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2 Chronicles 20:29 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 29. 29And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
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Role in This Section
This verse advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence: “And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Judah returns with joy and receives rest.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 20:27–30
Read 2 Chronicles 20:29 with 20:27–30. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Jehoshaphat leads Judah back to Jerusalem with instruments and joy, surrounding kingdoms fear after hearing of the battle, and the realm rests.
Why It Needs Context
2 Chronicles 20:29 depends on 20:27–30; isolating “And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, object, or transition from “Judah returns with joy and receives rest.”
Read 2 Chronicles 20:27–30 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 20:27–30 forms the complete movement “Judah returns with joy and receives rest”: Jehoshaphat leads Judah back to Jerusalem with instruments and joy, surrounding kingdoms fear after hearing of the battle, and the realm rests.
Verse 27. 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.
Verse 28. 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD.
Verse 29. 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countries, when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel.
Verse 30. 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet: for his God gave him rest round about.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read 2 Chronicles 20:27–30 — Judah returns with joy and receives restSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Chronicles 20:27–30, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 20:27–30
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