Does 2 Chronicles 20:13 Mean?
“And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.”
Context
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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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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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And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
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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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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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(13) **Stood.**—*Were standing.*
**Before the Lord**—*i.e.,* praying with their king. (Comp. the apparent reference to this assembly in Psalm 48:9. “We thought upon Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy Temple.”
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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