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2 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 6:29

Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication · 2 Chronicles 6:12–42
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Translations

Modern
…then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
Traditional
Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
Literal
…any prayer, any supplication that is by any man, or by all Your people Israel, when they know, each one, his own burden and his own grief, and he spreads out his hands to this house,
Latin
…si quis de populo tuo Israël fuerit deprecatus, cognoscens plagam et infirmitatem suam, et expanderit manus suas in domo hac,

Original

Hebrew
English
…then may whatever prayer or plea Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

Notes

2 Chronicles 6:28–31

Petition 4: Solomon showed a special sensitivity to human suffering. He included both the private sorrow of those whose pain is hidden and the public distress of those whose pain is obvious. The prayer is personal, asking for God's understanding of each person's motives. It also asks for God's guidance so that the pain of failure might encourage the individual to follow God's ways in the future.

2 Chronicles 6:21–39

In his covenant with Israel, the Lord promised blessings and life for obedience, and curses and death for disobedience (Deuteronomy 27:11–28:68; 30:15–18). Solomon prayed for God to listen and forgive when the people broke God's covenant. The seven "if-then" requests in his prayer covered any future situations the covenant people might face. In each case, Solomon described the situation and asked God to help his people.

Parallels

1 Kings 8:22–53

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes

Glossary

Chronicles, Books of First and Second Genealogy Locusts

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Benefits of Afflictions and Adversities: Design of Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Chastisement: from God Public Prayer: Solomon the First Temple: Solemnly Dedicated to God by Solomon