Verse Lens · Context pointer
2 Chronicles 20:8 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 8. 8And they dwelt therein, and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name, saying,
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Role in This Section
Remembers the sanctuary built for God's name.
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 20:1–20:12
Remembers the sanctuary built for God's name. Read 2 Chronicles 20:8 within 20:1–20:12. The complete unit records: A coalition approaches, Jehoshaphat fears, proclaims a fast, and leads Judah—including wives and children—in recalling temple prayer and confessing powerlessness while waiting on God.
Why It Needs Context
Remembers the sanctuary built for God's name. Its responsible force depends on 20:1–20:12; isolated from “Judah gathers in fear and prays under invasion,” the supporting action, name, number, object, quotation, or transition could be mistaken for independent teaching.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 2 Chronicles 20:1–20:12 — Judah gathers in fear and prays under invasionSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 2 Chronicles 20:1–20:12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 20:1–20:12
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