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Uzziah Reigns in Judah

2 Chronicles 26:7

In 11 translations

BSB
God helped him against the Philistines, against the Arabs living in Gur-baal, and against the Meunites.
KJV
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Mehunims.
WEB
God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who lived in Gur Baal, and the Meunim.
ASV
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
LSV
And God helps him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who are dwelling in Gur-Ba‘al and the Mehunim.
YLT
And God helpeth him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians who are dwelling in Gur-Baal and the Mehunim.
DBY
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-Baal, and the Maonites.Elohim
DRC
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians, that dwelt in Gurbaal, and against the Ammonites.
GNV
And God helped him against ye Philistims, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal and Hammeunim.
JPS
And God helped him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and the Meunim.
LXXE
And the Lord strengthened him against the Philistines, and against the Arabians that dwelt on the rock, and against the Minæans.

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  • Leningrad Codex reads הָֽעַרְבִ֛יים; read aloud (Qere) reads הָֽעַרְבִ֛ים (“the Arabs”).
  • Written (Ketiv): הָעַרְבִיִּים. Read aloud (Qere): הָֽעַרְבִ֛ים (“the Arabs”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּעְזְרֵ֨הוּ הָֽאֱלֹהִ֜ים עַל־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֧ים וְעַל־הערביים הַיֹּשְׁבִ֥ים בְּגוּר־בָּ֖עַל וְהַמְּעוּנִֽים׃Read aloud as (qere): הָֽעַרְבִ֛ים
LXX-Br
Καὶ κατίσχυσεν αὐτὸν Κύριος ἐπὶ τοὺς ἀλλοφύλους, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἄραβας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐπὶ τῆς πέτρας, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς Μιναίους.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 2 Chronicles 21:16Then the LORD stirred against Jehoram the spirit of the Philistines and Arabs who lived near the Cushites.
  • 1 Chronicles 5:20And because they cried out to God in battle, they were helped against their enemies, and the Hagrites and all their allies were delivered into their hands. Because they put their trust in God, He answered their prayers.
  • Acts 26:22But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
  • 1 Chronicles 12:18Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David…
  • Isaiah 14:29Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken. For a viper will spring from the root of the snake, and a flying serpent from its egg.
  • 2 Chronicles 17:11Some Philistines also brought gifts and silver as tribute to Jehoshaphat, and the Arabs brought him 7,700 rams and 7,700 goats from their flocks.
  • 2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude.…
  • Psalms 18:34–35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend a bow of bronze. You have given me Your shield of salvation; Your right hand upholds me, and Your gentleness exalts me.
  • Psalms 18:29For in You I can charge an army, and with my God I can scale a wall.
  • 2 Chronicles 20:1After this, the Moabites and Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat.

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