What Does 2 Chronicles 32:7 Mean in the King James?

Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him:

2 Chronicles 32:7 · KJV

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THE KEY

The decisive count includes the presence the threat cannot count.

THE MEANING

The threat may arrive as a multitude, but its size does not account for everyone with you. Courage here sees the whole company present without pretending the opposing force is small.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that a threat’s visible numbers settle who has the greater strength.

THE ROOT

רַב

rav

GROWS FROM

רבב

rabab

To be many or great; abundance.

The word translated “more” carries the sense of abundance or multitude. The verse’s count turns on who is present with you, not only on the force visible against you.

ALSO GROWS

rav: Much, many, or great.

רַב

This is the form used for “more” in the verse, making abundance the center of the comparison.

revavot: Myriads or tens of thousands.

רְבָבוֹת

This branch shows the root reaching into language for immense numbers, echoing the verse’s contrast with a multitude.

חִזְקוּ

chizqu

GROWS FROM

חזק

chazaq

To be strong, firm, or prevail.

The command to be strong is rooted in firmness. In this verse, strength stands alongside the changed count: the opposing multitude remains real, yet it is not the whole measure of power.

ALSO GROWS

chazaq: To become strong or firm; to prevail.

חָזַק

This basic form shows the firmness named at the start of the verse.

chizzeq: To strengthen or make firm.

חִזֵּק

This form carries the same root from being firm toward strengthening, deepening the verse’s language of courage.

THE PATTERN

The visible size of the opposition does not measure the full presence standing with you.

The LORD is on my side; I will not fear: what can man do unto me?

Psalm 118:6 · KJVThe speaker’s confidence rests on the presence beside them, not on the apparent strength of the opposition.

Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of my righteousness.

Isaiah 41:10 · KJVThe verse names presence, strengthening, and help as the answer to fear and dismay.

What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

Romans 8:31 · KJVThe question weighs opposition against the presence of God and finds that opposition is not the final measure.

THE THREAD

And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

2 Kings 6:16 · KJV

This verse repeats the same startling count: “they that be with us are more.” In 2 Chronicles, ⁨רַב⁩ (rav) means abundance; 2 Kings uses ⁨רַבִּים⁩ (rabbim), “many,” from the same root, joining the two verses in Hebrew.

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