2 Chronicles 20:27-28 NASB,NASB

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:1-37

Chapter 20Now in chapter 20, it records how that at this time three nations had gathered together to fight against Judah. The nation of Moab and Ammon, and those of Mount Seir, which would have been the Edomites. And word came to Jehoshaphat that Judah was being invaded by this confederacy of nations. That they had already come across the Dead Sea and they were in the area of Engedi. And they were approaching, actually, by the area of Engedi, which is the valley known also as the Valley of... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 20:1-37

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 proceeding in the good and ancient way. He prayed in open courts; the men of Judah also stood with their wives and little ones. 2 Chronicles 20:14 . Then, when the king had prayed, came the Spirit of the Lord upon Jahaziel, a man of distinction and piety, as is indicated by this act, and by his genealogy. He prophesied openly in the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Chronicles 20:28

2 Chronicles 20:28Every one helped to destroy another. Mutual destructionAs we look upon the world at large, how do we see men occupied but as destroying one another! This is a marked character of the lower and worse forms of vice, that each degraded one has a wretched pleasure in bringing down other souls to the same level of degradation and ruin; but the same tendency to mutual destruction is to be seen in the first fallings away from God through all the subsequent steps in the downward road.... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:27

2Ch 20:27 Then they returned, every man of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them, to go again to Jerusalem with joy; for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. Ver. 27. And Jehoshaphat in the forefront of them. ] Heb., In the head of them. a Among the Romans no man was to ride in triumph, unless he had overcome fifty thousand enemies, or except he had got five victories; and then the conqueror in his triumphant chariot rode to the capitol, where in all... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 20:28

2Ch 20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD. Ver. 28. Unto the house of the Lord. ] Not to tippling houses and wine taverns, a as now-a-days the manner of some is. a Non recta in aenopolia se contulerunt. - Lavat. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Chronicles 20:27

forefront: Heb. head, 2 Samuel 6:14, 2 Samuel 6:15, Micah 2:13, Hebrews 6:20 the Lord: 1 Samuel 2:1, Nehemiah 12:43, Psalms 20:5, Psalms 30:1, Isaiah 35:10, Isaiah 51:11, Revelation 18:20 Reciprocal: Judges 5:1 - Sang Deborah 1 Chronicles 15:25 - with joy Psalms 30:11 - turned Psalms 48:11 - because Psalms 100:2 - come Isaiah 30:29 - Ye shall Ezekiel 46:10 - General read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Chronicles 20:28

with psalteries: Instead of celebrating his own heroism or the valour of his troops on this memorable occasion, this excellent prince sung with his whole army the praises of Jehovah, the God of hosts, who disposes of the victory according to his pleasure. This conduct was becoming the descendant and successor of David, the man after God's own heart, and of a religious people, the peculiar inheritance of Jehovah. 2 Samuel 6:5, 1 Chronicles 13:8, 1 Chronicles 23:5, 1 Chronicles 25:6, Psalms... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 2 Chronicles 20:28

And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.To the house — To renew their praises in the court of the temple, the proper and usual place for it. Praising God must not be the work of a day only, but our praises when we have received mercy, must be often repeated, as our prayers were, when we where in pursuit of it. Every day we must bless God: as long as we live, and while we have any being, we must praise him, spending our time in that work, in... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 20:28

28. They came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps It was one of the most magnificent triumphal enterings into Jerusalem that had ever been witnessed, and it was celebrated accordingly. read more