2 Chronicles 20:27 (GNV)

Passage

Then euery man of Iudah and Ierusalem returned with Iehoshaphat their head, to goe againe to Ierusalem with ioy: for the Lord had made them to reioyce ouer their enemies.

Nearby Context

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.

2 Chronicles 20:27 Then euery man of Iudah and Ierusalem returned with Iehoshaphat their head, to goe againe to Ierusalem with ioy: for the Lord had made them to reioyce ouer their enemies.

2 Chronicles 20:28 And they came to Ierusalem with viols and with harpes, and with trumpets, euen vnto the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 20:29 And the feare of God was vpon all the kingdomes of the earth, whe they had heard that the Lord had fought against ye enemies of Israel.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "euery", "iudah", "ierusalem", "returned", "iehoshaphat", "head", and "againe". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "euery" and "iudah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "And in the fourth day they assembled..." into verse 28's "And they came to Ierusalem with viols...", so "euery" and "iudah" 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 "euery" and "iudah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.