2 Chronicles 20:5-12
English Standard Version
5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, 6 and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, are you not (A)God in heaven? You (B)rule over all the kingdoms of the nations. (C)In your hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand you. 7 Did you not, our God, (D)drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of (E)Abraham your friend? 8 And they have lived in it and have built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying, 9 (F)‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment,[a] or pestilence, or famine, (G)we will stand before this house and before you—(H)for your name is in this house—and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’ 10 And now behold, the men of (I)Ammon and Moab and (J)Mount Seir, whom (K)you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, (L)and whom they avoided and did not destroy— 11 behold, they reward us (M)by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit. 12 O our God, will you not (N)execute judgment on them? For we are powerless against this great horde that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but (O)our eyes are on you.”
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- 2 Chronicles 20:9 Or the sword of judgment
2 Chronicles 20:5-12
Revised Standard Version
Jehoshaphat’s Prayer and Victory
5 And Jehosh′aphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, before the new court, 6 and said, “O Lord, God of our fathers, art thou not God in heaven? Dost thou not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? In thy hand are power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee. 7 Didst thou not, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it for ever to the descendants of Abraham thy friend? 8 And they have dwelt in it, and have built thee in it a sanctuary for thy name, saying, 9 ‘If evil comes upon us, the sword, judgment,[a] or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, for thy name is in this house, and cry to thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.’ 10 And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Se′ir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy— 11 behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit. 12 O our God, wilt thou not execute judgment upon them? For we are powerless against this great multitude that is coming against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon thee.”
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- 2 Chronicles 20:9 Or the sword of judgment
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