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?
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Gill's Exposition
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…
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
Art not thou our God - "Hast not thou, by thy Word, driven out." - Targum.
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
Art not thou our God, who didst drive out R.V. Didst not thou, O our God, drive out. Cp. Deu 9:5.
thy friend Cp. Isa 41:8.
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