Chronicles II 20:9

9 If there should come upon us evils, sword, judgment, pestilence, famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name upon this house,) and we will cry to thee because of the affliction, and thou shalt hear, and deliver.

Chronicles II 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 ) .

Chronicles II 20:9 In-Context

7 Art not thou the Lord that didst destroy the inhabitants of this land before the face of thy people Israel, and didst give it to thy beloved seed of Abraham for ever?

8 And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying,

9 If there should come upon us evils, sword, judgment, pestilence, famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name upon this house,) and we will cry to thee because of the affliction, and thou shalt hear, and deliver.

10 And now, behold, the children of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, with regard to whom thou didst not permit Israel to pass through their border, when they had come out of the land of Egypt, (for they turned away from them, and did not destroy them;)—

11 yet now, behold, they make attempts against us, to come forth to cast us out from our inheritance which thou gavest us.