2 Chronicles 20:9

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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when evil: 2 Chronicles 6:28-30, 1 Kings 8:33, 1 Kings 8:37

and in thy presence: Matthew 18:20

thy name: 2 Chronicles 6:20, Exodus 20:24, Exodus 23:21

is in this house: Several manuscripts with the Syriac, Arabic, and Vulgate, read nikra, "is invoked." "Thy name is invoked in this house.

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:30 - when they shall Ezra 10:1 - before the house Psalms 20:2 - from Psalms 30:11 - turned Ezekiel 14:19 - if I

Cross-References

Genesis 12:18
So Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

Genesis 12:18
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that you have done to me? why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?

Genesis 12:18
So the king sent for Abram and said, "What have you done to me? Why didn't you tell me Sarai was your wife?

Genesis 12:18
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and said, "What is this you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?

Genesis 12:18
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What [is] this [that] thou hast done to me? why didst thou not tell me that she [is] thy wife?

Genesis 12:18
Pharaoh called Abram, and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why didn't you tell me that she was your wife?

Genesis 12:18
Then Pharaoh called Abram and said, "What is this that you have done to me? Why did you not tell me that she was your wife?

Genesis 12:18
And Farao clepide Abram, and seide to hym, What is it that thou hast do to me? whi schewidist thou not to me, that sche was thi wijf?

Genesis 12:18
And Pharaoh calleth for Abram, and saith, `What [is] this thou hast done to me? why hast thou not declared to me that she [is] thy wife?

Genesis 12:18
So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, "What have you done to me? Why did you not tell me she was your wife?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If when evil cometh upon us,.... Any calamity,

as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, God's four sore judgments, if by "judgment" is meant wild beasts:

we stand before this house; in the court before the holy place, and holy of holies:

and in thy presence, for thy name is in this house; called upon in it, and it was called by his name, and in which he dwelt:

and cry unto thee in our affliction; as Solomon prayed at the dedication of it:

then thou wilt hear and help; as the Lord promised, see 1 Kings 8:33.

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 20:9. For thy name is in this house — "Thy Majesty is in this house." Several of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., with the Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic, add נקרא nikra, "is invoked;" Thy name is invoked in this house - here thou dwellest, and here thou art worshipped.