Thematic Bible
2 Chronicles 6:1 (show verse)
Then Solomon said:
The Lord said He would dwell in thick darkness,
2 Chronicles 6:2 (show verse)
a place for Your residence forever.
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2 Chronicles 6:3 (show verse)
Then the king turned and blessed the entire congregation of Israel while they were standing.
2 Chronicles 6:4 (show verse)
He said:
May the Lord God of Israel be praised!
He spoke directly to my father David,
and He has fulfilled the promise
by His power.
He said,
He spoke directly to my father David,
and He has fulfilled the promise
by His power.
He said,
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2 Chronicles 6:5 (show verse)
out of the land of Egypt,
I have not chosen a city to build a temple in
among any of the tribes of Israel,
so that My name would be there,
and I have not chosen a man
to be ruler over My people Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:6 (show verse)
so that My name will be there,
and I have chosen David
to be over My people Israel.”
2 Chronicles 6:7 (show verse)
to build a temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:8 (show verse)
“Since it was your desire to build a temple for My name,
you have done well to have this desire.
2 Chronicles 6:9 (show verse)
but your son, your own offspring,
will build the temple for My name.”
2 Chronicles 6:10 (show verse)
I have taken the place of my father David
and I sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised.
I have built the temple for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 6:11 (show verse)
where Yahweh’s covenant is
that He made with the Israelites.
2 Chronicles 6:12 (show verse)
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire congregation of Israel and spread out his hands.
2 Chronicles 6:13 (show verse)
For Solomon had made a bronze platform 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide, and 4½ feet high and put it in the court. He stood on it, knelt down in front of the entire congregation of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.
2 Chronicles 6:14 (show verse)
He said:
Lord God of Israel,
there is no God like You
in heaven or on earth,
keeping His gracious covenant
with Your servants who walk before You
with their whole heart.
there is no God like You
in heaven or on earth,
keeping His gracious covenant
with Your servants who walk before You
with their whole heart.
2 Chronicles 6:15 (show verse)
to Your servant, my father David.
You spoke directly to him,
and You fulfilled Your promise by Your power,
as it is today.
2 Chronicles 6:16 (show verse)
keep what You promised
to Your servant, my father David:
“You will never fail to have a man
to sit before Me on the throne of Israel,
if only your sons guard their way to walk in My Law
as you have walked before Me.”
2 Chronicles 6:17 (show verse)
what You promised to Your servant David.
2 Chronicles 6:18 (show verse)
Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You,
much less this temple I have built.
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2 Chronicles 6:19 (show verse)
Lord my God,
so that You may hear the cry and the prayer
that Your servant prays before You,
2 Chronicles 6:20 (show verse)
day and night,
toward the place where You said
You would put Your name;
and so that You may hear the prayer
Your servant prays toward this place.
2 Chronicles 6:21 (show verse)
and Your people Israel,
which they pray toward this place.
May You hear in Your dwelling place in heaven.
May You hear and forgive.
2 Chronicles 6:22 (show verse)
and is forced to take an oath
and he comes to take an oath
before Your altar in this temple,
2 Chronicles 6:23 (show verse)
May You judge Your servants,
condemning the wicked man by bringing
what he has done on his own head
and providing justice for the righteous
by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
2 Chronicles 6:24 (show verse)
because they have sinned against You,
and they return to You and praise Your name,
and they pray and plead for mercy
before You in this temple,
2 Chronicles 6:25 (show verse)
and forgive the sin of Your people Israel.
May You restore them to the land
You gave them and their ancestors.
2 Chronicles 6:26 (show verse)
because they have sinned against You,
and they pray toward this place
and praise Your name,
and they turn from their sins
because You are afflicting
2 Chronicles 6:27 (show verse)
and forgive the sin of Your servants
and Your people Israel,
so that You may teach them the good way
they should walk in.
May You send rain on Your land
that You gave Your people for an inheritance.
2 Chronicles 6:28 (show verse)
when there is pestilence,
when there is blight, mildew, locust, or grasshopper,
when their enemies besiege them
in the region of their fortified cities,
when there is any plague or illness,
2 Chronicles 6:29 (show verse)
anyone from your people Israel might have—
each man knowing his own affliction
and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
2 Chronicles 6:30 (show verse)
and may You forgive and repay the man
according to all his ways, since You know his heart,
for You alone know the human heart,
2 Chronicles 6:31 (show verse)
and walk in Your ways
all the days they live on the land
You gave our ancestors.
2 Chronicles 6:32 (show verse)
but has come from a distant land
because of Your great name
and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm:
when he comes and prays toward this temple,
2 Chronicles 6:33 (show verse)
and do all the foreigner asks You.
Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name,
to fear You as Your people Israel do
and know that this temple I have built
is called by Your name.
2 Chronicles 6:34 (show verse)
wherever You send them,
and they pray to You
in the direction of this city You have chosen
and the temple that I have built for Your name,
2 Chronicles 6:35 (show verse)
and uphold their cause.
2 Chronicles 6:36 (show verse)
for there is no one who does not sin
and You are angry with them
and hand them over to the enemy,
and their captors deport them
to a distant or nearby country,
2 Chronicles 6:37 (show verse)
in the land where they were deported
and repent and petition You in their captors’ land,
saying: “We have sinned and done wrong;
we have been wicked,”
2 Chronicles 6:38 (show verse)
in the land of their captivity where they were taken captive,
and when they pray in the direction of their land
that You gave their ancestors,
and the city You have chosen,
and toward the temple I have built for Your name,
2 Chronicles 6:39 (show verse)
Your dwelling place,
and uphold their cause.
May You forgive Your people
who sinned against You.
2 Chronicles 6:40 (show verse)
please let Your eyes be open
and Your ears attentive
to the prayer of this place.
2 Chronicles 6:41 (show verse)
You and Your powerful ark.
May Your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
and may Your godly people rejoice in goodness.
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » An oracle of God
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Of God's strength
Ark of the covenant » Was called the » Ark of God's strength
Christian ministers » Prayer for, exemplified
Leaders » Religious priests » Should be holy
priests » Garments of » Should be holy
Religious » priests » Should be holy
Robe » Of righteousness
Salvation » Illustrated by » Clothing
Salvation » Ministers » Should be clothed in
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Of God's strength
Ark of the covenant » Was called the » Ark of God's strength
Christian ministers » Prayer for, exemplified
Leaders » Religious priests » Should be holy
priests » Garments of » Should be holy
Religious » priests » Should be holy
Robe » Of righteousness
Salvation » Illustrated by » Clothing
Salvation » Ministers » Should be clothed in
2 Chronicles 6:42 (show verse)
remember the loyalty of Your servant David.
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