2 Chronicles 32:6

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,”

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BSBPD

“Hezekiah appointed military commanders over the people and gathered the people in the square of the city gate. Then he encouraged them, saying,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the broad place at the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he putteth heads of war over the people, and gathereth them unto him, unto the broad place of a gate of the city, and speaketh unto their heart, saying,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 32:6 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 34:3And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.
  2. 1 Chronicles 27:3He was a descendant of Perez and chief of all the army commanders for the first month.
  3. 2 Chronicles 17:14These are their numbers according to the houses of their fathers: From Judah, the commanders of thousands: Adnah the commander, and with him 300,000 mighty men of valor;
  4. 2 Chronicles 30:22And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.
  5. Ezra 10:9So within the three days, all the men of Judah and Benjamin assembled in Jerusalem, and on the twentieth day of the ninth month, all the people sat in the square at the house of God, trembling regarding this matter and because of the heavy rain.
  6. Nehemiah 8:1At that time all the people gathered together in the square before the Water Gate, and they asked Ezra the scribe to bring out the Book of the Law of Moses, which the LORD had commanded for Israel.
  7. Nehemiah 8:16And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the court of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim.
  8. Isaiah 40:2“Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her forced labor has been completed; her iniquity has been pardoned. For she has received from the hand of the LORD double for all her sins.”

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