2 Chronicles 20:15 (YLT)

Passage

and he saith, `Attend, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and O king Jehoshaphat, Thus said Jehovah to you, Ye fear not, nor are afraid of the face of this great multitude, for not for you <FI>is<Fi> the battle, but for God.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:13 And all Judah are standing before Jehovah, also their infants, their wives, and their sons.

2 Chronicles 20:14 And upon Jahaziel, son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, the Levite, of the sons of Asaph, hath the Spirit of Jehovah been, in the midst of the assembly,

2 Chronicles 20:15 and he saith, `Attend, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, and O king Jehoshaphat, Thus said Jehovah to you, Ye fear not, nor are afraid of the face of this great multitude, for not for you <FI>is<Fi> the battle, but for God.

2 Chronicles 20:16 To-morrow, go ye down against them, lo, they are coming up by the ascent of Ziz, and ye have found them in the end of the valley, the front of the wilderness of Jeruel.

2 Chronicles 20:17 Not for you to fight in this; station yourselves, stand, and see the salvation of Jehovah with you, O Judah and Jerusalem--be not afraid nor fear ye--to-morrow go out before them, and Jehovah <FI>is<Fi> with you.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saith", "attend", "judah", "inhabitants", "jerusalem", "king", "jehoshaphat", and "thus". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saith" and "attend", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "And upon Jahaziel son of Zechariah son..." into verse 16's "To-morrow go ye down against them lo...", so "saith" and "attend" 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 "saith" and "attend" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.