Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Jehoshaphat' s appeal is threefold:
(1) to God omnipotent II Chronicles 20:6;
(2) to "our God;"
(3) the God especially "of this house" the temple.
II Chronicles 20:7
Abraham thy friend - Historically, this is the first use of this remarkable expression, afterward repeated (marginal references). The ground of the expression is to be found principally in Genesis 18:23-33, where Abraham spoke with God as a man with his friend (compare Exodus 33:11).
II Chronicles 20:8, II Chronicles 20:9
The appeal recalls Solomon' s prayer (marginal references), which God had formally accepted by sending down fire from heaven to consume the accompanying offering.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing 2 Chronicles 20:7:
2 Chronicles 20:6-9
Isaiah 41:8
James 2:23
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