2 Chronicles 20:2 (KJV)

Passage

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 Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:1 It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.

2 Chronicles 20:2 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 Hazazontamar, which is Engedi.

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

2 Chronicles 20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "some", "told", "jehoshaphat", "saying", "cometh", "great", and "multitude". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "some", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "It came to pass after this also..." into verse 3's "And Jehoshaphat feared and set himself to...", so "came" and "some" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "came" and "some" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.