2 Chronicles 20:16
in 2 Chronicles 20Tomorrow you are to march down against them. You will see them coming up the Ascent of Ziz, and you will find them at the end of the valley facing the Wilderness of Jeruel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
To-morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the ascent of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the valley, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
KJV
To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
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Commentary
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a Levite from Asaph’s descendants
on 2 Chronicles 20:14-17
The answer comes through a singer: Jahaziel is “a Levite from Asaph’s descendants”, of the choir David organized in 1 Chronicles 25. Its charge, “stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD”, repeats Moses at the sea in Exodus 14. Judah must still march out the next day.
This site's exposition
the Ascent of Ziz
Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, following Robinson, identify the Ascent of Ziz with the pass that climbs north from En-gedi toward Tekoa. Matthew Henry notes that the God who orders the deliverance also sets its time and place. Verse 20 has the army march out to the Wilderness of Tekoa.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Tomorrow go ye down against them,....
It is fit that he who commands the deliverance should command those for whom the deliverance is to be wrought, and give the necessary orders, both for time and place.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
they come up by the cliff of Ziz--This seems to have been nothing else than the present pass which leads northwards, by an ascent from En-gedi to Jerusalem, issuing a little below Tekoa. The wilderness of Jeruel was probably the large flat district adjoining the desert of Tekoa, called El-Husasah, from a wady on its northern side [ROBINSON].
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A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
Then upon Jahaziel . . . came the Spirit of the Lord--This prophet is not elsewhere mentioned, but his claim to the inspiration of a prophetic spirit was verified by the calm and distinct announcement he gave, both of the manner and the completeness of the deliverance he predicted.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
You shall not fear, neither shall you be dismayed This refers back to what they said, (verse 12) “we have no strength before this multitude.” The prophet said to them, “Although they outnumber you, do not fear them.”
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מָחָר֙ | machar | tomorrow | H4279 → | |
| רְד֣וּ | redu | go down | H3381 → | 381 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם | ʾaleihem | on them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הִנָּ֥ם | hinam | there they | H2005 → | 316 times |
| עֹלִ֖ים | ʾolim | [will be] coming up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| בְּמַעֲלֵ֣ה | bemaaleh | on [the] ascent of | H4608 → | |
| הַצִּ֑יץ | hatzitz | <the> Ziz | H6732 → | |
| וּמְצָאתֶ֤ם | umetzatem | and you will find | H4672 → | 455 times |
| אֹתָם֙ | ʾotam | <obj.> them | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בְּס֣וֹף | besof | at [the] end of | H5490 → | |
| הַנַּ֔חַל | hanachal | the wadi | H5158 → | 141 times |
| פְּנֵ֖י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מִדְבַּ֥ר | midbar | [the] wilderness of | H4057 → | 270 times |
| יְרוּאֵֽל׃ | yeruel | Jeruel | H3385 → |
מָחָר֙tomorrow
macharH4279 →
רְד֣וּgo down
reduH3381 →381 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֔םon them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
הִנָּ֥םthere they
hinamH2005 →316 times
עֹלִ֖ים[will be] coming up
ʾolimH5927 →890 times
בְּמַעֲלֵ֣הon [the] ascent of
bemaalehH4608 →
הַצִּ֑יץ<the> Ziz
hatzitzH6732 →
וּמְצָאתֶ֤םand you will find
umetzatemH4672 →455 times
אֹתָם֙<obj.> them
ʾotamH853 →10935 times
בְּס֣וֹףat [the] end of
besofH5490 →
הַנַּ֔חַלthe wadi
hanachalH5158 →141 times
פְּנֵ֖י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
מִדְבַּ֥ר[the] wilderness of
midbarH4057 →270 times
יְרוּאֵֽל׃Jeruel
yeruelH3385 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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About 2 Chronicles
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.