Discovery Box2 Chronicles 20:9-13 
Context20:9 ‘If disaster comes on us in the form of military attack, 1 judgment, plague, or famine, we will stand in front of this temple before you, for you are present in this temple. 2 We will cry out to you for help in our distress, so that you will 3 hear and deliver us.’ 20:10 Now the Ammonites, Moabites, and men from Mount Seir are coming! 4 When Israel came from the land of Egypt, you did not allow them to invade these lands. 5 They bypassed them and did not destroy them. 20:11 Look how they are repaying us! They come to drive us out of our allotted land which you assigned to us! 20:12 Our God, will you not judge them? For we are powerless against this huge army that attacks us! We don’t know what we should do; we look to you for help.” 6
20:13 All the men of Judah 7 were standing before the Lord, along with their infants, wives, and children.
1 tn Heb “sword.”
2 tn Heb “for your name is in this house.” The “name” of the
3 tn Or “so that you may.”
4 tn Heb “now, look, the sons of Ammon, Moab and Mount Seir.”
5 tn Heb “whom you did not allow Israel to enter when they came from the land of Egypt.”
6 tn Heb “for [or “indeed”] upon you are our eyes.”
7 tn Heb “Judah.” The words “the men of” are supplied in the translation for clarity. The Hebrew text uses the name “Judah” by metonymy for the men of Judah.
