2 Chronicles 20:1-3

The Voice

20 After Jehoshaphat had solidified his throne by fortifying the nation and appointing regional judges, the Moabites, Ammonites, and some Meunites^[a] decided to attack him. ²Jehoshaphat heard about their plans.

Messengers: A huge army is quickly approaching Jerusalem. They are coming from Edom^[b] beyond the Dead Sea, but they have already reached Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi on the shore of the Dead Sea, about two days southwest of Jerusalem).

³Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he sought the Eternal and required all Judah’s citizens to fast.

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Footnotes

20:1 The Hebrew text reads, “some of the Ammonites.” The Greek reads, “some of the Meunites.”
20:2 Hebrew reads, “from Aram,” which is north of Jerusalem.