Study it in the app“and he said, “Listen, all Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, and King Jehoshaphat: Thus says YHWH to you: ‘You, do not be afraid and do not be dismayed before this great multitude, for the war is not yours, but Elohim’s.”
A word to Judah in YHWH’s name: the war is not theirs, but Elohim’sCourage
and he said,וַיֹּאמֶר“Listen,הַקְשִׁיבוּallכָלJudahיְהוּדָהand inhabitantsוְיֹשְׁבֵיof Jerusalem,יְרוּשָׁלִַםand KingוְהַמֶּלֶךְJehoshaphat:יְהוֹשָׁפָטThusכֹּהsaysאָמַרYHWHיְהוָהto you:לָכֶם‘You,אַתֶּםdo notאַלbe afraidתִּירְאוּand do notוְאַלbe dismayedתֵּחַתּוּbeforeמִפְּנֵיthisהַזֶּהgreatהָרָבmultitude,הֶהָמוֹןforכִּיthe warהַמִּלְחָמָהis notלֹאyours,לָכֶםbutכִּיElohim’s.לֵאלֹהִים
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearspay attention, listen
To pay attention, to listen carefully, to prick up the ears. It is more than hearing: it is heeding what is said.
Where else “hakshivu” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsdwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “yoshve” appearsJerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yerushalaim” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsJehoshaphat
Jehoshaphat: the name of several men; among them David's recorder (2 Samuel 8:16) and a king of Judah (1 Kings 22). It means "YHWH has judged." It is also the name of a valley (Joel 3).
Where else “yehoshafat” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsfear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tiru” appearsbe dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “techatu” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsgreat
Of great size or power; the one who stands out.
Where else “rav” appearsmultitude
Many people gathered, or a great number of something, like an army.
Where else “hamon” appearswar, battle
War, battle.
Where else “milchama” appearsElohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “lohim” appearsJerusalem
Today: Old City of Jerusalem
A city in the hills of Judea, about 22 miles (35 km) west of the Dead Sea and 35 miles (55 km) east of the Mediterranean.
David took it and made it his city (2 Sam 5:7); Solomon built the temple there (1 Kgs 8:1). Jesus was presented there, and the apostles' witness began from it (Luke 2:22; Acts 1:8).
14Then upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, the spirit of YHWH came in the midst of the assembly,
15 · This verse (above)
16Tomorrow go down against them; look, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the brook, facing the wilderness of Jeruel.
