This can be translated as, “from beyond the sea, from Edom.” The “sea” intended is, of course, the Dead Sea. The reference to “Syria” (Aram) is pro…

Then some came who told. — And they (that is, messengers; Vulgate, “nuntii”) came and told.

Comes…

It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them other beside the Ammonites, came against J…

Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat
Deserters or spies, or some of the inhabitants of those parts where they …

In all dangers, public or personal, our first task should be to seek help from God. This is why days for national fasting and prayer are advantageo…