2 Chronicles 20:26 (LSB)

Passage

Then on the fourth day they assembled in the valley of Beracah, for there they blessed Yahweh. Therefore they have named that place “The Valley of Beracah” until today.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:24 Now Judah came to the lookout of the wilderness, and they turned toward the multitude, and behold, they were corpses fallen on the ground, and no one had escaped.

2 Chronicles 20:25 So Jehoshaphat and his people came to take their spoil and found much among them, including goods, garments, and valuable things which they took for themselves, more than they could carry. And they were three days taking the spoil because there was so much.

2 Chronicles 20:26 Then on the fourth day they assembled in the valley of Beracah, for there they blessed Yahweh. Therefore they have named that place “The Valley of Beracah” until today.

2 Chronicles 20:27 And every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with gladness, for Yahweh had made them glad over their enemies.

2 Chronicles 20:28 And they came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres, and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "fourth", "assembled", "valley", "beracah", "blessed", "yahweh", "therefore", and "named". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "fourth" and "assembled", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 25's "So Jehoshaphat and his people came to..." into verse 27's "And every man of Judah and Jerusalem...", so "fourth" and "assembled" 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 "fourth" and "assembled" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.