Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטwas afraid,וַיִּרָאand setוַיִּתֵּןhis faceפָּנָיוto seekלִדְרוֹשׁYHWH,לַיהוָהand proclaimedוַיִּקְרָאa fastצוֹםthroughoutעַלallכָּלJudah.יְהוּדָה
2 Chronicles 20:3
Study it in the app“Jehoshaphat was afraid, and set his face to seek YHWH, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.”
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2 Chronicles 20:3, word by word
- Jehoshaphatיְהוֹשָׁפָטyehoshafat
Jehoshaphat
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” appears- was afraidיִּרָאyira
fear
To feel fear before danger or before someone stronger.
Where else “yira” appears- and setיִּתֵּןyiten
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “yiten” appears- his faceפָּנָיpanay
face
The front of the head, of someone or of God.
Where else “panay” appears- to seekדְרוֹשׁderosh
consult
To turn to YHWH to ask him, pray to him.
Where else “derosh” appears- YHWHיהוָהyhva
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 “yhva” appears- and proclaimedיִּקְרָאyikra
proclaim
To announce aloud.
Where else “yikra” appears- a fastצוֹםtsom
fast
Fast: going without food for a time, as a sign of mourning, of sorrow for sin, or of pleading with God.
Where else “tsom” 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
The context
2They came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, from Aram; and look, they are in Hazazon-tamar, that is En-gedi.”
3 · This verse (above)
4Judah gathered to seek help from YHWH; also from all the cities of Judah they came to seek YHWH.