Chiasm
2 Chronicles 20:15–18
2 Chronicles 20:15–185 matched frames1 pivot
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- F 14 Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, came the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of the congregation; 15 And he said, Hearken ye, all Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem,
- E and thou king Jehoshaphat,
- D Thus saith the LORD unto you,
- C Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude;
- B for the battle is not yours, but God's.
- A 16 To morrow go ye down against them: behold, they come up by the cliff of Ziz; and ye shall find them at the end of the brook, before the wilderness of Jeruel.
- B' 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battle: set yourselves, stand ye still, and see the salvation of the LORD with you, O Judah and Jerusalem:
- B for the battle is not yours, but God's.
- C' fear not, nor be dismayed; to morrow go out against them:
- C Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude;
- D' for the LORD will be with you.
- D Thus saith the LORD unto you,
- E' 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground:
- E and thou king Jehoshaphat,
- F' and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD, worshipping the LORD.