2 Chronicles 20:2

20:2 Messengers ¹  arrived and reported to Jehoshaphat, “A huge army is attacking you from the other side of the Dead Sea, ²  from the direction of Edom. ³  Look, they are in Hazezon Tamar (that is, En Gedi).”

2 Chronicles 20:25

20:25 Jehoshaphat and his men ⁴  went to gather the plunder; they found a huge amount of supplies, clothing ⁵  and valuable items. They carried away everything they could. ⁶  There was so much plunder, it took them three days to haul it off. ⁷ 

¹ tn Heb “they”; the implied referent (messengers) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “the Sea”; in context (“from the direction of Edom”) this must refer to the Dead Sea, which has been specified in the translation for clarity (cf. NEB, NLT).

³ tc Most Hebrew mss read “from Aram” (i.e., Syria), but this must be a corruption of “Edom,” which is the reading of the LXX and Vulgate.

⁴ tn Or “army.”

⁵ tc The MT reads פְגָרִים (fÿgarim, “corpses”), but this seems odd among a list of plunder. A few medieval Hebrew mss and the Vulgate read בְגָדִים (vÿgadim, “clothing”), which fits the context much better.

⁶ tn Heb “and they snatched away for themselves so that there was no carrying away.”

⁷ tn Heb “and they were three days looting the plunder for it was great.”