2 Chronicles 20:9 meaning and explanation
‘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.’
2 Chronicles 20:9, Berean Standard Bible
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Jehoshaphat, king of Judah, stands in the temple courtyard praying before an assembled nation, with a vast army advancing against them. In verse 9 he recalls Solomon's dedication prayer, which named this house as the place where God's Name dwells.
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