2 Chronicles 20:10 (YLT)

Passage

`And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not,

Nearby Context

2 Chronicles 20:8 and they dwell in it, and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name, saying,

2 Chronicles 20:9 If evil doth come upon us--sword, judgment, and pestilence, and famine--we stand before this house, and before Thee, for Thy name <FI>is<Fi> in this house, and cry unto Thee out of our distress, and Thou dost hear and save.

2 Chronicles 20:10 `And now, lo, sons of Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, whom Thou didst not grant to Israel to go in against in their coming out of the land of Egypt, for they turned aside from off them and destroyed them not,

2 Chronicles 20:11 and lo, they are recompensing to us--to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.

2 Chronicles 20:12 `O our God, dost Thou not execute judgment upon them? for there is no power in us before this great multitude that hath come against us, and we know not what we do, but on Thee <FI>are<Fi> our eyes.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "sons", "ammon", "moab", "mount", "seir", "thou", "didst", and "grant". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "sons" and "ammon", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "If evil doth come upon us--sword judgment..." into verse 11's "and lo they are recompensing to us--to...", so "sons" and "ammon" 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 "sons" and "ammon" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.