The Meaning of 2 Chronicles 20:11 Explained

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.

YLT: and lo, they are recompensing to us -- to come in to drive us out of Thy possession, that Thou hast caused us to possess.

Darby: behold, they reward us, in coming to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to possess.

ASV: behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of thy possession, which thou hast given us to inherit.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does 2 Chronicles 20:11 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 2 Chronicles 20

1  Jehoshaphat, invaded by Moab, proclaims a fast
5  His prayer
14  The prophecy of Jahaziel
20  Jehoshaphat exhorts the people, and sets singers to praise the Lord
22  The great overthrow of his enemies
26  The people, having blessed God at Berachah, return in triumph
31  Jehoshaphat's reign
35  His convoy of ships, according to the prophecy of Eliezer, unhappily perishes

What do the individual words in 2 Chronicles 20:11 mean?

And here are they rewarding us by coming to throw us out of Your possession which You have given us to inherit
וְהִ֨נֵּה־ הֵ֔ם גֹּמְלִ֖ים עָלֵ֑ינוּ לָבוֹא֙ לְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּ מִיְּרֻשָּׁתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֽוֹרַשְׁתָּֽנוּ

וְהִ֨נֵּה־  And  here  are 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Interjection
Root: הִנֵּה  
Sense: behold, lo, see, if.
גֹּמְלִ֖ים  rewarding 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: גָּמַל  
Sense: to deal fully with, recompense.
עָלֵ֑ינוּ  us 
Parse: Preposition, first person common plural
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
לָבוֹא֙  by  coming 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
לְגָ֣רְשֵׁ֔נוּ  to  throw  us  out 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Piel, Infinitive construct, first person common plural
Root: גָּרַשׁ 
Sense: to drive out, expel, cast out, drive away, divorce, put away, thrust away, trouble, cast up.
מִיְּרֻשָּׁתְךָ֖  of  Your  possession 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: יְרֻשָּׁה  
Sense: possession, inheritance.
הֽוֹרַשְׁתָּֽנוּ  You  have  given  us  to  inherit 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, second person masculine singular, first person common plural
Root: יָרַשׁ  
Sense: to seize, dispossess, take possession off, inherit, disinherit, occupy, impoverish, be an heir.