2 Chronicles 20:7

Art 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?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

In Context

6and 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?

8and they have dwelt therein,—and have built for thee therein, a sanctuary for thy Name, saying:

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Cross References

Genesis 13:15for all the land which thou art beholding—to thee, will I give it, and to thy seed unto times age-abiding;

Exodus 6:7And will take you to myself for a people, And will become your God,—And ye shall know that, I Yahweh, am your God, who brought you forth from under the burdens of Egypt:

Exodus 20:2I, am Yahweh thy God,—who have brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants:—

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.

Joshua 23:9therefore hath Yahweh dispossessed, from before you, nations great and strong,—but, as for you, not a man hath stood before you, until this day.

Joshua 24:13Thus I gave unto you a land on which thou hadst not laboured, and cities which ye had not built, and ye proceeded to dwell therein,—of vineyards and oliveyards, which ye planted not, ye are eating.

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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