2 Chronicles 20:6 (LSB)

Passage

and he said, “O Yahweh, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can take their stand against You.

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:4 So Judah gathered together to seek help from Yahweh; they even came from all the cities of Judah to seek Yahweh.

2 Chronicles 20:5 Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Yahweh before the new court,

2 Chronicles 20:6 and he said, “O Yahweh, the God of our fathers, are You not God in the heavens? And are You not ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand so that no one can take their stand against You.

2 Chronicles 20:7 Did You not, O our God, dispossess the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it to the seed of Abraham Your friend forever?

2 Chronicles 20:8 And they have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "said", "yahweh", "fathers", "heavens", "ruler", "over", "kingdoms", and "nations". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "said" and "yahweh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Then Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of..." into verse 7's "Did You not O our God dispossess...", so "said" and "yahweh" 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 "said" and "yahweh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.