2 Chronicles 20:6
And said, O Lord God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
Cross-references
In 2 Chronicles 25:8, Amaziah is warned 'God has power to help and to cast down' — echo of God's supreme might in battle.
Exodus 3:15 repeats the 'God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob' formula — the source of Jehoshaphat's invocation here.
Daniel 4:32-35 emphasizes God's absolute sovereignty — none can stay His hand — matching the claim in 2 Chronicles 20:6 that no one can withstand God's power.
Daniel 4:25 repeats the declaration that the Most High rules over human kingdoms, directly reinforcing the same truth from 2 Chronicles 20:6.
Daniel 4:17 explicitly states that the Most High rules human kingdoms and appoints rulers, exactly the theme of God's sovereignty in 2 Chronicles 20:6.
In Isaiah 66:1, heaven is God's throne and earth His footstool, directly reinforcing Jehoshaphat's view of God ruling from heaven.
Psalm 47:8 repeats the claim that God reigns over the nations, directly paralleling the assertion of God's rule over all kingdoms in 2 Chronicles 20:6.
Psalm 47:2 echoes the same declaration of God as great King over all the earth, reinforcing the sovereignty Jehoshaphat proclaims.
In 1 Chronicles 29:12, David says 'in your hand are power and might'—an exact verbal parallel to Jehoshaphat's prayer.
In 1 Chronicles 29:11, David praises God's greatness, power, and rule over heaven and earth—the same themes Jehoshaphat uses.
In 1 Kings 8:23, Solomon's prayer uses the same 'no God like you in heaven or earth' phrasing, echoed here in Jehoshaphat's plea.
In Joshua 2:11, Rahab confesses the same truth—God in heaven above and earth beneath—showing even pagans recognize His sovereignty.
In Deuteronomy 4:39, the same declaration that Yahweh is God in heaven above and earth beneath reinforces Jehoshaphat's confession of God's sovereign rule.
Exodus 3:16 again uses the patriarchal formula — Jehoshaphat's prayer directly borrows this divine title.
Exodus 3:6 is the original 'God of your fathers' self-identification — Jehoshaphat echoes this exact title for God.
In 2 Kings 19:15, Hezekiah prays 'you are God, you alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth' — nearly identical confession of God's universal rule.
In Isaiah 14:27, the LORD's purpose is unassailable — 'who will turn it back?' echoes the claim that none can withstand God's power.
Romans 9:19 echoes the same idea that no one can resist God's will, directly paralleling Jehoshaphat's 'no one can withstand you.'
Jeremiah 27:5-8 shows God exercising sovereignty by giving nations to Nebuchadnezzar, illustrating the same divine control over kingdoms declared in 2 Chronicles 20:6.
1 Chronicles 29:18 is David's prayer using 'God of our fathers' — a parallel invocation to Jehoshaphat's opening words.
Psalm 115:3 declares God does whatever pleases Him in heaven, paralleling Jehoshaphat's assertion that none can withstand God's rule.