2 Chronicles 20:5-12
Legacy Standard Bible
Jehoshaphat Before the Assembly
5 Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Yahweh before the new court, 6 and he said, “O Yahweh, the God of our fathers, (A)are You not God in the heavens? And (B)are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can take their stand against You. 7 Did You not, O our God, dispossess the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and (C)give it to the seed of (D)Abraham Your friend forever? 8 And they have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying, 9 ‘(E)Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for (F)Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and save us.’ 10 So now, behold, (G)the sons of Ammon and Moab and [a]Mount Seir, (H)whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt (they turned aside from them and did not destroy them), 11 and behold, they are rewarding us by (I)coming to drive us out from Your possession which You have caused us to possess. 12 O our God, (J)will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this great multitude who are coming against us; and we do not know what we should do, but (K)our eyes are on You.”
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- 2 Chronicles 20:10 Edom
2 Chronicles 20:5-12
Lexham English Bible
5 Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of Yahweh before the new courtyard. 6 And he said, “O Yahweh, God of our ancestors,[a] are you not God in heaven? Now you rule in all the kingdoms of the nations, and in your hand are power and might, and there is none who can resist against you. 7 O, our God, did you yourself not drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel and give it to the descendants[b] of Abraham your friend forever? 8 And they lived in it and built for you a sanctuary for your name in it, saying, 9 ‘If disaster, a sword, punishment, disease, or famine come upon us, we shall stand before this house and before you—for your name is in this house—and cry out to you out of our trouble, then you will hear and save us.’ 10 And now, look, the people[c] of Moab and Ammon and Mount Seir whom you did not allow Israel to come against when they came from Egypt, from whom they turned aside and did not destroy, 11 now behold, they are rewarding us by coming to dispossess us from your possession which you gave us as an inheritance. 12 O our God, will you not judge them, for there is no power in us before this great multitude that is coming against us. Now we do not know what we shall do, for our eyes are upon you.”
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- 2 Chronicles 20:6 Or “fathers”
- 2 Chronicles 20:7 Or “seed”
- 2 Chronicles 20:10 Or “sons”
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