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2 Chronicles 20 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 20, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

2 Chronicles 20 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
יְהוֹשָׁפָט Yᵉhôwshâphâṭ H3092 14 Jehoshaphat
יְהוּדָה Yᵉhûwdâh H3063 14 Jehudah
יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם Yᵉrûwshâlaim H3389 9 Jerushalaim, Jerushalem
עָמַד ʻâmad H5975 7 stand
יָשַׁב yâshab H3427 7 sit, dwell
שֵׂעִיר Sêʻîyr H8165 4 Seir
הָמוֹן hâmôwn H1995 4 noise, tumult

How preachers through history handled this text

8 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 20, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 5 Alexander MacLaren 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“In all dangers, public or personal, our first business should be to seek help from God. Hence the advantage of days for national fasting and prayer. From the first to the last of our seeking the Lord, we must approach him with humiliation for our sins, trusting only in his mercy and power. Jehoshaphat acknowledges the sovereign dominion of the Divine Providence. Lord, exert it on our behalf. Whom should we seek to, whom should we trust to for relief, but the God we have chosen and served. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Chronicles 20:1–13 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Ammon — 2 Chr 20:1
  • Moab 1 — 2 Chr 20:1
  • Egypt — 2 Chr 20:10
  • Mount Seir 1 — 2 Chr 20:10

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