2 Chronicles 20:11

Modern

See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.

Traditional

Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

Literal

And behold, they are recompensing to us by coming to throw us out of Your possession, which You have given us to inherit.

Latin

…e contrario agunt, et nituntur ejicere nos de possessione quam tradidisti nobis.

Hebrew

English

See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.

Jehoshaphat reacted to the news of war with nearby nations by praying in sorrow, following Solomon's prayer ideals (2 Chronicles 6:24–40).

Theme notes and profiles

Psalm 83:3–12
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
Proverbs 17:13
If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
Jeremiah 18:20
Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
Psalm 35:12
They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
Judges 11:23–24
Now since the LORD, the God of Israel, has driven out the Amorites from before His people Israel, should you now possess it?
Genesis 44:4
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
Psalm 7:4
…if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,