2 Chronicles 20:13 (WEB)

Passage

All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:11 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.

2 Chronicles 20:12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we have no might against this great company that comes against us. We don’t know what to do, but our eyes are on you.”

2 Chronicles 20:13 All Judah stood before Yahweh, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

2 Chronicles 20:14 Then Yahweh’s Spirit came on Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, in the middle of the assembly;

2 Chronicles 20:15 and he said, “Listen, all Judah, and you inhabitants of Jerusalem, and you, king Jehoshaphat. Yahweh says to you, ‘Don’t be afraid, and don’t be dismayed because of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God’s.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "judah", "stood", "before", "yahweh", "little", "ones", "wives", and "children". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "judah" and "stood", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "Our God will you not judge them..." into verse 14's "Then Yahweh s Spirit came on Jahaziel...", so "judah" and "stood" 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 "judah" and "stood" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.