2 Chronicles 7:13

2 Chronicles 7:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;
• New International Version (NIV)“When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,
• English Standard Version (ESV)When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
• New King James Version (NKJV)When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people,

Context of 2 Chronicles 7:13

11After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the Lord’s temple and his royal palace, 12the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have answered your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made. When I close up the sky so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, or send a plague among my people, 14if my people, who belong to me, humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, and repudiate their sinful practices, then I will respond from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. 15Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place.

2 Chronicles 7:13 word by word

הֵ֣ן אֶֽעֱצֹ֤ר הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְלֹֽא־יִהְיֶ֣ה מָטָ֔ר וְהֵן־אֲצַוֶּ֥ה עַל־חָגָ֖ב לֶאֱכ֣וֹל הָאָ֑רֶץ וְאִם־אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח דֶּ֖בֶר בְּעַמִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Ifהֵןhên · look!H2005
• I shut upעָצַר‛âtsar · to restrainH6113
• heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• that there be no rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
• or if I commandצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• the locustsחָגָבchâgâb · locustH2284
• to devourאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• or if I sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• pestilenceדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698
• among my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 7:13

• 2 Chronicles 6:26“The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,
• Deuteronomy 11:17Then the anger of the Lord will erupt against you and he will close up the sky so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed from the good land that the Lord is about to give you.
• Job 11:10If he comes by and confines you and convenes a court, then who can prevent him?
• Job 12:14If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.
• Psalms 107:34and a fruitful land into a barren place, because of the sin of its inhabitants.
• Luke 4:25But in truth I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s days, when the sky was shut up three and a half years, and there was a great famine over all the land.
• Revelation 3:7“To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write the following: “This is the solemn pronouncement of the Holy One, the True One, who holds the key of David, who opens doors no one can shut, and shuts doors no one can open:
• Revelation 11:6These two have the power to close up the sky so that it does not rain during the time they are prophesying. They have power to turn the waters to blood and to strike the earth with every kind of plague whenever they want.
• Exodus 10:4But if you refuse to release my people, I am going to bring locusts into your territory tomorrow.
• Psalms 105:34He ordered locusts to come, innumerable grasshoppers.
• Joel 1:4What the gazam-locust left the ‘arbeh-locust consumed, what the ‘arbeh-locust left the yeleq-locust consumed, and what the yeleq-locust left the hasil-locust consumed!
• Joel 2:25I will make up for the years that the ‘arbeh-locust consumed your crops – the yeleq-locust, the hasil-locust, and the gazam-locust – my great army that I sent against you.
• Numbers 14:12I will strike them with the pestilence, and I will disinherit them; I will make you into a nation that is greater and mightier than they!”
• Numbers 16:46Then Moses said to Aaron, “Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the Lord – the plague has begun!”
• 2 Samuel 24:13Gad went to David and told him, “Shall seven years of famine come upon your land? Or shall you flee for three months from your enemy with him in hot pursuit? Or shall there be three days of plague in your land? Now decide what I should tell the one who sent me.”
• Ezekiel 14:19“Or suppose I were to send a plague into that land, and pour out my rage on it with bloodshed, killing both people and animals.

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13Or if I send pestilence - "The angel of death." - Targum.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13-15These verses refer directly to Solomon’s prayer (see 2 Chronicles 6:26, 28, 40). God explained to Solomon what is needed to be saved from judgment. In Solomon’s prayer, each situation was addressed separately. In the Lord’s answer, the response is more general and thorough. The people need humility, repentance, seeking the Lord, and prayer to heal from their troubles.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 7:13

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Chastisement
• Drought
• God
• Locust
• Nation
• Prayer
• Rain
• Solomon

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• Solomon
• Locust

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 7

• 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
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings