It is notלֹאfor youלָכֶםto fightלְהִלָּחֵםin this;בָּזֹאתpresent yourselves,הִתְיַצְּבוּstandעִמְדוּand seeוּרְאוּthe salvationיְשׁוּעַתof YHWHיְהוָהwith you,עִמָּכֶםJudahיְהוּדָהand Jerusalem.וִירוּשָׁלִַםDo notאַלbe afraidתִּירְאוּand do notוְאַלbe dismayed;תֵּחַתּוּtomorrowמָחָרgo outצְאוּbefore them,לִפְנֵיהֶםand YHWHוַיהוָהwill be with you.’”עִמָּכֶם
2 Chronicles 20:17
Study it in the app“It is not for you to fight in this; present yourselves, stand and see the salvation of YHWH with you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid and do not be dismayed; tomorrow go out before them, and YHWH will be with you.’””
A word to Judah in YHWH’s name: the war is not theirs, but Elohim’sCourage
With the Hebrew beneath
2 Chronicles 20:17, word by word
- to fightהִלָּחֵםhilachem
fight
To struggle against an enemy with weapons and give battle; God also fights for his people.
Where else “hilachem” appears- present yourselvesהִתְיַצְּבוּhityatsvu
take one's stand
Take one's stand, stand firm in a place, present oneself.
Where else “hityatsvu” appears- standעִמְדוּimdu
stand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “imdu” appears- and seeרְאוּreu
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reu” appears- the salvationיְשׁוּעַתyeshuat
salvation
Salvation: the help with which God delivers from danger; also victory. The name "Jesus" (Yeshua) comes from the same root.
Where else “yeshuat” appears- of YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
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” appears- Judahיְהוּדָהyehuda
Judah
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” appears- and Jerusalemירוּשָׁלִַםyrushalaim
Jerusalem
See it on the mapWhere else “yrushalaim” appears- be afraidתִּירְאוּtiru
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “tiru” appears- be dismayedתֵּחַתּוּtechatu
be dismayed
To lose heart from fear, to have no strength to go on.
Where else “techatu” appears- tomorrowמָחָרmachar
tomorrow
The day that comes after today.
Where else “machar” appears- go outצְאוּtseu
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “tseu” appears- before themפְנֵיfene
before
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “fene” appears
Places in this verse
Jerusalem
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).
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18Jehoshaphat bowed with his face to the ground, and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before YHWH, to bow down to YHWH.