2 Chronicles 6
WEB·2 Chronicles 6
1Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
KJVThen saidH559(H8804) SolomonH8010, The LORDH3068 hath saidH559(H8804) that he would dwellH7931(H8800) in the thick darknessH6205.
2 But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
KJVBut I have builtH1129(H8804) an houseH1004 of habitationH2073 for thee, and a placeH4349 for thy dwellingH3427(H8800) for everH5769.
3 The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.
KJVAnd the kingH4428 turnedH5437(H8686) his faceH6440, and blessedH1288(H8762) the whole congregationH6951 of IsraelH3478: and all the congregationH6951 of IsraelH3478 stoodH5975(H8802).
4 He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
KJVAnd he saidH559(H8799), BlessedH1288(H8803) be the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, who hath with his handsH3027 fulfilledH4390(H8765) that which he spakeH1696(H8765) with his mouthH6310 to my fatherH1 DavidH1732, sayingH559(H8800),
5 ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there, and I chose no man to be prince over my people Israel;
KJVSince the dayH3117 that I brought forthH3318(H8689) my peopleH5971 out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714 I choseH977(H8804) no cityH5892 among all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 to buildH1129(H8800) an houseH1004 in, that my nameH8034 might be there; neither choseH977(H8804) I any manH376 to be a rulerH5057 over my peopleH5971 IsraelH3478:
6 but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
KJVBut I have chosenH977(H8799) JerusalemH3389, that my nameH8034 might be there; and have chosenH977(H8799) DavidH1732 to be over my peopleH5971 IsraelH3478.
7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
KJVNow it was in the heartH3824 of DavidH1732 my fatherH1 to buildH1129(H8800) an houseH1004 for the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478.
8 But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;
KJVBut the LORDH3068 saidH559(H8799) to DavidH1732 my fatherH1, Forasmuch as it was in thine heartH3824 to buildH1129(H8800) an houseH1004 for my nameH8034, thou didst wellH2895(H8689) in that it was in thine heartH3824:
9 nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’
KJVNotwithstandingH7535 thou shalt not buildH1129(H8799) the houseH1004; but thy sonH1121 which shall come forthH3318(H8802) out of thy loinsH2504, he shall buildH1129(H8799) the houseH1004 for my nameH8034.
10 “Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
KJVThe LORDH3068 therefore hath performedH6965(H8686) his wordH1697 that he hath spokenH1696(H8765): for I am risen upH6965(H8799) in the room of DavidH1732 my fatherH1, and am setH3427(H8799) on the throneH3678 of IsraelH3478, as the LORDH3068 promisedH1696(H8765), and have builtH1129(H8799) the houseH1004 for the nameH8034 of the LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478.
11 There I have set the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with the children of Israel.”
KJVAnd in itH8033 have I putH7760(H8799) the arkH727, wherein is the covenantH1285 of the LORDH3068, that he madeH3772(H8804) with the childrenH1121 of IsraelH3478.
12 He stood before Yahweh’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands
KJVAnd he stoodH5975(H8799) beforeH6440 the altarH4196 of the LORDH3068 in the presence of all the congregationH6951 of IsraelH3478, and spread forthH6566(H8799) his handsH3709:
13 (for Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the court; and he stood on it, and knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven).
KJVFor SolomonH8010 had madeH6213(H8804) a brasenH5178 scaffoldH3595, of fiveH2568 cubitsH520 longH753, and fiveH2568 cubitsH520 broadH7341, and threeH7969 cubitsH520 highH6967, and had setH5414(H8799) it in the midstH8432 of the courtH5835: and upon it he stoodH5975(H8799), and kneeled downH1288(H8799) upon his kneesH1290 before all the congregationH6951 of IsraelH3478, and spread forthH6566(H8799) his handsH3709 toward heavenH8064,
14 Then he said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
KJVAnd saidH559(H8799), O LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, there is no GodH430 like thee in the heavenH8064, nor in the earthH776; which keepestH8104(H8802) covenantH1285, and shewest mercyH2617 unto thy servantsH5650, that walkH1980(H8802) beforeH6440 thee with all their heartsH3820:
15 who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.
KJVThou which hast keptH8104(H8804) with thy servantH5650 DavidH1732 my fatherH1 that which thou hast promisedH1696(H8765) him; and spakestH1696(H8762) with thy mouthH6310, and hast fulfilledH4390(H8765) it with thine handH3027, as it is this dayH3117.
16 “Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’
KJVNow therefore, O LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, keepH8104(H8798) with thy servantH5650 DavidH1732 my fatherH1 that which thou hast promisedH1696(H8765) him, sayingH559(H8800), There shall not failH3772(H8735) thee a manH376 in my sightH6440 to sitH3427(H8802) upon the throneH3678 of IsraelH3478; yet soH7535 that thy childrenH1121 take heedH8104(H8799) to their wayH1870 to walkH3212(H8800) in my lawH8451, as thou hast walkedH1980(H8804) beforeH6440 me.
17 Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.
KJVNow then, O LORDH3068 GodH430 of IsraelH3478, let thy wordH1697 be verifiedH539(H8735), which thou hast spokenH1696(H8765) unto thy servantH5650 DavidH1732.
18 “But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
KJVBut will GodH430 in very deedH552 dwellH3427(H8799) with menH120 on the earthH776? behold, heavenH8064 and the heavenH8064 of heavensH8064 cannot containH3557(H8770) thee; how much less this houseH1004 which I have builtH1129(H8804)!
19 Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
KJVHave respectH6437(H8804) therefore to the prayerH8605 of thy servantH5650, and to his supplicationH8467, O LORDH3068 my GodH430, to hearkenH8085(H8800) unto the cryH7440 and the prayerH8605 which thy servantH5650 prayethH6419(H8693) beforeH6440 thee:
20 that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name, to listen to the prayer which your servant will pray toward this place.
KJVThat thine eyesH5869 may be openH6605(H8803) upon this houseH1004 dayH3119 and nightH3915, upon the placeH4725 whereof thou hast saidH559(H8804) that thou wouldest putH7760(H8800) thy nameH8034 there; to hearkenH8085(H8800) unto the prayerH8605 which thy servantH5650 prayethH6419(H8691) toward this placeH4725.
21 Listen to the petitions of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
KJVHearkenH8085(H8804) therefore unto the supplicationsH8469 of thy servantH5650, and of thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, which they shall makeH6419(H8691) toward this placeH4725: hearH8085(H8799) thou from thy dwellingH3427(H8800) placeH4725, even from heavenH8064; and when thou hearestH8085(H8804), forgiveH5545(H8804).
22 “If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house,
KJVIf a manH376 sinH2398(H8799) against his neighbourH7453, and an oathH423 be laidH5375(H8804) upon him to make him swearH422(H8687), and the oathH423 comeH935(H8804) beforeH6440 thine altarH4196 in this houseH1004;
23 then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
KJVThen hearH8085(H8799) thou from heavenH8064, and doH6213(H8804), and judgeH8199(H8804) thy servantsH5650, by requitingH7725(H8687) the wickedH7563, by recompensingH5414(H8800) his wayH1870 upon his own headH7218; and by justifyingH6663(H8687) the righteousH6662, by givingH5414(H8800) him according to his righteousnessH6666.
24 “If your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house,
KJVAnd if thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478 be put to the worseH5062(H8735) beforeH6440 the enemyH341(H8802), because they have sinnedH2398(H8799) against thee; and shall returnH7725(H8804) and confessH3034(H8689) thy nameH8034, and prayH6419(H8694) and make supplicationH2603(H8694) beforeH6440 thee in this houseH1004;
25 then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.
KJVThen hearH8085(H8799) thou from the heavensH8064, and forgiveH5545(H8804) the sinH2403 of thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, and bring them againH7725(H8689) unto the landH127 which thou gavestH5414(H8804) to them and to their fathersH1.
26 “When the sky is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and confess your name, and turn from their sin when you afflict them,
KJVWhen the heavenH8064 is shut upH6113(H8736), and there is no rainH4306, because they have sinnedH2398(H8799) against thee; yet if they prayH6419(H8694) toward this placeH4725, and confessH3034(H8689) thy nameH8034, and turnH7725(H8799) from their sinH2403, when thou dost afflictH6031(H8686) them;
27 then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
KJVThen hearH8085(H8799) thou from heavenH8064, and forgiveH5545(H8804) the sinH2403 of thy servantsH5650, and of thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, when thou hast taughtH3384(H8686) them the goodH2896 wayH1870, wherein they should walkH3212(H8799); and sendH5414(H8804) rainH4306 upon thy landH776, which thou hast givenH5414(H8804) unto thy peopleH5971 for an inheritanceH5159.
28 “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is—
KJVIf there be dearthH7458 in the landH776, if there be pestilenceH1698, if there be blastingH7711, or mildewH3420, locustsH697, or caterpillersH2625; if their enemiesH341(H8802) besiegeH6887(H8686) them in the citiesH8179 of their landH776; whatsoever soreH5061 or whatsoever sicknessH4245 there be:
29 whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who will each know his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread out his hands toward this house,
KJVThen what prayerH8605 or what supplicationH8467 soever shall be made of any manH120, or of all thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, when every oneH376 shall knowH3045(H8799) his own soreH5061 and his own griefH4341, and shall spread forthH6566(H8804) his handsH3709 in this houseH1004:
30 then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive, and give to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men),
KJVThen hearH8085(H8799) thou from heavenH8064 thy dwellingH3427(H8800) placeH4349, and forgiveH5545(H8804), and renderH5414(H8804) unto every manH376 according unto all his waysH1870, whose heartH3824 thou knowestH3045(H8799);(for thou only knowestH3045(H8804) the heartsH3824 of the childrenH1121 of menH120:)
31 that they may fear you, to walk in your ways as long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
KJVThat they may fearH3372(H8799) thee, to walkH3212(H8800) in thy waysH1870, so long asH3117 they liveH2416H6440 in the landH127 which thou gavestH5414(H8804) unto our fathersH1.
32 “Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for your great name’s sake and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house,
KJVMoreover concerning the strangerH5237, which is not of thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, but is comeH935(H8804) from a farH7350 countryH776 for thy greatH1419 name'sH8034 sake, and thy mightyH2389 handH3027, and thy stretched outH5186(H8803) armH2220; if they comeH935(H8804) and prayH6419(H8694) in this houseH1004;
33 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
KJVThen hearH8085(H8799) thou from the heavensH8064, even from thy dwellingH3427(H8800) placeH4349, and doH6213(H8804) according to all that the strangerH5237 callethH7121(H8799) to thee for; that all peopleH5971 of the earthH776 may knowH3045(H8799) thy nameH8034, and fearH3372(H8800) thee, as doth thy peopleH5971 IsraelH3478, and may knowH3045(H8800) that this houseH1004 which I have builtH1129(H8804) is calledH7121(H8738) by thy nameH8034.
34 “If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;
KJVIf thy peopleH5971 go outH3318(H8799) to warH4421 against their enemiesH341(H8802) by the wayH1870 that thou shalt sendH7971(H8799) them, and they prayH6419(H8694) unto thee towardH1870 this cityH5892 which thou hast chosenH977(H8804), and the houseH1004 which I have builtH1129(H8804) for thy nameH8034;
35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
KJVThen hearH8085(H8804) thou from the heavensH8064 their prayerH8605 and their supplicationH8467, and maintainH6213(H8804) their causeH4941.
36 “If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
KJVIf they sinH2398(H8799) against thee,(for there is no manH120 which sinnethH2398(H8799) not,) and thou be angryH599(H8804) with them, and deliverH5414(H8804) them over beforeH6440 their enemiesH341(H8802), and they carry them awayH7617(H8804) captivesH7617(H8802) unto a landH776 far offH7350 or nearH7138;
37 yet if they come to their senses in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;’
KJVYet if they bethinkH7725(H8689)H3824 themselves in the landH776 whither they are carried captiveH7617(H8738), and turnH7725(H8804) and prayH2603(H8694) unto thee in the landH776 of their captivityH7628, sayingH559(H8800), We have sinnedH2398(H8804), we have done amissH5753(H8689), and have dealt wickedlyH7561(H8804);
38 if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;
KJVIf they returnH7725(H8804) to thee with all their heartH3820 and with all their soulH5315 in the landH776 of their captivityH7628, whither they have carried them captivesH7617(H8804), and prayH6419(H8694) towardH1870 their landH776, which thou gavestH5414(H8804) unto their fathersH1, and toward the cityH5892 which thou hast chosenH977(H8804), and toward the houseH1004 which I have builtH1129(H8804) for thy nameH8034:
39 then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
KJVThen hearH8085(H8804) thou from the heavensH8064, even from thy dwellingH3427(H8800) placeH4349, their prayerH8605 and their supplicationsH8467, and maintainH6213(H8804) their causeH4941, and forgiveH5545(H8804) thy peopleH5971 which have sinnedH2398(H8804) against thee.
40 “Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
KJVNow, my GodH430, let, I beseech thee, thine eyesH5869 be openH6605(H8803), and let thine earsH241 be attentH7183 unto the prayerH8605 that is made in this placeH4725.
41 “Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.
KJVNow therefore ariseH6965(H8798), O LORDH3068 GodH430, into thy restingH5118 place, thou, and the arkH727 of thy strengthH5797: let thy priestsH3548, O LORDH3068 GodH430, be clothedH3847(H8799) with salvationH8668, and let thy saintsH2623 rejoiceH8055(H8799) in goodnessH2896.
42 “Yahweh God, don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant.”
KJVO LORDH3068 GodH430, turn not awayH7725(H8686) the faceH6440 of thine anointedH4899: rememberH2142(H8798) the merciesH2617 of DavidH1732 thy servantH5650.
2 Chronicles 6
Section titles come from the Biblion commentary, not from Scripture.
You can also read or listen to the Introduction to the book of 2 Chronicles.
People and places from Theographic, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.