Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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 forever?
7. Art not thou our God, who didst drive out ] R.V. Didst not thou, O our God, drive out. Cp. Deu 9:5.
thy friend ] Cp. Isa 41:8.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 7. Art not thou our God] “Hast not thou, by thy WORD, driven out.” – Targum.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
i.e. To whom thou hast engaged thyself by covenant to be his friend, and the friend of his seed for ever, and therefore we trust thou wilt not forsake us his posterity.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Art not thou our God,…. In a peculiar sense, not merely as the Creator and Governor of men, but in a covenant relation their covenant God and Father:
who didst drive out the inhabitants of the land before thy people Israel; the seven nations of Canaan, to make way and room for Israel:
and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever? made a deed of gift of it to them, and settled it on them till the coming of the Messiah, and that as an instance of love and friendship to Abraham; and wilt thou therefore suffer it to be taken from his seed?
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) Art not thou our God?Didst not Thou, our God, drive out, &c. (Comp. Jos. 23:5; Jos. 23:9; Deu. 4:38; Deu. 11:23; and for the form of appeal, Isa. Ii. 9, 10. Comp. also Psa. 47:3-4.)
And gavest it to the seed of Abraham.According to the Promise, Gen. 13:15-16; Gen. 15:18.
For ever.Gen. 17:8, for an everlasting possession.
Thy friend.Or, lover. So Isa. 41:8, seed of Abraham, my friend. This title of Abraham is mentioned again by St. James (Jas. 2:23). Hebron, the patriarchs burial-place, is at this day known to the Muslim world as el-Khalil, the Friend.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
2Ch 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?
Ver. 7. Art not thou our God? ] God’s might and his mercy are faith’s Jachin and Boaz, whereon it resteth.
And gavest it to the seed of Abraham.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Abraham Thy friend. Three times so called: here, Isa 41:8, quoted in Jam 2:23. Compare Moses (Exo 33:11).
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
our God: 2Ch 14:11, Gen 17:7, Exo 6:7, Exo 19:5-7, Exo 20:2, 1Ch 17:21-24
who: Heb. thou
drive out: Exo 33:2, Psa 44:2
gavest: Gen 12:7, Gen 13:15, Jos 24:3, Jos 24:13, Neh 9:8
thy friend: Isa 41:8, Joh 11:11, Joh 15:15, Jam 2:23
Reciprocal: Gen 18:17 – General Exo 33:11 – his friend 1Ki 18:36 – Lord God Joh 15:14 – my Act 13:26 – children 2Co 11:22 – the seed
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
20:7 [Art] not thou our God, [who] didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel, and {d} gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever?
(d) He grounds his prayer on God’s power, by which he is able to help and also on his mercy, which he will continue toward his, as he has once chosen them and began to show his graces toward them.