2 Chronicles 20:30 (DRB)

Passage

And the kingdom of Josaphat was quiet, and God gave him peace round about.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:28 And they came into Jerusalem with psalteries, and harps, and trumpets into the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 20:29 And the fear of the Lord fell upon all the kingdoms of the lands when they heard that the Lord had fought against the enemies of Israel.

2 Chronicles 20:30 And the kingdom of Josaphat was quiet, and God gave him peace round about.

2 Chronicles 20:31 And Josaphat reigned over Juda, and he was five and thirty years old, when he began to reign: and he reigned five and twenty years in Jerusalem: and the name of his mother was Azuba the daughter of Selahi.

2 Chronicles 20:32 And he walked in the way of his father Asa and departed not from it, doing the things that were pleasing before the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "kingdom", "josaphat", "quiet", "gave", "peace", and "round". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "kingdom" and "josaphat", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 29's "And the fear of the Lord fell..." into verse 31's "And Josaphat reigned over Juda and he...", so "kingdom" and "josaphat" 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 "kingdom" and "josaphat" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.