2 Chronicles 20:24 (GNV)

Passage

And when Iudah came towarde Mizpah in the wildernes, they looked vnto the multitude: and behold, the carkeises were fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:22 And when they began to shoute, and to prayse, the Lord layed ambushments against the children of Ammon, Moab, and mount Seir, which were come against Iudah, and they slewe one another.

2 Chronicles 20:23 For the children of Ammon and Moab rose against the inhabitants of mount Seir, to slay and to destroy them and when they had made an end of the inhabitantes of Seir, euery one helped to destroy another.

2 Chronicles 20:24 And when Iudah came towarde Mizpah in the wildernes, they looked vnto the multitude: and behold, the carkeises were fallen to the earth, and none escaped.

2 Chronicles 20:25 And when Iehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoyle of them, they founde among them in abundance both of substance and also of bodies laden with precious iewels, which they tooke for themselues, till they could cary no more: they were three dayes in gathering of the spoyle: for it was much.

2 Chronicles 20:26 And in the fourth day they assembled themselues in the valley of Berachah: for there they blessed the Lord: therefore they called the name of that place, The valley of Berachah vnto this day.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iudah", "came", "towarde", "mizpah", "wildernes", "looked", "vnto", and "multitude". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iudah" and "came", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "For the children of Ammon and Moab..." into verse 25's "And when Iehoshaphat and his people came...", so "iudah" and "came" 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 "iudah" and "came" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.