2 Chronicles 20:2
Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
Note One Hebrew manuscript; most Hebrew manuscripts, LXX, and Vulgate Aram
Note That is, the Dead Sea
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.
Then some came who told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea from Syria. Behold, they are in Hazazon Tamar” (that is, En Gedi).
Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- beyond the sea
- That is, the Dead or Salt Sea, the western and northern boundary of Edom, which is the reading of one of Dr. Kennicott's MSS. (89,) instead of {aram}, "Syria."
- Genesis 14:3; Numbers 34:12; Joshua 3:16
- Hazazon-tamar
- Genesis 14:7
- En-gedi
- Joshua 15:62; 1 Samuel 23:29; Song of Songs 1:14