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2 Chronicles 17

2 Chron. 17:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the fear
pachad (Hebrew #6343)
a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
KJV usage: dread(-ful), fear, (thing) great (fear, -ly feared), terror.
Pronounce: pakh'-ad
Origin: from 6342
g of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
θfell upon all the kingdoms
mamlakah (Hebrew #4467)
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
KJV usage: kingdom, king's, reign, royal.
Pronounce: mam-law-kaw'
Origin: from 4427
of the lands
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
that were round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
Judah
Yhuwdah (Hebrew #3063)
celebrated; Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
KJV usage: Judah.
Pronounce: yeh-hoo-daw'
Origin: from 3034
, so thath they made no war
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
against Jehoshaphat
Yhowshaphat (Hebrew #3092)
Jehovah-judged; Jehoshaphat, the name of six Israelites; also of a valley near Jerusalem
KJV usage: Jehoshaphat. Compare 3146.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-shaw-fawt'
Origin: from 3068 and 8199
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2 Chron. 14:14• 14And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. (2 Chron. 14:14)
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was.
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Ex. 34:24• 24For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year. (Ex. 34:24)
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Prov. 16:7• 7When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. (Prov. 16:7)

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the fear.
2 Chron. 14:14• 14And they smote all the cities round about Gerar; for the fear of the Lord came upon them: and they spoiled all the cities; for there was exceeding much spoil in them. (2 Chron. 14:14)
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Gen. 35:5• 5And they journeyed: and the terror of God was upon the cities that were round about them, and they did not pursue after the sons of Jacob. (Gen. 35:5)
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Ex. 15:14‑16• 14The people shall hear, and be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina.
 15Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away.
 16Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O Lord, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. (Ex. 15:14‑16)
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Josh. 2:9‑11• 9And she said unto the men, I know that the Lord hath given you the land, and that your terror is fallen upon us, and that all the inhabitants of the land faint because of you.
 10For we have heard how the Lord dried up the water of the Red sea for you, when ye came out of Egypt; and what ye did unto the two kings of the Amorites, that were on the other side Jordan, Sihon and Og, whom ye utterly destroyed.
 11And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the Lord your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath. (Josh. 2:9‑11)
fell.
Heb. was.
so that.
2 Chron. 16:9• 9For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars. (2 Chron. 16:9)
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Ex. 34:24• 24For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year. (Ex. 34:24)
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Prov. 16:7• 7When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. (Prov. 16:7)
• The nations, on the other hand, who had no ties or relationship with the people of God, are convinced by the power which the Word possesses, and submit themselves to him. They acknowledge the people of God; there were even Philistines who hastened to declare themselves tributary to the king of Judah (2 Chron. 17:10-11). Likewise, when the Corinthians prophesied, unbelievers could be seen falling upon their faces and acknowledging that God was truly in the midst of the assembly (1 Cor. 14:25). Faithfulness to the Word of God brought about the establishment of Jehoshaphat's kingdom. (“Jehoshaphat - The Teaching of the Law: 2 Chronicles 17” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the terror of Jehovah was upon all the kingdoms of the lands that were round about Judah, and they made no war against Jehoshaphat.