2 Chronicles 20:2 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

² Some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A great multitude is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the sea; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is Engedi.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² It was told Jehoshaphat, A great multitude has come against you from beyond the [Dead] Sea, from Edom; and behold they are in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they are in Hazazon-tamar (the same is En-gedi).

Common English Bible

² Jehoshaphat was told, “A large army from beyond the sea, from Edom, is coming to attack you. They are already at Hazazon-tamar!” (that is, En-gedi).

Catholic Public Domain Version

² And messengers arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, saying: "A great multitude has arrived against you, from those places that are across the sea, and from Syria. And behold, they are standing together at Hazazon-tamar, which is Engedi."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² And there came messengers, and told Josaphat, saying: There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea, and out of Syria. And behold, they are in Asasonthamar, which is Engaddi.

2 Chronicles 20:2 Cross References

Genesis 14:3

And all these joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Salt Sea).

Genesis 14:7

then they turned back and came to Enmishpat (that is, Kadesh), and subdued all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.

Song of Solomon 1:14

My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.

Ezekiel 47:10

Fishermen will stand beside the sea; from En-gedi to En-eglaim it will be a place for the spreading of nets; its fish will be of very many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.

Ezekiel 47:19

“On the south side, it shall run from Tamar as far as the waters of Meribath-kadesh, thence along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea. This shall be the south side.

Ezekiel 48:28

And adjoining the territory of Gad to the south, the boundary shall run from Tamar to the waters of Meribath-kadesh, thence along the Brook of Egypt to the Great Sea.

Numbers 34:12

and the boundary shall go down to the Jordan, and its end shall be at the Salt Sea. This shall be your land with its boundaries all round.”

Joshua 15:62

Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi: six cities with their villages.

Joshua 3:16

the waters coming down from above stood and rose up in a heap far off, at Adam, the city that is beside Zarethan, and those flowing down toward the sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, were wholly cut off; and the people passed over opposite Jericho.

1 Samuel 23:29

And David went up from there, and dwelt in the strongholds of En-gedi.