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2 Chronicles 20:4

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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.
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  1. Psalms 50:15Rank 1 from verse 4
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    15And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.

  2. Psalms 60:10–12Rank 2 from verse 4
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    10Wilt not thou, O God, which hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, which didst not go out with our armies?

    11Give us help from trouble: for vain is the help of man.

    12Through God we shall do valiantly: for he it is that shall tread down our enemies.

  3. Psalms 34:5–6Rank 3 from verse 4
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    5They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

    6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

  4. Psalms 69:35Rank 4 from verse 4
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    35For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession.

  5. 2 Chronicles 19:5Rank 5 from verse 4
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    5¶ And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah, city by city,

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2 Chronicles 20:4

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gathered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of gather, meaning to collect, bring together, or assemble.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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help

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Sense 1: Aid, assistance, or relief. Sense 2: As a verb, to aid, assist, or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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3And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.

4And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the Lord: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the Lord.

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5¶ And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court,

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