2 Chronicles 20:8

Contemporary English Version

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

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,

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,

English Revised Version
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for 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 Some time later, the armies of Moab and Ammon, together with the Meunites, went to war against Jehoshaphat. ² Messengers told Jehoshaphat, "A large army from Edom east of the Dead Sea has invaded our country. They have already reached En-Gedi." ³ Jehoshaphat was afraid, so he asked the Lord what to do. He then told the people of Judah to go without eating to show their sorrow. ⁴ They immediately left for Jerusalem to ask for the Lord 's help. ⁵ After everyone from Judah and Jerusalem had come together at the Lord 's temple, Jehoshaphat stood in front of the new courtyard ⁶ and prayed: You, Lord , are the God our ancestors worshiped, and from heaven you rule every nation in the world. You are so powerful that no one can defeat you. ⁷ Our God, you forced out the nations who lived in this land before your people Israel came here, and you gave it to the descendants of your friend Abraham forever. ⁸ Our ancestors lived in this land and built a temple to honor you. ⁹ They believed that whenever this land is struck by war or disease or famine, your people can pray to you at the temple, and you will hear their prayer and save them. ¹⁰ You can see that the armies of Ammon, Moab, and Edom are attacking us! Those are the nations you would not let our ancestors invade on their way from Egypt, so these nations were not destroyed.

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.