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,
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,
- BSB Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged 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,
- 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 30:22Hezekiah spoke encouragingly to all the Levites who had good understanding in the service of Yahweh. So they ate throughout the feast for the seven days, offering sacrifices of peace offerings, and making confession to Yahweh, the God of their fathers.
- Isa 40:2“Speak comfortably to Jerusalem; and call out to her that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned, that she has received of Yahweh’s hand double for all her sins.”
- 2 Chr 17:14–19This was the numbering of them according to their fathers’ houses: From Judah, the captains of thousands: Adnah the captain, and with him three hundred thousand mighty men of valor;
- Neh 8:16So the people went out, and brought them, and made themselves temporary shelters, everyone on the roof of his house, in their courts, in the courts of God’s house, in the wide place of the water gate, and in the wide place of Ephraim’s gate.
- Gen 34:3His soul joined to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the young lady, and spoke kindly to the young lady.
- Ezra 10:9Then all the men of Judah and Benjamin gathered themselves together to Jerusalem within the three days. It was the ninth month, on the twentieth day of the month; and all the people sat in the wide place in front of God’s house, trembling because of this matter, and because of the great rain.
- 1 Chr 27:3–34He was of the children of Perez, the chief of all the captains of the army for the first month.
- Neh 8:1–3All the people gathered themselves together as one man into the wide place that was in front of the water gate; and they spoke to Ezra the scribe to bring the book of the law of Moses, which Yahweh had commanded to Israel.
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