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2 Chronicles 20:8
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They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,
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And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
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They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,
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And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
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2 Chronicles 20
6 and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.
7 Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?
8 They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,
9 ‘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.’
10 And 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. So Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.
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