After this, the armies of the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites declared war on Jehoshaphat.
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- WEB After this, the children of Moab, the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
- KJV It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
- BSB After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
- NKJV It happened after this that the people of Moab with the people of Ammon, and others with them besides the Ammonites, came to battle against Jehoshaphat.
- NASB Now it came about after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.
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A coalition of Moabites, Ammonites, and others marches against Jehoshaphat to make war.
Overview
After the king's reforms, a great threat suddenly arises, testing his renewed faith. The invading alliance sets the stage for one of Scripture's clearest demonstrations of trusting God in crisis. Trouble often follows obedience, calling the faithful to deeper reliance on the LORD.
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- 2 Chr 19:11Behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of Yahweh; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters. Also the Levites shall be officers before you. Deal courageously, and may Yahweh be with the good.”
- Isa 16:6We have heard of the pride of Moab, that he is very proud; even of his arrogance, his pride, and his wrath. His boastings are nothing.
- Rev 3:19As many as I love, I reprove and chasten. Be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Ps 83:5–8For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
- Isa 8:9–10Make an uproar, you peoples, and be broken in pieces! Listen, all you from far countries: dress for battle, and be shattered! Dress for battle, and be shattered!
- 2 Chr 32:1After these things and this faithfulness, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, entered into Judah, and encamped against the fortified cities, and intended to win them for himself.
- Jer 10:24Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
- 2 Chr 19:2Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him, and said to king Jehoshaphat, “Should you help the wicked, and love those who hate Yahweh? Because of this, wrath is on you from before Yahweh.
- 2 Chr 19:5He set judges in the land throughout all the fortified cities of Judah, city by city,
- 1 Chr 4:41These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents. The Meunim who were found there, and they destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place; because there was pasture there for their flocks.
- Isa 7:1In the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up to Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.
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