American Standard Version
"And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying, "
— 2 Chronicles 20:8, American Standard Version
“And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,”
“They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,”
“They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,”
“And they dwelt in it, and built in it a sanctuary to thy name, saying:”
“And they made it their living-place, building there a holy house for your name, and saying,”
“And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,”
And Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Jehovah, before the new court;
and he said, O Jehovah, the God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and art not thou ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? and in thy hand is power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee.
Didst not thou, O our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before thee (for thy name is in this house), and cry unto thee in our affliction, and thou wilt hear and save.
And now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir, whom thou wouldest not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and destroyed them not;
behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.