cliff. ascent.
brook. valley.
The prophet uses words familiar to the people, and connected with several great deliverances (see the marginal references). 2 Chronicles 20:16...
Jehoshaphat's victory over the Ammonites and Moabites. This story of a miraculous battle is perhaps a midrash on the war described in 1 Kings 3:4...
To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of...
To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wildernes...
Reign of Jehoshaphat (concluded) An account of how a host of Moabites and others invaded Judah; how Jehoshaphat prayed to the Lord, and was direct...
Ziz ] The word perhaps survives in the name El Husasah which attaches to a district near Tekoa: 2 Chronicles 20:20 .
Against them. — Or, unto them. They come up by the cliff of Ziz. — They are about ascending by the ascent of Hazziz. V ulg., “ascensuri enim...
JEHOSHAPHAT-THE DOCTRINE OF NONRESISTANCE 2 Chronicles 17:1-19 ; 2 Chronicles 18:1-34 ; 2 Chronicles 19:1-11 ; 2 Chronicles 20:1-37 ASA was...
This chapter gives us the story which perhaps reveals most graphically the simplicity and splendor of the faith of Jehoshaphat. His kingdom was threa...
Observe the astonishing grace of the Lord manifested upon this occasion. It was instant, it was immediate; similar to that of Daniel's vision. At the...
Tomorrow go ye down against them ,.... This was the fast day, and so not proper to march out in, but on the morrow they might go out with great conf...
Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid You have admitted fear enough to induce you to have recourse to God: now do not give way to that fear which woul...
THREE ENEMIES AITACKING (vv.1-2) The Lord now allowed a further test of the faith of King Jehoshaphat. Armies of Moab and Ammon came against Jud...
God's Promise of Victory. B. C. 892. ...
Go ye down from Jerusalem, where he and his army now were; which stood upon high ground.
CRITICAL NOTES.] Narrative to 2 Chronicles 20:30 entirely additional to Kings. Invasion of Moabites ( 2 Chronicles 20:1-3 ); fast and supplication...
2 Chronicles 20:1-3 . It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonit...
2 Chronicles 20:1 . With them other, the LXX, Μιναιοι, mixed people. 2 Chronicles 20:5 . Jehosphaphat stood in the house of the Lord. This was...
EXPOSITION Of this chapter, with its thirty-seven verses, only the six verses (31-36) find any duplicate or parallel in Kings ( 1 Kings 22:41-11...
The Miraculous Overthrow of the Enemies
Tomorrow go ye down against them; behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz, the ascent of Haziz, the pass which led from the lowlands of the Dead Sea...
2 Chronicles 20:16
From Defeat to Victory 2 Chronicles 20:1-25 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Today we study chapter 20. However, by way of introduction we want to talk over...
Go down — From Jerusalem, where he and his army now were; which stood upon high ground.
16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliffb of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.