behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
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behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.
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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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behold, they render unto us evil, to come to cast us out of Thy possession, which Thou hast given us to inherit.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 20:11 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 83:3-12 They conspire with cunning against your people. They plot against your cherished ones. “Come,” they say, “let’s destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.” For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you. The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites; Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon; who perished at Endor, who became as dung for the earth. Make their nobles like Oreb and Zeeb, yes, all their princes like Zebah and Zalmunna, who said, “Let’s take possession of God’s pasture lands.”
- Genesis 44:4 When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?
- Judges 11:23-24 So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them? Won’t you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us, them will we possess.
- Psalms 7:4 if I have rewarded evil to him who was at peace with me (yes, I have delivered him who without cause was my adversary),
- Psalms 35:12 They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
- Proverbs 17:13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
- Jeremiah 18:20 Should evil be recompensed for good? For they have dug a pit for my soul. Remember how I stood before you to speak good for them, to turn away your wrath from them.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 20:11 Behold, [I say, how] they reward us,…
2Ch 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.
Ver. 11. Behold, I say, how they reward us.] See the indignity of the fact, and avenge it. To render evil for evil is brutish; but evil for good is devilish.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Behold, I say, how they reward us,.... Evil for…
Behold, I say, how they reward us,.... Evil for good:
to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit; the land of Canaan was their inheritance, an inheritance given them by God, their covenant God and Father, who had a right to dispose of it; and yet so given, that it was still his possession, he was the Lord and Proprietor, they but tenants under him; all which, as they were so many aggravations of the guilt of their enemies, so they were so many arguments with the Lord to protect them.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 11. They reward us] Six of Kennicott's and…
Verse 11. They reward us] Six of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. add רעה evil: "Behold, they reward us EVIL." This is also the reading of the Targum.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain
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George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 11. thy possession] A “possession” means that which one…
11. thy possession] A “possession” means that which one takes possession of by the sword. Canaan is God’s “possession” because it was conquered by His arm (Psa_44:3).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (11) Behold, I say, how they reward us.—Literally, and…
(11) Behold, I say, how they reward us.—Literally, and behold they are requiting us by coming, &c. (Comp. Psa_83:4-9.)
Cast.—Drive out (Gen_3:24).
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Thy possession.—The Promised Land is so called nowhere else in the Old Testament.
Thou hast given us to inherit.—Made us possess. (Comp. Jdg_11:24.)
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