Chronicles II 20:7

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?

Chronicles II 20:7 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 20:7

Art not thou our God
In a peculiar sense, not merely as the Creator and Governor of men, but in a covenant relation their covenant God and Father: who didst drive out the inhabitants of the land before thy people
Israel;
the seven nations of Canaan, to make way and room for Israel: and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
made a deed of gift of it to them, and settled it on them till the coming of the Messiah, and that as an instance of love and friendship to Abraham; and wilt thou therefore suffer it to be taken from his seed?

Chronicles II 20:7 In-Context

5 And Josaphat stood up in the assembly of Juda in Jerusalem, in the house of the Lord, in front of the new court.

6 And he said, O Lord God of my fathers, art not thou God in heaven above, and art not thou Lord of all the kingdoms of the nations? and not in thy hand the might of dominion, and there is no one who can resist thee?

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.