2 Chronicles 20:2 (LSB)

Passage

Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, out of Aram and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi).”

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:1 Now it happened after this, that the sons of Moab and the sons of Ammon, together with some of the Ammonites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

2 Chronicles 20:2 Then some came and told Jehoshaphat, saying, “A great multitude is coming against you from beyond the sea, out of Aram and behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (that is Engedi).”

2 Chronicles 20:3 And Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his face to seek Yahweh, and called for a fast throughout all Judah.

2 Chronicles 20:4 So Judah gathered together to seek help from Yahweh; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek Yahweh.

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 1's "Now it happened after this that the..." into verse 3's "And Jehoshaphat was afraid and set his...", so "some" 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 "some" and "came" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.