2 Chronicles 20:2
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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.Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
In other translations
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.Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
Hebrew words
וַיָּבֹאוּvaiyavo'uand people cameH935וַיַּגִּידוּvaiyagiduand they toldH5046לִיהוֹשָׁפָטlihoshafatto JehoshaphatH3092לֵאמֹרlemor<to> sayingH559בָּאba'[is] comingH935עָלֶיךָ'aleikhaon youH5921הָמוֹןhamona multitudeH1995רָבravgreatH7227מֵעֵבֶרme'everfrom [the] other sideH5676לַיָּםlaiyamof the seaH3220מֵאֲרָםme'aramfrom AramH758וְהִנָּםvehinamand there theyH2009בְּחַצְצוֹןbechatzon[are] in HazezonH2688תָּמָרtamarTamarH2688הִיאhi'itH1931עֵין'ein[is] EnH5872גֶּדִי׃gediGediH5872
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Genesis 14:7And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar.Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
- 1 Samuel 23:29And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at En–gedi.And David went up from there and lived in the strongholds of En-gedi.
- Joshua 3:16That the waters which came down from above stood and rose up upon an heap very far from the city Adam, that is beside Zaretan: and those that came down toward the sea of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, and were cut off: and the people passed over right against Jericho.the flowing water stood still. It backed up as far upstream as Adam, a city in the area of Zarethan, while the water flowing toward the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea) was completely cut off. So the people crossed over opposite Jericho.
- Numbers 34:12And the border shall go down to Jordan, and the goings out of it shall be at the salt sea: this shall be your land with the coasts thereof round about.Then the border will go down along the Jordan and end at the Salt Sea. This will be your land, defined by its borders on all sides.”
- Joshua 15:62And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and En–gedi; six cities with their villages.Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah, Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.
- Song of Solomon 1:14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of En–gedi.My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
- Genesis 14:3All these were joined together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt sea.The latter five came as allies to the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).
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People and places
People: Jehoshaphat
Places: Edom, Engedi, Hazazon-tamar (2 Chronicles 20), Salt Sea