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Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 20:6
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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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The prayer which Jehoshaphat directed to Jahve the God of the fathers, as the almighty Ruler over all kingdoms, consists of a short representation of the circumstances of the case. Jahve had given the land to His people Israel for an everlasting possession, and Israel had built a sanctuary to His name therein ( Ch2 20:7 and Ch2 20:8); but they had in no way provoked the Ammonites, Moabites, and Edomites to fall upon them, and to drive them out of their land ( Ch2 20:10 and Ch2 20:11). On these two facts Jehoshaphat founds his prayer for help, in a twofold manner: in respect to the first, calling to mind the divine promise to hear the prayers offered up to God in the temple ( Ch2 20:9); and in reference to the second, laying emphasis upon the inability of Israel to fight against so numerous an enemy ( Ch2 20:12). In his manner of addressing Jahve, "God of our fathers," there is contained a reason why God should protect His people in their present distress. Upon Him, who had given the land to the fathers for a possession, it was incumbent to maintain the children in the enjoyment of it, if they had not forfeited it by their sins. Now Jahve as a covenant God was bound to do this, and also as God and ruler of heaven and earth He had the requisite power and might; cf. Psa 115:3. להתיצּב עמּך אין, there is none with Thee who could set himself, i.e., could withstand Thee: cf. the similar phrase, Ch2 14:10; and for the thought, see Ch1 29:12. \- On Ch2 20:7, cf. Jos 23:9; Jos 24:12; Exo 23:20., etc.; on Ch2 20:7, cf. Gen 13:15., Ch2 15:18, etc.; on אהבך, Isa 41:8. 2 Chronicles 20:8
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