Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 20:4
And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask [help] of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
4. to ask help] R.V. to seek help.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of the Lord,…. To implore his assistance against their enemies, and his protection of them; and they met not in their several cities, but at Jerusalem, as appears by what follows:
even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord; at the temple, where was the ark, the symbol of his presence.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(4) To ask.Literally, to seek (baqqsh, a synonym of drash. 2Ch. 20:2) from Jehovah; scil., help, which Authorised Version rightly supplies.
Even out of all the cities of Judah.Emphasising the fact that the gathering in the Temple represented the whole nation. Syriac and Arabic, and even from the distant cities.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 20:4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask [help] of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
Ver. 4. To ask help of the Lord. ] Armed they came on this errand. Ora et labora. Admota manu invocanda est Minerva, said the heathens. Pray and put forth yourselves at once. The late renowned Gustavus, king of Sweden, would pray on shipboard, ashore, in the field, in the midst of the battle; as if prayer alone were the surest piece of his whole armour.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
to ask = to seek. Supply “counsel” here.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
ask help of the Lord: Psa 34:5, Psa 34:6, Psa 50:15, Psa 60:10-12
the cities: 2Ch 19:5, Psa 69:35
Reciprocal: 2Ch 6:34 – thy people Joe 1:14 – Sanctify Joe 2:12 – with fasting Zep 2:1 – gather together
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 20:4-5. Judah gathered themselves together The people readily assembled, out of all the cities of Judah, in the court of the temple, to join in fasting and prayer to the Lord for help in this time of great danger and distress. And Jehoshaphat stood in the house of the Lord Largely so called, that is, in the court of the people, upon that brazen scaffold which Solomon had erected. Before the new court Before the priests court; which is called the new court, because it had lately been renewed when the altar was renewed.