Nehemiæ 20:7

Nova Vulgata

Nonne tu, Deus noster, expulisti habitatores terrae huius coram populo tuo Israel et dedisti eam semini Abraham amici tui in sempiternum?

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Hic blasphemavit Isra�l : et percussit eum Jonathan filius Samaa fratris David. Hi sunt filii Rapha in Geth, qui ceciderunt in manu David et servorum ejus.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Nonne tu, Deus noster, interfecisti omnes habitatores terr� hujus coram populo tuo Isra�l, et dedisti eam semini Abraham amici tui in sempiternum?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

our God: 2 Chronicles 14:11, Genesis 17:7, Exodus 6:7, Exodus 19:5-7, Exodus 20:2, 1 Chronicles 17:21-24

who: Heb. thou

drive out: Exodus 33:2, Psalms 44:2

gavest: Genesis 12:7, Genesis 13:15, Joshua 24:3, Joshua 24:13, Nehemiah 9:8

thy friend: Isaiah 41:8, John 11:11, John 15:15, James 2:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:17 - General Exodus 33:11 - his friend 1 Kings 18:36 - Lord God John 15:14 - my Acts 13:26 - children 2 Corinthians 11:22 - the seed

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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?

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 20:7. Art not thou our God — "Hast not thou, by thy WORD, driven out." - Targum.