2Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, |A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar| (that is, En Gedi).


In Context

1 It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

2 Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, |A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar| (that is, En Gedi).

3 Jehoshaphat was alarmed, and set himself to seek to Yahweh. He proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

4 Judah gathered themselves together, to seek help from Yahweh. They came out of all the cities of Judah to seek Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 20:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:2Then 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] Hazazon- tamar, which [is] En-gedi.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

20:2Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, "A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from the other side of the Sea. It is already in Hazazon Tamar" (that is, En Gedi).

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

20:2And there came messengers, and told Josaphat, saying: There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea, and out of Syria, and behold they are in Asasonthamar, which is Engaddi.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

20:2Then 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).

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:2And they came and told Jehoshaphat saying, A great multitude is come against thee from beyond the sea, from Syria; and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar, which is Engedi.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

20:2Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

20:2Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side of Syria; and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

20:2And they come in and declare to Jehoshaphat, saying, 'Come against thee hath a great multitude from beyond the sea, from Aram, and lo, they are in Hazezon-Tamar — it is En-Gedi.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

20:2Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There comes a great multitude against you from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.