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2 Chronicles 20:8 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 20 · verse 8 · King James Version
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,2 Chronicles 20:8 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 20:8 in context
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,
9If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
10And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned from them, and destroyed them not;
Key words (Strong's)
- sanctuarymiqdâsha consecrated thing or place, especially, a palace, sanctuary or asylumH4720 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- dweltyâshabproperly, to sit downH3427 →
- builtbânâhto buildH1129 →
- nameshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individualityH8034 →
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