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

2 Chronicles 20:11 · KJV

“Behold, {I say, how} they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.”

— 2 Chronicles 20:11

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;

Verse 12

O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes {are} upon thee.

2 Chronicles 20 — Context

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.

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;

Behold, {I say, how} they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes {are} upon thee.

And all Judah stood before the LORD, with their little ones, their wives, and their children.

Cross References

Psalms 83:3-12

They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.

Jeremiah 18:20

Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, {and} to turn away thy wrath from them.

Genesis 44:4

{And} when they were gone out of the city, {and} not {yet} far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Psalms 35:12

They rewarded me evil for good {to} the spoiling of my soul. {spoiling: Heb. depriving}

Psalms 7:4

If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)

Proverbs 17:13

Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

Judges 11:23-24

So now the LORD God of Israel hath dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and shouldest thou possess it?