2 Chronicles 20:8

English Revised Version

And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They have lived in the land and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name and have said,

Hebrew Names Version
They lived therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your name, saying,

King James Version
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

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

New Century Version
They lived in this land and built a Temple for you. They said,

New English Translation
They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,

Amplified Bible
"They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your Name, saying,

New American Standard Bible
"They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,

World English Bible
They lived therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your name, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And they dwelt therein, and haue built thee a Sanctuarie therein for thy Name, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
And they have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,

Contemporary English Version
Our ancestors lived in this land and built a temple to honor you.

Complete Jewish Bible
They lived in it, built you a sanctuary in it for your name, and said,

Darby Translation
And they have dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
His descendants lived in this land, and built a Temple for your name.

George Lamsa Translation
And they have dwelt in it, and have built in it a sanctuary for thy name, saying,

Good News Translation
They have lived here and have built a temple to honor you, knowing

Lexham English Bible
And they lived in it and built for you a sanctuary for your name in it, saying,

Literal Translation
and they have lived in it, and have built in it a sanctuary to You for Your name, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
so that they haue dwelt in it, & haue buylded the a Sanctuary vnto yi name therin, and sayde:

American Standard Version
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And they made it their living-place, building there a holy house for your name, and saying,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they dwelt therin, and haue buylt thee a teple therin for thy name, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they dwelt therein, and have built Thee a sanctuary therein for Thy name, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And they dwelt therein, and haue built thee a Sanctuarie therein for thy Name, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei dwelliden therynne, and bildiden therinne a seyntuarie to thi name, and seiden,

Update Bible Version
And they dwelt therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your name, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And they dwelt in it, and have built thee a sanctuary in it for thy name, saying,

New King James Version
And they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,

New Living Translation
Your people settled here and built this Temple to honor your name.

New Life Bible
And they have lived in it. They have built You a holy place in it for Your name, saying,

New Revised Standard
They have lived in it, and in it have built you a sanctuary for your name, saying,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and they have dwelt therein, - and have built for thee therein, a sanctuary for thy Name, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying:

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

Young's Literal Translation
and they dwell in it, and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name, saying,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ And it came to pass after this, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them some of the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle. ² Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea from Syria; and, behold, they be in Hazazon–tamar (the same is En–gedi). ³ And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek unto the LORD; and he proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah. ⁴ And Judah gathered themselves together, to seek [help] of the LORD: even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek 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 he said, O LORD, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thine hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee. ⁷ Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? ⁸ And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, ⁹ If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save. ¹⁰ And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

built thee: 2 Chronicles 2:4, 2 Chronicles 6:10

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:29 - My name 1 Kings 8:30 - when they shall Psalms 20:2 - from

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they dwelt therein,.... From ages past, hitherto, since it was first given them, and they were put into the possession of it:

and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name; a temple for his worship, honour, and glory, and for him to dwell in; and is a reason why it might be hoped he would protect them, especially when they prayed to him:

saying; and he promised to hear and help them, as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jehoshaphat’s appeal is threefold:

(1) to God omnipotent 2 Chronicles 20:6;

(2) to “our God;”

(3) the God especially “of this house” the temple.

2 Chronicles 20:7

Abraham thy friend - Historically, this is the first use of this remarkable expression, afterward repeated (marginal references). The ground of the expression is to be found principally in Genesis 18:23-33, where Abraham spoke with God as a man with his friend (compare Exodus 33:11).

2 Chronicles 20:8, 2 Chronicles 20:9

The appeal recalls Solomon’s prayer (marginal references), which God had formally accepted by sending down fire from heaven to consume the accompanying offering.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 20:8. Therein for thy name — "For the name of thy WORD." - Targum.