2 Chronicles 20:9

9 ¹'If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment,^[a] or pestilence, or famine, ²we will stand before this house and before you--³for your name is in this house--and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.'

2 Chronicles 20:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 20:9

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 1 Kings 8:37 ) ( 9:3 ) .

2 Chronicles 20:9 In-Context

7 Did you not, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham your friend?

8 And they have lived in it and have built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,

9 'If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you--for your name is in this house--and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.'

10 And now behold, the men of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade when they came from the land of Egypt, and whom they avoided and did not destroy--

11 behold, they reward us by coming to drive us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 6:28-30; 1 Kings 8:33, 37; [Ezekiel 14:21]
• 2. [Ezra 10:1]
• 3. 2 Chronicles 6:20

Footnotes

• [a]. Or the sword of judgment