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2 Chronicles 6:24-40
24And if thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478 be put to the worse before the enemyH341, because they have sinnedH2398 against thee, and shall turnH7725 again and confessH3034 thy nameH8034, and prayH6419, and make supplication before thee in this houseH1004;
25then hearH8085 thou from the heavensH8064, and forgiveH5545 the sinH2403 of thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, and bringH7725 them again unto the landH127 that thou gavest to them and to their fathersH1.
26When the heavensH8064 are shutH6113 up, and there is no rainH4306, because they have sinnedH2398 against thee; if they prayH6419 toward this placeH4725, and confessH3034 thy nameH8034, and turnH7725 from their sinH2398, because thou hast afflicted them;
27then hearH8085 thou in the heavensH8064, and forgiveH5545 the sinH2403 of thy servantsH5650, and of thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, when thou teachest them the goodH2896 wayH1870 wherein they should walk; and giveH5414 rainH4306 upon thy landH776, which thou hast givenH5414 to thy peopleH5971 for an inheritanceH5159.
28If there beH1961 famineH7458 in the landH776, if there beH1961 pestilenceH1698, if there beH1961 blightH7711 or mildewH3420, locustH697 or caterpillar; if their enemiesH341 besiege them in the landH776 of their gatesH8179; whatever plagueH1698 or whatever sicknessH4245 there beH1961:
29what prayerH8605, what supplicationH8467 soever beH1961 madeH3045 by any manH376, or by all thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, when they shall knowH3045 every manH376 his own plagueH5061, and his own grief, and shall spreadH6566 forth his handsH3709 toward this houseH1004;
30then hearH8085 thou from the heavensH8064, the settled placeH4349 of thy dwellingH3427, and forgiveH5545, and render unto every manH376 according to all his waysH1870, whose heartH3824 thou knowest (for thou, thou onlyH905, knowest the heartsH3824 of the children of menH376),
31that they may fearH3372 thee, to walk in thy waysH1870, all the daysH3117 that they live upon the landH127 which thou gavest unto our fathersH1.
32And as to the stranger alsoH1571, who is not of thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, but cometh out of a farH7350 country for thy greatH1419 name's sakeH4616, and thy mightyH2389 handH3027 and thy stretched-outH5186 armH2220; whenH834 they shall comeH935 and prayH6419 toward this houseH1004,
33then hearH8085 thou from the heavensH8064, the settled placeH4349 of thy dwellingH3427, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; in order that all peoplesH5971 of the earthH776 may knowH3045 thy nameH8034, and may fearH3372 thee as do thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, and may knowH3045 that this houseH1004 which I have builtH1129 is calledH7121 by thy nameH8034.
34If thy peopleH5971 goH3318 out to battleH4421 against their enemiesH341 by the wayH1870 that thou shalt sendH7971 them, and they prayH6419 unto thee toward this cityH5892 that thou hast chosenH977, and the houseH1004 that I have builtH1129 unto thy nameH8034;
35then hearH8085 thou from the heavensH8064 their prayerH8605 and their supplicationH8467, and maintain their rightH4941.
36If they have sinnedH2398 against thee (for there is no manH120 that sinneth not), and thou be angryH599 with them, and giveH5414 them up to the enemyH341, and they have carried them away captivesH7617 unto a landH776 farH7350 off or near;
37and if they shall take it to heartH3824 in the landH776 whither they were carried captiveH7617, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the landH776 of their captivityH7633, sayingH559, We have sinnedH2398, we have done iniquity and have dealt perversely;
38and if they returnH7725 unto thee with all their heartH3820 and with all their soulH5315 in the landH776 of their captivityH7633, whither they have carried them captivesH7633, and prayH6419 toward their landH776 which thou gavest unto their fathersH1, and the cityH5892 that thou hast chosenH977, and the houseH1004 that I have builtH1129 unto thy nameH8034;
39then hearH8085 thou from the heavensH8064, from the settled placeH4349 of thy dwellingH3427, their prayerH8605 and their supplicationsH8467, and maintain their rightH4941, and forgiveH5545 thy peopleH5971 their sinH2398 against thee.
40NowH6258, my 1GodH430, I beseech thee, let thine eyesH5869 beH1961 openH6605 and let thine earsH241 beH1961 attentive unto the prayerH8605 [that is made] in this placeH4725.
Notes
- 1. 2 Chronicles 6:40 6.40 Elohim ↩
Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
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- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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