2 Chronicles 6:42

Modern

O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”

Traditional

O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

Literal

O YHWH God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed. Remember the loving devotion to David Your servant.”

Latin

Domine Deus, ne averteris faciem christi tui: memento misericordiarum David servi tui.

Hebrew

English

O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”

In line with the start of the prayer (2 Chronicles 6:15–17), Solomon asks God to remember his constant love for David. This refers to the covenant promise God made to David (1 Chronicles 17:4–14; see Isaiah 55:3).

Solomon’s prayer ends with a quote from a psalm (Psalm 132:8–10). This prayer marked the final step in moving the ark to its place in the temple. Prayers with psalms also accompanied David’s move of the ark to Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 16:7–36). Solomon’s use of a psalm reminds us of when the ark first reached its rightful place.
God is called to arise, not for war (compare Numbers 10:35), but to rest in the temple.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
Psalm 132:1
A song of ascents. O LORD, remember on behalf of David all the hardships he endured,
1 Kings 2:16
So now I have just one request of you; do not deny me.” “State your request,” she told him.
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners,
Psalm 132:10
For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.
Psalm 89:24
My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
Psalm 89:28
I will forever preserve My loving devotion for him, and My covenant with him will stand fast.
Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
Acts 13:34
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
1 Kings 1:34
There Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet are to anoint him king over Israel. You are to blow the ram’s horn and declare, ‘Long live King Solomon!’

David: Anointed king of Israel, ancestor of Jesus Christ