2 Chronicles 20:7 BSB

2 Chronicles 20:7

Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Abraham - To whom thou hast engaged thyself by covenant to be his friend, and the friend of his seed forever. The sword - Or rather, the sword of judgement or of vengeance, that is, war, whereby thou punisheth thy people for their sins.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲלֹ֣א׀	ha.Lo'	¿ not	H3808 →
אַתָּ֣ה	'a.Tah	you	H859 →
אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ	'e.lo.Hei.nu	O God our	H430 →
הוֹרַ֙שְׁתָּ֙	ho.Rash.ta	did you dispossess	H3423 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
יֹשְׁבֵי֙	yo.she.Vei	[the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
הָאָ֣רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
הַזֹּ֔את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
מִלִּפְנֵ֖י	mi.lif.Nei	from to before	H6440 →
עַמְּךָ֣	'a.me.Kha	people your	H5971 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
וַֽתִּתְּנָ֗הּ	va.ti.te.Nah	and you gave it	H5414 →
לְזֶ֛רַע	le.Ze.ra'	to [the] offspring of	H2233 →
אַבְרָהָ֥ם	'av.ra.Ham	Abraham	H85 →
אֹֽהַבְךָ֖	'o.hav.Kha	friend your	H157 →
לְעוֹלָֽם׃	le.'o.Lam	for ever	H5769 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
James 2:23
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
leads to
- Genesis 15:6
  Abram believed the LORD, and it was credited to him as righteousness.
- Isaiah 41:8
  “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
- Galatians 3:6
  So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
- Romans 4:22–24
  This is why “it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Through
Isaiah 41:8
“But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend—
leads to
- James 2:23
  And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
- Deuteronomy 14:2
  for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the…
- Exodus 19:5–6
  Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
Through
Genesis 12:7
Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.
leads to
- Genesis 17:8
  And to you and your descendants I will give the land where you are residing—all the land of Canaan—as an eternal possession; and I will be their God.”