2 Chronicles 20:8
Strong's Lexicon
They have lived
וַיֵּשְׁב֖וּ־ (way·yê·šə·ḇū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3427: 1) to dwell, remain, sit, abide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to sit, sit down 1a2) to be set 1a3) to remain, stay 1a4) to dwell, have one's abode 1b) (Niphal) to be inhabited 1c) (Piel) to set, place 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to cause to sit 1d2) to cause to abide, set 1d3) to cause to dwell 1d4) to cause (cities) to be inhabited 1d5) to marry (give an dwelling to) 1e) (Hophal) 1e1) to be inhabited 1e2) to make to dwell

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 Hebrew 1129: 1) to build, rebuild, establish, cause to continue 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to build, rebuild 1a2) to build a house (ie, establish a family) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be built 1b2) to be rebuilt 1b3) established (of restored exiles) (fig.) 1b4) established (made permanent) 1b5) to be built up (of childless wife becoming the mother of a family through the children of a concubine)

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

a sanctuary
מִקְדָּ֖שׁ (miq·dāš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4720: 1) sacred place, sanctuary, holy place 1a) sanctuary 1a1) of the temple 1a2) of the tabernacle 1a3) of Ezekiel's temple 1a4) of Jehovah

for Your Name,
לְשִׁמְךָ֥ (lə·šim·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: 1) name 1a) name 1b) reputation, fame, glory 1c) the Name (as designation of God) 1d) memorial, monument

saying,
לֵאמֹֽר׃ (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 559: 1) to say, speak, utter 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary 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,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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
















Cross References
2 Chronicles 20:7
Art not thou our God, who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?

2 Chronicles 20:9
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.

2 Chronicles 1:1
And Solomon the son of David was strengthened in his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him, and magnified him exceedingly.

2 Chronicles 20:6
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?

2 Chronicles 20:5
And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of the LORD, before the new court,

2 Chronicles 20:10
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;

2 Chronicles 20:11
Behold, I say, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.
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