2 Chronicles 20:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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?

Our god

Drive out

Exodus 33:2

Psalm 44:2

Gavest

Thy friend

General references

Genesis 13:15

Genesis 18:17

Bible References

Our god

Asa prayed: Jehovah, only you can help a powerless army defeat a stronger one. We depend on you to help us. We will fight against this powerful army to honor your name! We know that you will not be defeated. You are Jehovah our God. Do not let man prevail against you.

I will establish my covenant as a long lasting covenant between us. It will be for your descendants after you, for the generations to come. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you.

I will make you my people, and I will be your God. You will know that I am Jehovah your God. I brought you out from under the forced labor of the Egyptians.

If you will obey me and are faithful to the terms of my covenant, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, for all the earth is mine.

I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.

Who is like your people Israel? Israel is the one nation on earth who's God went out to redeem a people. You redeemed your people from Egypt. You make a name for yourself, and perform great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before your people.

Drive out

I will send an angel ahead of you. I will force out the Canaanites, Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.

You drove out the nations with your own hand (great power). Then you planted them; you afflicted the peoples and spread them abroad.

Gavest

Jehovah appeared to Abram and said: I will give this land to your offspring (seed). He built an altar there to Jehovah, who had appeared to him.

All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring (descendants) from generation to generation.

I took Abraham, your ancestor, from the land across the Euphrates and led him through the whole land of Canaan. I gave him many descendants. I gave him Isaac,

You saw that his heart was true to you, and made an agreement with him to give the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite and the Perizzite and the Jebusite and the Girgashite, even to give it to his seed, and you have done what you said; for righteousness is yours.

Thy friend

However you, O Israel, my servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, you descendants of Abraham, my friend,

Then he told them: Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I go to wake him out of sleep.

I no longer call you servants for the servant does not know what the lord does. I have called you friends; for all things that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.

The scripture was fulfilled which says: Abraham believed Jehovah and it was reckoned (imputed) (considered) (credited) to him for righteousness. He was called Jehovah's friend (Genesis 15:6) ( Isaiah 41:8).

General references

All the land that you see I will give to you and your offspring (descendants) from generation to generation.

Jehovah said: Shall I hide what I am doing from Abraham?