2 Chronicles 20:8 (DRB)

Passage

And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying:

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:6 And said: O Lord God of our fathers, thou art God in heaven, and rulest over all the kingdoms and nations, in thy hand is strength and power, and no one can resist thee.

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

2 Chronicles 20:8 And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying:

2 Chronicles 20:9 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.

2 Chronicles 20:10 Now therefore behold the children of Ammon, and of Moab, and mount Seir, through whose lands thou didst not allow Israel to pass, when they came out of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and slew them not,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "dwelt", "built", "sanctuary", "name", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "dwelt" and "built", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "Didst not thou our God kill all..." into verse 9's "If evils fall upon us the sword...", so "dwelt" and "built" 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 "dwelt" and "built" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.