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This report filled Jehoshaphat with fear, and he resolved to seek help of the Lord. ??????? נָתַן = שׂוּם , cf. 2Ki 12:18; Jer 42:15, to direct the face to anything, i.e., to purpose something, come to a determination. He proclaimed a fast in all Judah, that the people might bow themselves before God, and supplicate His help, as was wont to be done in great misfortunes; cf. Jdg 20:26; 1Sa 7:6; Isa 2:15. In consequence of the royal appeal, Judah came together to seek of the Lord, i.e., to pray for help, by fasting and prayer in the temple; and it was not only the inhabitants of Jerusalem who thus assembled, for they came out of all the cities of the kingdom. מֵיהוה בִּקֵּשׁ, to seek of the Lord, sc. help, is expressed in the last clause by אֶת־יהוה בִּקֵּשׁ to seek the Lord.