2 Chronicles 20:6 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | ASV

and he said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Jehoshaphat’s appeal is threefold:

To God omnipotent (2 Chronicles 20:6).
To “our God.”
To the God espec…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

Are you not God in heaven. —So Psalms 115:2-3. Jehovah, the God worshipped by Israel, is no limited local or tribal deity, but

Charles Spurgeon

CharlesSpurgeon

19th Century

Baptist

19th Century

What a prayer it is! How argumentative! How it pleads his case as an advocate in a court of law, appealing to the mercy of God as logically as if i…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And said, O Lord God of our fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, whose covenant God he was:

are you not …

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

In all dangers, public or personal, our first task should be to seek help from God. This is why days for national fasting and prayer are advantageo…