World English Bible
"They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,"
— 2 Chronicles 20:8, World English Bible
“And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,”
“And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy 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,”
Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Yahweh, before the new court;
and he said, "Yahweh, the God of our fathers, aren't you God in heaven? Aren't you ruler over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in your hand, so that no one is able to withstand you.
Didn't you, our God, drive out the inhabitants of this land before your people Israel, and give it to the seed of Abraham your friend forever?
They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,
'If evil comes on us--the sword, judgment, pestilence, or famine--we will stand before this house, and before you, (for your name is in this house), and cry to you in our affliction, and you will hear and save.'
Now, behold, the children of Ammon and Moab and Mount Seir, whom you would not let Israel invade, when they came out of the land of Egypt, but they turned aside from them, and didn't destroy them;
behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.