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2nd Chronicles Chapter 20 verse 3 Holy Bible

ASV 2ndChronicles 20:3

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto Jehovah; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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BBE 2ndChronicles 20:3

Then Jehoshaphat, in his fear, went to the Lord for directions, and gave orders all through Judah for the people to go without food.
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DARBY 2ndChronicles 20:3

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek Jehovah, and proclaimed a fast throughout Judah.
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KJV 2ndChronicles 20:3

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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WBT 2ndChronicles 20:3

And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the LORD, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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WEB 2ndChronicles 20:3

Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek to Yahweh; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.
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YLT 2ndChronicles 20:3

And Jehoshaphat feareth, and setteth his face to seek to Jehovah, and proclaimeth a fast over all Judah;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - Proclaimed a fast. This is the first recorded occasion of a general fast by royal proclamation, and of individual fasting it is remarkable that there is no record before the time and the act of Moses (as e.g. Exodus 34:28); after which, for individual fasting, come occasions like those of David (2 Samuel 12:16) and Elijah (1 Kings 19:8); for general fasting, occasions like those of Joshua 7:6; Judges 20:26; 1 Samuel 7:6; and for partial fasting, by semi-royal authority, that "proclaimed" by Jezebel (1 Kings 21:9, 12).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) And Jehoshaphat.--And he was afraid (scil., at the news). And Jehoshaphat set his face, &c. Literally, put his face--a phrase used in Daniel 9:3 (comp. 2Kings 12:18), and implying resolved, determined.To seek the Lord.--The Hebrew construction is that of 2Chronicles 15:13 (le is here a sign of the accusative).Proclaimed a fast.--An act of national self-humiliation, implying an admission of guilt, and intended to evoke the Divine pity and succour. (Comp. Judges 20:26; Joel 2:12-17; 1Samuel 7:6; Ezra 8:21.) . . .