2 Chronicles 20:8
New International Version
They have lived in it and have built in it a sanctuary for your Name, saying,

New Living Translation
Your people settled here and built this Temple to honor your name.

English Standard Version
And they have lived in it and have built for you in it a sanctuary for your name, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,

King James Bible
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

New King James Version
And they dwell in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,

New American Standard Bible
They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name, saying,

NASB 1995
“They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying,

NASB 1977
“And they lived in it, and have built Thee a sanctuary there for Thy name, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
And they have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary there for Your name, saying,

Amplified Bible
They have lived in it, and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your Name, saying,

Christian Standard Bible
They have lived in the land and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name and have said,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They have lived in the land and have built You a sanctuary in it for Your name and have said,

American Standard Version
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they dwelt in it and they built the Holy Place in it for your name, and they were saying:

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying,

Contemporary English Version
Our ancestors lived in this land and built a temple to honor you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying:

English Revised Version
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
His descendants have lived in it and built a holy temple for your name in it. They said,

Good News Translation
They have lived here and have built a temple to honor you, knowing

International Standard Version
They lived in it and have built there a sanctuary for your name, where they said,

JPS Tanakh 1917
And they dwelt therein, and have built Thee a sanctuary therein for Thy name, saying:

Literal Standard Version
and they dwell in it, and build a sanctuary in it for You, for Your Name, saying,

Majority Standard Bible
They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,

New American Bible
They have dwelt in it and they built in it a sanctuary for your name. They have said:

NET Bible
They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,

New Revised Standard Version
They have lived in it, and in it have built you a sanctuary for your name, saying,

New Heart English Bible
They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And they dwelt in it, and have built thee a sanctuary in it for thy name, saying,

World English Bible
They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
and they dwell in it, and build to Thee in it a sanctuary for Thy name, saying,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Jehoshaphat's Prayer
7Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend? 8They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying, 9‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’…

Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:7
Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?

2 Chronicles 20:9
If disaster comes upon us--whether sword or judgment, plague or famine--we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.'


Treasury of Scripture

And they dwelled therein, and have built you a sanctuary therein for your name, saying,

built thee

2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:10
The LORD therefore hath performed his word that he hath spoken: for I am risen up in the room of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

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2 Chronicles 20
1. Jehoshaphat, invaded by Moab, proclaims a fast
5. His prayer
14. The prophecy of Jahaziel
20. Jehoshaphat exhorts the people, and sets singers to praise the Lord
22. The great overthrow of his enemies
26. The people, having blessed God at Berachah, return in triumph
31. Jehoshaphat's reign
35. His convoy of ships, according to the prophecy of Eliezer, unhappily perishes.














(8) And have built thee a sanctuary therein.--And built thee therein a sanctuary for thy name. "A sanctuary for thy name" is a single expression. (Comp. 2Chronicles 6:5-8, "that my name might be there.") The name of Jehovah designates all that He is to Israel; His revealed character.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
They have lived
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ־ (way·yê·šə·ḇū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in the land
בָ֑הּ (ḇāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

and have built
וַיִּבְנ֨וּ (way·yiḇ·nū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1129: To build

in it
בָּ֛הּ (bāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

a sanctuary
מִקְדָּ֖שׁ (miq·dāš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4720: A consecrated thing, place, a palace, sanctuary, asylum

for Your Name,
לְשִׁמְךָ֥ (lə·šim·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 8034: A name

saying,
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say


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OT History: 2 Chronicles 20:8 They lived therein and have built you (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr)
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