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2 Chronicles 20:6 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 20 · verse 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 20:6 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 20:6 in context
4And Judah gathered themselves together, to ask help of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD.
5And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,
6And 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?
7Art 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?
8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- kingdomsmamlâkâhdominionH4467 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- heathengôwya foreign nationH1471 →
- heavenshâmayimthe sky (as aloftH8064 →
- rulestmâshalto ruleH4910 →
- powerkôachvigor, literally or figurativelyH3581 →
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We left Jehoshaphat, in the foregoing chapter, well employed in reforming his kingdom and providing for the due administration of justice and support of religion in it, and expected nothing but to hear of the peace and prosperity of his reign;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-13