2 Chronicles 20:6

Contextual Overview

¹ After this, the armies of the Moabites, Ammonites, and some of the Meunites declared war on Jehoshaphat. ¹ And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. ¹ And it came to pass after this, that the sons of Moab, and the sons of Ammon, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. ¹ Later the Moabites, Ammonites, and some Meunites came to start a war with Jehoshaphat. ¹ Later the Moabites and Ammonites, along with some of the Meunites, attacked Jehoshaphat. ¹ It came to pass after this also, [that] the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them [others] besides the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. ¹ It happened after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. ¹Now it happened after this that the Moabites and the Ammonites, together with some of the Meunites, came to make war against Jehoshaphat. ¹ After this the Moabites and Ammonites, and with them some of the Meunites, came against Jehoshaphat for battle. ¹ Aftir these thingis the sones of Moab, and the sones of Amon, and with hem of Idumeis, weren gaderid togidere to Josaphat, for to fiyte ayens hym.

Bible Verse Review
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O Lord: Exodus 3:6, Exodus 3:15, Exodus 3:16, 1 Chronicles 29:18

God in heaven: Deuteronomy 4:39, Joshua 2:11, 1 Kings 8:23, Psalms 115:3, Isaiah 57:15, Isaiah 57:16, Isaiah 66:1, Matthew 6:9

rulest not: 1 Chronicles 29:11, 1 Chronicles 29:12, Psalms 47:2, Psalms 47:8, Jeremiah 27:5-8, Daniel 4:17, Daniel 4:25, Daniel 4:32-35

in thine hand: 1 Chronicles 29:11, 1 Chronicles 29:12, Psalms 62:11, Matthew 6:13

none is able: Acts 11:17

Reciprocal: Genesis 2:4 - Lord Genesis 32:9 - Jacob 1 Kings 8:44 - shall pray 1 Kings 18:36 - Lord God 2 Kings 19:15 - prayed 2 Chronicles 6:34 - they pray 2 Chronicles 13:8 - a great multitude 2 Chronicles 25:8 - God hath power 2 Chronicles 32:20 - prayed Isaiah 14:27 - his Isaiah 37:15 - General Daniel 2:23 - O thou Luke 11:2 - which Romans 9:19 - Why doth Hebrews 11:34 - turned

Cross-References

Genesis 3:3
but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, or else you will die.

Genesis 3:3
But God told us, ‘You must not eat fruit from the tree that is in the middle of the garden. You must not even touch it, or you will die.'"

Genesis 3:3
but concerning the fruit of the tree that is in the middle of the orchard God said, ‘You must not eat from it, and you must not touch it, or else you will die.'"

Genesis 3:3
But of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.

Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"

Genesis 3:3
except the fruit from the tree which is in the middle of the garden. God said, 'You shall not eat from it nor touch it, otherwise you will die.'"

Genesis 3:3
sothely God commaundide to vs, that we schulden not eate of the fruyt of the tre, which is in the myddis of paradijs, and that we schulden not touche it, lest perauenture we dien.

Genesis 3:3
and of the fruit of the tree which [is] in the midst of the garden God hath said, Ye do not eat of it, nor touch it, lest ye die.'

Genesis 3:3
but of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, 'You must not eat of it or touch it, or you will die.'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And said, O Lord God of our fathers,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whose covenant God he was:

art not thou God in heaven? that dwellest and rulest there, and dost whatever thou pleasest in the armies of it:

and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the Heathens? being King of kings, and Lord of lords, all the world over:

and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee? his power being infinite, unlimited, and uncontrollable, and so not resistible by finite creatures, at least not so as to be stopped and overcome.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jehoshaphat’s appeal is threefold:

(1) to God omnipotent 2 Chronicles 20:6;

(2) to “our God;”

(3) the God especially “of this house” the temple.

2 Chronicles 20:7

Abraham thy friend - Historically, this is the first use of this remarkable expression, afterward repeated (marginal references). The ground of the expression is to be found principally in Genesis 18:23-33, where Abraham spoke with God as a man with his friend (compare Exodus 33:11).

2 Chronicles 20:8, 2 Chronicles 20:9

The appeal recalls Solomon’s prayer (marginal references), which God had formally accepted by sending down fire from heaven to consume the accompanying offering.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 20:6. Jehoshaphat stood — What an instructive sight was this! The king who proclaimed the fast was foremost to observe it, and was on this occasion the priest of the people; offering in the congregation, without form or any premeditation, one of the most sensible, pious, correct, and as to its composition one of the most elegant prayers ever offered under the Old Testament dispensation.