Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,
Parallel translations
- WEB He set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the wide place at the gate of the city, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
- KJV And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
- NKJV Then he set military captains over the people, gathered them together to him in the open square of the city gate, and gave them encouragement, saying,
- NASB He appointed military officers over the people and gathered them to him in the public square at the city gate, and spoke encouragingly to them, saying,
- NLT He appointed military officers over the people and assembled them before him in the square at the city gate. Then Hezekiah encouraged them by saying:
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He appointed military captains and gathered the people to encourage them. It matters because the king strengthened his people's resolve with leadership and words.
Overview
Hezekiah organized commanders and assembled the people to speak courage to them before the coming conflict. Good leadership attends to both structure and morale. His care to encourage the people anticipates the encouraging words of faith that follow, grounding their hope in God.
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- 2 Chr 30:22And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
- Isa 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”
- 2 Chr 17:14–19These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: From Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;
- Neh 8:16And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
- Gen 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
- Ezra 10:9So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
- 1 Chr 27:3–34He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.
- Neh 8:1–3At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
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