2 Chronicles 20:8

And they dwelt therein, and have built for thee a sanctuary in it for thy name, saying,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

In Context

7Did thou not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend forever?

9If evil comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry out to thee in our affliction, and thou will hear and save.

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Cross References

Joshua 21:43So LORD gave to Israel all the land which he swore to give to their fathers, and they possessed it, and dwelt in it.

2 Chronicles 6:5Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in that my name might be there. Neither did I choose any man to be ruler over my people Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:10And LORD has performed his word that he spoke. For I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of LORD, the God of Israel.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 20:2-14

Jehoshaphat's Prayer to God. ( b. c. 892.) 1 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 Jehoshaphat to battle. 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon-tamar, which is En-gedi. 3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord , and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. 4 And… Read the whole commentary →

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