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

11Thus Solomon finished the house of Yhwh, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of Yhwh, and in his own house, he prosperously effected. 12And Yhwh appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for an house of sacrifice. 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; 14If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. 15Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made 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

• 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 6:26When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
• Deuteronomy 11:17And then Yhwh's wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which Yhwh giveth you.
• Job 11:10If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him?
• Job 12:14Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
• Psalms 107:34A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
• Luke 4:25But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;
• Revelation 3:7And to the angel of the Assembly in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth;
• Revelation 11:6These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.
• Exodus 10:4Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
• Psalms 105:34He spake, and the locusts came, and caterpillers, and that without number,
• Joel 1:4That which the palmerworm hath left hath the locust eaten; and that which the locust hath left hath the cankerworm eaten; and that which the cankerworm hath left hath the caterpiller eaten.
• Joel 2:25And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
• Numbers 14:12I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
• Numbers 16:46And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from Yhwh; the plague is begun.
• 2 Samuel 24:13So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days’ pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.
• Ezekiel 14:19Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

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

In the dictionaries

• 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