2 Chronicles 20:7 (ASV)

Passage

Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:5 And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court;

2 Chronicles 20:6 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.

2 Chronicles 20:7 Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

2 Chronicles 20:8 And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

2 Chronicles 20:9 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "didst", "thou", "drive", "inhabitants", "land", "before", "people", and "israel". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "didst" and "thou", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "and he said O Jehovah the God..." into verse 8's "And they dwelt therein and have built...", so "didst" and "thou" belong inside that flow. In 2 Chronicles context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "didst" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.