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2 Chronicles 20:30

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Chronicles 20:30 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.
2 Chronicles 20:30 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 20

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
27Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for Jehovah had made them to rejoice over their enemies.
28And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of Jehovah.
29And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of the countries, when they heard that Jehovah fought against the enemies of Israel.
30So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet; for his God gave him rest round about.
31And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah: he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi.
32And he walked in the way of Asa his father, and turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of Jehovah.
33Howbeit the high places were not taken away; neither as yet had the people set their hearts unto the God of their fathers.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet, etc.] Both within and without; they were at peace among themselves, and none from abroad dared to molest them: for his God gave him rest round about; from all his enemies; the Targum has it, the Word of his God; and so, in the preceding verse, the Word of the Lord fought; and in (<142028>2 Chronicles 20:28) the Word of the Lord made them rejoice. Ver. 31,32. And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah, etc.] Of these two verses, (see Gill on “<112242>1 Kings 22:42”). (See Gill on “<112243>1 Kings 22:43”).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“his God: Ch2 14:6, Ch2 14:7, Ch2 15:15; Jos 23:1; Sa2 7:1; Job 34:29; Pro 16:7; Joh 14:27 2 Chronicles 20:31”
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