And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
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Gill's Exposition
And said, O Lord God of our fathers,.... Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whose covenant God he was:
art not thou God in heaven? that dwellest and rulest there, and dost whatever thou pleasest in the…
Jehoshaphat’s appeal is threefold: (1) to God omnipotent 2Ch 20:6; (2) to “our God;” (3) the God especially “of this house” the temple. 2Ch 20:7 Abraham thy friend - Historically, this is the first…
Adam Clarke
Jehoshaphat stood - What an instructive sight was this! The king who proclaimed the fast was foremost to observe it, and was on this occasion the priest of the people; offering in the congregation,…
We left Jehoshaphat, in the foregoing chapter, well employed in reforming his kingdom and providing for the due administration of justice and support of religion in it, and expected nothing but to…
Cambridge Bible
O Lord God R.V. O LORD, the God; cp. 2Ch 21:10; 2Ch 21:12.
art not thou God cp. Jos 2:11.
rulestnot thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? R.V. art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the…
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