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We can cry out to you to save us, and you will hear us and rescue us.’ <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/20.htm">English Standard Version</a> ‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you—for your name is in this house—and cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’ <a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> ‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’ <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/20.htm">King James Bible</a> If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. <a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/20.htm">New King James Version</a> ‘If disaster comes upon us—sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this temple and in Your presence (for Your name is in this temple), and cry out to You in our affliction, and You will hear and save.’ <a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> ‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, or judgment, or plague, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house), and cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear and save us.’ <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/20.htm">NASB 1995</a> Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and deliver us.&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before Thee (for Thy name is in this house) and cry to Thee in our distress, and Thou wilt hear and deliver us.’ <a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> ‘Should evil come upon us, the sword, or judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your name is in this house) and cry to You in our distress, and You will hear and save us.’ <a href="/amp/2_chronicles/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a> ‘If evil comes on us, or the sword of judgment, or plague, or famine, we will stand before this house and before You (for Your Name and Your Presence is in this house) and we will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear and save us.’ <a href="/csb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “If disaster comes on us—sword or judgment, pestilence or famine —we will stand before this temple and before you, for your name is in this temple. We will cry out to you because of our distress, and you will hear and deliver.” <a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220If disaster comes on us—sword or judgment, pestilence or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your name is in this temple. We will cry out to You because of our distress, and You will hear and deliver.&#8221 <a href="/asv/2_chronicles/20.htm">American Standard Version</a> If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save. <a href="/cev/2_chronicles/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> They believed that whenever this land is struck by war or disease or famine, your people can pray to you at the temple, and you will hear their prayer and save them. <a href="/erv/2_chronicles/20.htm">English Revised Version</a> If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save. <a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> 'If evil comes in the form of war, flood, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple and in front of you because your name is in this temple. We will cry out to you in our troubles, and you will hear us and save us.' <a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Good News Translation</a> that if any disaster struck them to punish them--a war, an epidemic, or a famine--then they could come and stand in front of this Temple where you are worshiped. They could pray to you in their trouble, and you would hear them and rescue them. <a href="/isv/2_chronicles/20.htm">International Standard Version</a> If evil comes upon us, such as war as punishment, disease, or famine and we stand in your presence in this Temple (because your Name is in this Temple) and cry out to you in our distress, then you will hear and deliver.' <a href="/msb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> ?If disaster comes upon us?whether sword or judgment, plague or famine?we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.? <a href="/net/2_chronicles/20.htm">NET Bible</a> If disaster comes on us in the form of military attack, judgment, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple before you, for you are present in this temple. We will cry out to you for help in our distress, so that you will hear and deliver us.' <a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> If evil comes on us--the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine--we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.' <a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry to thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. <a href="/web/2_chronicles/20.htm">World English Bible</a> ‘If evil comes on us—the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine—we will stand before this house, and before you (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> If evil comes on us—sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine—we stand before this house, and before You, for Your Name [is] in this house, and cry to You out of our distress, and You hear and save. <a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> If evil doth come upon us -- sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine -- we stand before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name is in this house, and cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou dost hear and save. <a href="/slt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> If evil shall come upon us, the sword, judgment, and death and famine, we shall stand before this house and before thee, for thy name is upon this house, and we will cry to thee from our straits, and thou wilt hear, and thou wilt save.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If evils fall upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand in thy presence before this house, in which thy name is called upon: and we will cry to thee in our afflictions, and thou wilt hear, and save us. <a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> ‘If evils will have fallen upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand in your sight before this house, in which your name is invoked, and we will cry out to you in our tribulations. And you will heed us and accomplish our salvation.’ <a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/20.htm">New American Bible</a> ‘If evil comes upon us, the sword of judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house and before you, for your name is in this house, and we will cry out to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save!’ <a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> ‘If disaster comes upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before you, for your name is in this house, and cry to you in our distress, and you will hear and save.’<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Now, because there is a sanctuary among us, no evil shall come upon us, nor the sword nor judgment nor pestilence nor famine; and we shall come and stand before this house and before thee (for thy name has been invoked in this house), and we will pray before thee in this house, and thou wilt hear our prayer and save us. <a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> ‘From now on, because the Holy Place is with us, no evil is coming upon us, neither sword, neither judgment, neither the plague, and famine, and we will come and we will stand before this house and before you, because your name is called in this house, and we will pray before you in this house, and you will listen to the voice of our prayer and you will save us!<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before Thee--for Thy name is in this house--and cry unto Thee in our affliction, and Thou wilt hear and save. <a href="/sep/2_chronicles/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> If there should come upon us evils, sword, judgment, pestilence, famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee, (for thy name is upon this house,) and we will cry to thee because of the affliction, and thou shalt hear, and deliver. <a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=4649" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/20.htm">Jehoshaphat's Prayer</a> …8They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying, 9<a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">‘If</a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: rā·‘āh (Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">disaster</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: tā·ḇō·w (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">comes</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lê·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon us—</a> <a href="/hebrew/2719.htm" title="2719: ḥe·reḇ (N-fs) -- A sword. From charab; drought; also a cutting instrument, as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement.">whether sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/8196.htm" title="8196: šə·p̄ō·wṭ (N-ms) -- Judgment, act of judgment. Or shphuwt; from shaphat; a judicial sentence, i.e. Punishment.">or judgment,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1698.htm" title="1698: wə·ḏe·ḇer (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Pestilence. From dabar; a pestilence.">plague</a> <a href="/hebrew/7458.htm" title="7458: wə·rā·‘āḇ (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Famine, hunger. From ra'eb; hunger.">or famine—</a> <a href="/hebrew/5975.htm" title="5975: na·‘am·ḏāh (V-Qal-Imperf.Cohort-1cp) -- To take one's stand, stand. A primitive root; to stand, in various relations.">we will stand</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: ū·lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">and before You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šim·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">Your Name</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">is in this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bab·ba·yiṯ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">temple.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2199.htm" title="2199: wə·niz·‘aq (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-1cp) -- To cry, cry out, call. A primitive root; to shriek; by analogy, to announce or convene publicly.">We will cry out</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- To, into, towards. ">to You</a> <a href="/hebrew/6869.htm" title="6869: miṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯê·nū (Prep-m:: N-fsc:: 1cp) -- Tightness, a female rival. Feminine of tsar; tightness; transitively, a female rival.">in our distress,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: wə·ṯiš·ma‘ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">and You will hear us</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: wə·ṯō·wō·šî·a‘ (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf-2ms) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">and save us.’</a> 10And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt; but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_kings/8-33.htm">1 Kings 8:33-34</a> When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple, / then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers. <a href="/1_kings/8-37.htm">1 Kings 8:37-40</a> When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemy besieges them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come, / then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple— / be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men— ... <a href="/2_chronicles/6-28.htm">2 Chronicles 6:28-30</a> When famine or plague comes upon the land, or blight or mildew or locusts or grasshoppers, or when their enemies besiege them in their cities, whatever plague or sickness may come, / then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple— / be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of men— <a href="/psalms/91-15.htm">Psalm 91:15</a> When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him. <a href="/psalms/50-15.htm">Psalm 50:15</a> Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.” <a href="/isaiah/37-14.htm">Isaiah 37:14-20</a> So Hezekiah received the letter from the messengers, read it, and went up to the house of the LORD and spread it out before the LORD. / And Hezekiah prayed to the LORD: / “O LORD of Hosts, God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth. ... <a href="/jeremiah/29-12.htm">Jeremiah 29:12-13</a> Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. / You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. <a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Daniel 9:3-19</a> So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. / And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments, / we have sinned and done wrong. We have acted wickedly and rebelled. We have turned away from Your commandments and ordinances. ... <a href="/joel/2-32.htm">Joel 2:32</a> And everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved; for on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there will be deliverance, as the LORD has promised, among the remnant called by the LORD. <a href="/exodus/14-10.htm">Exodus 14:10-14</a> As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD. / They said to Moses, “Was it because there were no graves in Egypt that you brought us into the wilderness to die? What have you done to us by bringing us out of Egypt? / Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.” ... <a href="/deuteronomy/4-29.htm">Deuteronomy 4:29-31</a> But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul. / When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. / For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath. <a href="/matthew/7-7.htm">Matthew 7:7-8</a> Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. <a href="/matthew/18-19.htm">Matthew 18:19-20</a> Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven. / For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.” <a href="/luke/11-9.htm">Luke 11:9-10</a> So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. / For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. <a href="/john/14-13.htm">John 14:13-14</a> And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. / If you ask Me for anything in My name, I will do it.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>If, when evil comes on us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in your presence, (for your name is in this house,) and cry to you in our affliction, then you will hear and help.If, when evil<a href="/2_chronicles/6-28.htm">2 Chronicles 6:28-30</a> If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be: … <a href="/1_kings/8-33.htm">1 Kings 8:33,37</a> When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in this house: … and in thy presence<a href="/matthew/18-20.htm">Matthew 18:20</a> For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.thy name<a href="/2_chronicles/6-20.htm">2 Chronicles 6:20</a> That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.<a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Exodus 20:24</a> An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.<a href="/exodus/23-21.htm">Exodus 23:21</a> Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not; for he will not pardon your transgressions: for my name is in him.is in this house.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/18-26.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-15.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-11.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-6.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-7.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-28.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-27.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-8.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-8.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-13.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-2.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-30.htm">Save</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-6.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/21-30.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-3.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/33-12.htm">Affliction</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-20.htm">Cry</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/25-15.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/28-20.htm">Distress</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-11.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/32-11.htm">Famine</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-20.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-28.htm">House</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-12.htm">Judgment</a> <a href="/job/27-15.htm">Pestilence</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-12.htm">Presence</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-17.htm">Save</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-17.htm">Stand</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/21-4.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-12.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 20</div>1. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-1.htm">Jehoshaphat, invaded by Moab, proclaims a fast</a> 5. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-5.htm">His prayer</a> 14. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-14.htm">The prophecy of Jahaziel</a> 20. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-20.htm">Jehoshaphat exhorts the people, and sets singers to praise the Lord</a> 22. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-22.htm">The great overthrow of his enemies</a> 26. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-26.htm">The people, having blessed God at Berachah, return in triumph</a> 31. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-31.htm">Jehoshaphat's reign</a> 35. <a href="/2_chronicles/20-35.htm">His convoy of ships, according to the prophecy of Eliezer, unhappily perishes.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The "sword" signifies warfare and invasion, common threats in the ancient Near East. "Judgment" may refer to divine retribution for sin, while "plague" and "famine" are natural disasters often seen as acts of God. These calamities were understood as both physical and spiritual challenges, testing the faith and obedience of the Israelites.we will stand before this temple and before You, The temple in Jerusalem was the central place of worship and the dwelling place of God's presence among His people. Standing before the temple signifies seeking God's presence and favor. This reflects the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where the temple serves as a physical reminder of God's promises and the people's commitment to Him. The act of standing before God indicates humility, reverence, and a plea for divine intervention.for Your Name is in this temple. The "Name" of God represents His character, authority, and presence. In ancient Israel, the temple was not just a building but a symbol of God's covenant and His dwelling among His people. The invocation of God's Name implies trust in His power and faithfulness. This phrase underscores the belief that God is intimately connected to the temple, making it a sacred place for seeking His help.We will cry out to You in our distress, Crying out to God in distress is a recurring theme in the Psalms and other biblical texts, illustrating a deep reliance on divine assistance. This act of crying out is both a personal and communal expression of faith, acknowledging human helplessness and God's sovereignty. It reflects the biblical principle that God hears the prayers of those who earnestly seek Him, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/34-17.htm">Psalm 34:17</a>.and You will hear us and save us. This statement is a declaration of faith in God's responsiveness and deliverance. It echoes the promises found in scriptures such as <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a>, where God assures His people that He will hear from heaven and heal their land if they humble themselves and pray. The assurance of being heard and saved is rooted in the covenant relationship, where God is portrayed as a faithful deliverer, foreshadowing the ultimate salvation through Jesus Christ.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jehoshaphat.htm">Jehoshaphat</a> The king of Judah who led the nation in seeking God's help during a time of crisis. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, facing a coalition of enemies. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> The physical place in Jerusalem where God's presence dwelt, symbolizing His covenant with Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/e/enemies.htm">Enemies</a> The Moabites, Ammonites, and Meunites who threatened Judah with war. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a> The central theme of the passage, highlighting God's faithfulness to hear and save His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_crisis.htm">God's Presence in Crisis</a> The temple symbolizes God's presence. In times of crisis, believers are reminded to turn to God, who is always present and attentive to our cries. <a href="/topical/f/faith_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Faith in God's Deliverance</a> Jehoshaphat's prayer reflects a deep trust in God's ability to deliver. Believers are encouraged to have faith that God hears and acts on behalf of His people. <a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_corporate_prayer.htm">The Power of Corporate Prayer</a> The nation of Judah gathered to seek God's help. This emphasizes the importance of communal prayer and unity in seeking God's intervention. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a> The assurance that God will hear and deliver is rooted in His covenant promises. Believers can trust in God's unchanging nature and His commitment to His word. <a href="/topical/r/responding_to_fear_with_faith.htm">Responding to Fear with Faith</a> When faced with overwhelming circumstances, the response should be to stand firm in faith, trusting in God's power and provision.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_20.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 20</a> <a href="/q/did_david_or_elhanan_kill_goliath.htm">Did David or Elhanan kill Goliath?</a> <a href="/q/how_many_fighting_men_in_israel.htm">In that count how many fighting men were found in Israel? Eight hundred thousand (2 Samuel 24:9) One million, one hundred thousand (I Chronicles 21:5)</a> <a href="/q/why_do_2_sam_24_9_and_1_chr_21_differ.htm">Why is there a discrepancy between the numbers given in 2 Samuel 24:9 and 1 Chronicles 21 for the same census?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_solomon_get_gold_for_the_sanctuary.htm">2 Chronicles 3:8 - How did Solomon acquire and transport enough gold to overlay the inner sanctuary entirely?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) If when evil cometh upon us.--A summary of part of Solomon's Prayer of Dedication (<a href="/context/2_chronicles/6-24.htm" title="And if your people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against you; and shall return and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;">2Chronicles 6:24-30</a>). The reference to this prayer implies a confidence that it had been accepted in heaven, as the sign that followed it indicated (<a href="/context/2_chronicles/7-1.htm" title="Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices; and the glory of the LORD filled the house.">2Chronicles 7:1-3</a>). Syriac, "When the sanctuary is amongst us, there will not come upon us evil, nor sword, nor judgment, &c., and we will come and stand before this house, and before Thee, because Thy name is invoked in this house; and we will come and pray before Thee in this house and thou wilt hearken to the voice of our prayer, and deliver us." The Hebrew seems to say, "If there come upon us evil--sword (judgment), and pestilence and famine--we will stand (i.e., come forward) before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name is in this house, and we will cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou shalt (or that Thou mayest) hear and save." The word rendered "judgment" (sh?ph?t) is not used as a noun anywhere else; and, lacking a conjunction, it spoils the symmetry of the sentence. It is probably an ancient gloss. All the versions have it; and the Vulg. renders, "sword of judgment." (Comp. the Syriac in <a href="/2_chronicles/20-12.htm" title="O our God, will you not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that comes against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are on you.">2Chronicles 20:12</a>, infra.) <a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>‘If אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not disaster רָעָ֗ה (rā·‘āh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil comes תָּב֨וֹא (tā·ḇō·w) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> To come in, come, go in, go upon us— עָלֵ֜ינוּ (‘ā·lê·nū) Preposition | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against whether sword חֶרֶב֮ (ḥe·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2719.htm">Strong's 2719: </a> Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword or judgment, שְׁפוֹט֮ (šə·p̄ō·wṭ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8196.htm">Strong's 8196: </a> A judicial sentence, punishment plague וְדֶ֣בֶר (wə·ḏe·ḇer) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1698.htm">Strong's 1698: </a> A pestilence or famine— וְרָעָב֒ (wə·rā·‘āḇ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7458.htm">Strong's 7458: </a> Famine, hunger we will stand נַֽעַמְדָ֞ה (na·‘am·ḏāh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5975.htm">Strong's 5975: </a> To stand, in various relations before לִפְנֵ֨י (lip̄·nê) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face this הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that temple הַבַּ֤יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house and before You, וּלְפָנֶ֔יךָ (ū·lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face for כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction Your Name שִׁמְךָ֖ (šim·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name is in this הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that temple. בַּבַּ֣יִת (bab·ba·yiṯ) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house We will cry out וְנִזְעַ֥ק (wə·niz·‘aq) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2199.htm">Strong's 2199: </a> To shriek, to announce, convene publicly to You אֵלֶ֛יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to in our distress, מִצָּרָתֵ֖נוּ (miṣ·ṣā·rā·ṯê·nū) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6869.htm">Strong's 6869: </a> Tightness, a female rival and You will hear us וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע (wə·ṯiš·ma‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently and deliver us.? וְתוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ (wə·ṯō·wō·šî·a‘) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">2 Chronicles 20:9 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-9.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 20:9 If evil come on us the sword (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 20:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 20:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/20-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 20:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 20:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>