2 Chronicles 20:6 (GNV)

Passage

And saide, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heauen? and reignest not thou on all the kingdomes of the heathen? and in thine hande is power and might, and none is able to withstand thee.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:4 And Iudah gathered them selues together to aske counsel of the Lord: they came euen out of all the cities of Iudah to inquire of the Lord,

2 Chronicles 20:5 And Iehoshaphat stoode in the Congregation of Iudah and Ierusalem in the house of the Lord before the new court,

2 Chronicles 20:6 And saide, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heauen? and reignest not thou on all the kingdomes of the heathen? and in thine hande is power and might, and none is able to withstand thee.

2 Chronicles 20:7 Diddest not thou our God cast out ye inhabitants of this lande before thy people Israel, and gauest it to the seede of Abraham thy friende for euer?

2 Chronicles 20:8 And they dwelt therein, and haue built thee a Sanctuarie therein for thy Name, saying,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saide", "lord", "fathers", "thou", "heauen", "reignest", and "kingdomes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saide" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And Iehoshaphat stoode in the Congregation of..." into verse 7's "Diddest not thou our God cast out...", so "saide" and "lord" 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 "saide" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.