2 Chronicles 20:8 KJV — MannaFest

2 Chronicles 20:8

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,

YLT

and they dwell in it, and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name, saying,

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

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2 Chronicles — Solomon to the exile — retold through the southern kings only. A priestly history that keeps its lens on the temple, on reform kings, and on the repentance formula (7:14) that will be quoted in a thousand sermons.

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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Cross-references

5 verses on the floor

Psalms 20:2
Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the Lord our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:10
The Lord therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.
1 Kings 8:29
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
1 Kings 8:30
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.

Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices4

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

And said, O Lord God of our fathers--This earnest and impressive prayer embraces every topic and argument which, as king and representative of the chosen people, he could urge.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

), not as if that merited any thing at God's hand, for of his own they gave him, but it was such a token of God's favourable presence with them that they had promised themselves he would hear and help them when, in their distress, they cried to him before that house,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Here thy name is; here we are. Lord, help us, for the glory of thy name." (5.) He pleads the ingratitude and injustice of his enemies: "We are such as it will be thy glory to appear for; they are such as it will be thy glory to appear against; for, [1.] They ill requite our ancient kindnesses.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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H472075× in canon H1129376× in canon

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The walk8

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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