2 Chronicles 20 · Verse 7

2 Chronicles 20:7

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?
2 Chronicles 20:7, King James Version

2 Chronicles 20:7 in other translations

BSBOur God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
WEBDidn’t you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the offspring of Abraham your friend forever?
ASVDidst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
YLT‘Art not Thou our God? Thou hast dispossessed the inhabitants of this land from before Thy people Israel, and dost give it to the seed of Abraham Thy friend to the age,
DARBYHast not thou, our God, dispossessed the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and given it for ever to the seed of Abraham, thy friend?
BBEDid you not, O Lord our God, after driving out the people of this land before your people Israel, give it to the seed of Abraham, your friend, for ever?
WebsterArt not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

What does 2 Chronicles 20:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 20:5-13

5-13. Jehoshaphat stood ... in the house of the Lord, before the new court--that is, the great or outer court (2Ch 4:9) called the new court, probably from having been at that time enlarged or beautified.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Art not thou our God - "Hast not thou, by thy Word, driven out." - Targum.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 20:1-13

In all dangers, public or personal, our first business should be to seek help from God. Hence the advantage of days for national fasting and prayer. From the first to the last of our seeking the Lord, we must approach him with humiliation for our sins, trusting only in his mercy and power. Jehoshaphat acknowledges the sovereign dominion of the Divine Providence. Lord, exert it on our behalf. Whom should we seek to…

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2 Chronicles 20:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲלֹ֣א\׀ha.Lo'¿ notH3808
אַתָּ֣ה'a.TahyouH859
אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuO God ourH430
הוֹרַ֙שְׁתָּ֙ho.Rash.tadid you dispossessH3423
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יֹשְׁבֵי֙yo.she.Vei[the] inhabitants ofH3427
הָאָ֣רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
הַזֹּ֔אתha.Zot<the> thisH2063
מִלִּפְנֵ֖יmi.lif.Neifrom to beforeH6440
עַמְּךָ֣'a.me.Khapeople yourH5971
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
וַֽתִּתְּנָ֗הּva.ti.te.Nahand you gave itH5414
לְזֶ֛רַעle.Ze.ra'to [the] offspring ofH2233
אַבְרָהָ֥ם'av.ra.HamAbrahamH85
אֹֽהַבְךָ֖'o.hav.Khafriend yourH157
לְעוֹלָֽם\׃le.'o.Lamfor everH5769

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 2 Chronicles 20:7

  • James 2:23

    And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

  • Isaiah 41:8

    But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.

  • Psalms 44:2

    How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.

  • Genesis 12:7

    And the Lord appeared unto Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will I give this land: and there builded he an altar unto the Lord, who appeared unto him.

  • Genesis 13:15

    For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.

  • Joshua 24:3

    And I took your father Abraham from the other side of the flood, and led him throughout all the land of Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and gave him Isaac.

  • Nehemiah 9:8

    And foundest his heart faithful before thee, and madest a covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, to his seed, and hast performed thy words; for thou art righteous:

  • Exodus 6:7

    And I will take you to me for a people, and I will be to you a God: and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God, which bringeth you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

  • 2 Chronicles 14:11

    And Asa cried unto the Lord his God, and said, Lord, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power: help us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O Lord, thou art our God; let not man prevail against thee.

  • Exodus 33:2

    And I will send an angel before thee; and I will drive out the Canaanite, the Amorite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite:

  • 1 Chronicles 17:21-24

    And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God. Therefore now, Lord, let the thing that thou hast spoken concerning thy servant and concerning his house be established for ever, and do as thou hast said. Let it even be established, that thy name may be magnified for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts is the God of Israel, even a God to Israel: and let the house of David thy servant be established before thee.

  • Genesis 17:7

    And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
our God.
14:11; Ge 17:7; Ex 6:7; 19:5-7; 20:2; 1Ch 17:21-24
who. Heb. thou. drive out.
Ex 33:2; Ps 44:2
gavest.
Ge 12:7; 13:15; Jos 24:3,13; Ne 9:8
thy friend.
Isa 41:8; Joh 11:11; 15:15; Jas 2:23

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 20:6

    And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

  • 2 Chronicles 20:7

    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?

  • 2 Chronicles 20:8

    And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

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2 Chronicles 20:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Dios nuestro, ¿no echaste tú los moradores de aquesta tierra delante de tu pueblo Israel, y la diste á la simiente de Abraham tu amigo para siempre?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
N’est-ce pas toi, notre Dieu, qui as dépossédé les habitants de ce pays devant ton peuple Israël, et qui l’as donné à toujours à la semence d’Abraham, ton ami?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Hast du nicht, unser Gott, die Bewohner dieses Landes vor deinem Volke Israel ausgetrieben und es dem Samen Abrahams, deines Freundes, gegeben ewiglich?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Nonne tu, Deus noster, interfecisti omnes habitatores terræ hujus coram populo tuo Israël, et dedisti eam semini Abraham amici tui in sempiternum?