2 Chronicles 20:6

6 and said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in the heavens and dost thou not rule in all the kingdoms of the Gentiles? Is there not power and might in thy hand so that no one is able to withstand thee?

2 Chronicles 20:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 20:6

And said, O Lord God of our fathers
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whose covenant God he was: art not thou God in heaven?
that dwellest and rulest there, and dost whatever thou pleasest in the armies of it: and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the Heathens?
being King of kings, and Lord of lords, all the world over: and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to
withstand thee?
his power being infinite, unlimited, and uncontrollable, and so not resistible by finite creatures, at least not so as to be stopped and overcome.

2 Chronicles 20:6 In-Context

4 And Judah gathered themselves together, to consult the LORD; and out of all the cities of Judah they came to consult the LORD.

5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

6 and said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in the heavens and dost thou not rule in all the kingdoms of the Gentiles? Is there not power and might in thy hand so that no one is able to withstand thee?

7 Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel and didst give it to the seed of Abraham, thy friend, for ever?

8 And they have dwelt in it and have built thee a sanctuary in it for thy name, saying,