King James Version
2 Chronicles 20:11 in the King James Version says “Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.” — study this verse from 2 Chronicles chapter 20 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.”
2 Chronicles 20:11 · KJV
If, when evil cometh upon us, as the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we stand before this house, and in thy presence, (for thy name is in this house,) and cry unto thee in our affliction, then thou wilt hear and help.
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 from them, and destroyed them not;
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Behold I say how they reward”
H1580to treat a person (well or ill), i.e., benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e., (specifically) to wean
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“to cast us out”
H1644to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which thou hast given us to inherit”
H3423to occupy (by driving out previous tenants, and possessing in their place); by implication, to seize, to rob, to inherit; also to expel, to impoverish
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