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2 Chronicles 20:2

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.

KJV

Veneruntque nuntii, et indicaverunt Josaphat, dicentes : Venit contra te multitudo magna de his locis quæ trans mare sunt, et de Syria : et ecce consistunt in Asasonthamar, quæ est Engaddi.

Vulgate

καὶ ἦλθον καὶ ὑπέδειξαν τῷ Ἰωσαφὰτ λέγοντες Ἥκει ἐπὶ σὲ πλῆθος πολὺ ἐκ πέραν τῆς θαλάσσης ἀπὸ Συρίας, καὶ ἰδού εἰσιν ἐν Ἁσὰμ Θαμαρά, αὕτη ἐστὶν Ἐνγάδει.

LXX

Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).

ASV

וַ/יָּבֹ֗אוּ וַ/יַּגִּ֤ידוּ לִֽ/יהוֹשָׁפָט֙ לֵ/אמֹ֔ר בָּ֣א עָלֶ֜י/ךָ הָמ֥וֹן רָ֛ב מֵ/עֵ֥בֶר לַ/יָּ֖ם מֵ/אֲרָ֑ם וְ/הִנָּ/ם֙ בְּ/חַֽצְצ֣וֹן תָּמָ֔ר הִ֖יא עֵ֥ין גֶּֽדִי

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Jehoshaphat

In the original Hebrew

14 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲרָ֔ם
'rm
proper_noun · 133×
בָּ֣א
b'
verb · 2573×
גֶּֽדִי
gdy
proper_noun · 12×
ה
h
noun · 393×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
הֲמ֥וֹן
hmvn
noun · 83×
הִנֵּ֥ה
hnh
pronoun · 838×
חַֽצְצ֣וֹן
chtstsvn
proper_noun · 4×
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט
yhvshpt
proper_noun · 82×
יַּגֶּד
ygd
verb · 369×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
עֵ֣בֶר
'br
noun · 91×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רַב
rb
verb · 458×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 23:29 — And David went up from thence, and dwelt in strong holds at Engedi.
  • Ezek 47:10 — And it shall come to pass, that the fishers shall stand upon it from Engedi even unto Eneglaim; they shall be a place to spread forth nets; their fish shall be according to their kinds, as the fish of
  • Ezek 48:28 — And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.
  • Gen 14:7 — And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
  • Gen 14:7 — And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.