2 Chronicles 20:11

yea lo! they, are requiting us,—by coming to drive us out, from thy possession, which thou didst cause us to possess.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

In Context

10Now, therefore, lo! the sons of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom thou didst not suffer Israel to invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt,—but they turned away from them and destroyed them not,

12O our God, wilt thou not bring judgment upon them, seeing that there is, in us, no strength, before this great multitude, that is coming against us,—we, therefore, know not what we shall do, but, unto thee, are our eyes.

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Cross References

Genesis 12:7And Yahweh appeared unto Abram, and said: To thy seed, will I give this land,—And he built there an altar, unto Yahweh who appeared unto him.

Deuteronomy 4:38to dispossess nations, greater and stronger than thou from before thee,—to bring thee in. to give unto thee their land for an inheritance: As at this day.

Judges 11:23Now, therefore, it was, Yahweh God of Israel, that dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel,—and shalt, thou, possess it?

Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, Bereaving my soul.

Psalms 83:5For they have taken counsel with one heart, Against thee—a covenant, would they solemnize—

Jeremiah 18:20Shall, evil, be recompensed for good? For they have digged a pit for my life,—Remember how I stood before thee To speak in their behalf what was good! To turn back thine indignation from them.

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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