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2 Chronicles 20:3

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

KJV

Josaphat autem timore perterritus, totum se contulit ad rogandum Dominum, et prædicavit jejunium universo Juda.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐφοβήθη, καὶ ἔδωκεν Ἰωσαφὰτ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἐκζητῆσαι τὸν κύριον, καὶ ἐκήρυξαν νηστείαν.

LXX

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

ASV

וַ/יִּרָ֕א וַ/יִּתֵּ֧ן יְהוֹשָׁפָ֛ט אֶת פָּנָ֖י/ו לִ/דְר֣וֹשׁ לַ/יהוָ֑ה וַ/יִּקְרָא צ֖וֹם עַל כָּל יְהוּדָֽה

Hebrew

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In this verse

People JudahJehoshaphatJudah

In the original Hebrew

12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוּ
hv
verb · 165×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט
yhvshpt
proper_noun · 82×
יְהוּדָ֔ה
yhvdh
proper_noun · 809×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
צ֣וֹם
tsvm
noun · 26×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 22:19 — Now set your heart and your soul to seek the LORD your God; arise therefore, and build ye the sanctuary of the LORD God, to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and the holy vessels of God, into
  • 1Sam 7:6 — And they gathered together to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured it out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the children of Isra
  • 2Chr 11:16 — And after them out of all the tribes of Israel such as set their hearts to seek the LORD God of Israel came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto the LORD God of their fathers.
  • 2Chr 19:3 — Nevertheless there are good things found in thee, in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land, and hast prepared thine heart to seek God.
  • Amos 5:4 — For thus saith the LORD unto the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and ye shall live:
  • Dan 9:3 — And I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes:
  • Esth 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto
  • Esth 4:16 — Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto
  • Ezra 8:21 — Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
  • Ezra 8:21 — Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
  • Gen 32:7 — Then Jacob was greatly afraid and distressed: and he divided the people that was with him, and the flocks, and herds, and the camels, into two bands;
  • Gen 32:24 — And Jacob was left alone; and there wrestled a man with him until the breaking of the day.
  • Isa 37:3 — And they said unto him, Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of trouble, and of rebuke, and of blasphemy: for the children are come to the birth, and there is not strength to bring forth.
  • Isa 58:5 — Is it such a fast that I have chosen? a day for a man to afflict his soul? is it to bow down his head as a bulrush, and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him? wilt thou call this a fast, and an acce
  • Jer 36:9 — And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the peopl
  • Jer 36:9 — And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the peopl
  • Joel 1:14 — Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.
  • Joel 1:14 — Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land into the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD.
  • Joel 2:12 — Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
  • Joel 2:12 — Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
  • Jonah 1:16 — Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows.
  • Jonah 3:5 — So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
  • Jonah 3:5 — So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them.
  • Jonah 3:7 — And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor dri
  • Judg 20:26 — Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of God, and wept, and sat there before the LORD, and fasted that day until even, and offered burnt offerings and p
  • Matt 10:28 — And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
  • Ps 30:11 — Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;
  • Ps 56:3 — What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.
  • Ps 56:3 — What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.