2 Chronicles 20:6

and said, O Yahweh, God of our fathers, art not, thou, God in the heavens? and art, thou, not ruling throughout all the kingdoms of the nations? and, in thy hand, [are there not] strength and might? and is there any who, against thee, can stand?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

In Context

5And Jehoshaphat stood, in the convocation of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of Yahweh,—before the new court;

7Art not, thou, our God, who didst dispossess the inhabitants of this land, from before thy people Israel,—and didst give it unto the seed of Abraham who loved thee, unto times age-abiding?

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Cross References

Exodus 3:15And God said yet further unto Moses—Thus shalt thou say unto the sons of Israel, Yahweh God of your fathers. God of Abraham God of Isaac and God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This, is my name to times age-abiding, And, this, my memorial to generation after generation.

Joshua 2:11and, when we heard, then did our heart melt, and there rose up no longer any spirit in any man because of you,—for, as for Yahweh your God, he, is God—in the heavens above, and upon the earth beneath.

1 Kings 8:30Wilt, thou, therefore, hearken unto the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, whensoever they shall pray toward this place,—yea wilt, thou thyself, hear, in thine own dwelling-place, in the heavens, and, when thou hearest, then wilt thou forgive?

1 Chronicles 29:12and, riches and honour, are from before thee, and, thou, art ruling over all, and, in thy hand, are power and might,—and, in thy hand, it is, to give greatness and strength unto any.

2 Chronicles 5:14and the priests could not stand to minister, by reason of the cloud,-for, the glory of Yahweh, filled, the house of God.

Job 9:4Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

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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