Verse 24

2 Chronicles 6:24

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24 And if your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned to you again, honouring your name, making prayers and requesting your Grace in this house:

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְֽ/אִם יִנָּגֵ֞ף עַמְּ/ךָ֧ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לִ/פְנֵ֥י אוֹיֵ֖ב כִּ֣י יֶֽחֶטְאוּ לָ֑/ךְ וְ/שָׁ֨בוּ֙ וְ/הוֹד֣וּ אֶת שְׁמֶ֔/ךָ וְ/הִתְפַּֽלְל֧וּ וְ/הִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּ לְ/פָנֶ֖י/ךָ בַּ/בַּ֥יִת הַ/זֶּֽה

English Translation

If your people Israel are defeated before the enemy because they have sinned against you and they return and confess your name and pray and plead before you in this house.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 Then Solomon said, O Lord, to the sun you have given the heaven for a living-place, but your living-... Focus ↗

2 So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present. Focus ↗

3 Then, turning his face about, the king gave a blessing to all the men of Israel; and they were all o... Focus ↗

4 And he said, Praise be to the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who himself gave his word to my fath... Focus ↗

5 From the day when I took my people out of the land of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has... Focus ↗

6 But now I have made selection of Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and of David, to be over my... Focus ↗

7 Now it was in the heart of my father David to put up a house for the name of the Lord, the God (Eloh... Focus ↗

8 But the Lord said to David my father, You did well to have in your heart the desire to make a house... Focus ↗

9 But you yourself will not be the builder of the house; but your son, the offspring of your body, he... Focus ↗

10 And the Lord has kept his word; for I have taken my father David's place on the seat of the kingdom... Focus ↗

11 And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people o... Focus ↗

12 Then he took his place in front of the altar of the Lord, all the men of Israel being present, Focus ↗

13 (For Solomon had made a brass stage, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and h... Focus ↗

14 And he said, O Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, there is no God (Elohim) like you in heaven or on e... Focus ↗

15 For you have kept the word which you gave to your servant David, my father; with your mouth you said... Focus ↗

16 So now, O Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, let your word to your servant David, my father, come tru... Focus ↗

17 So now, O Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, make your word come true which you said to your servant... Focus ↗

18 But is it truly possible that God (Elohim) may be housed with men on earth? see, heaven and the heav... Focus ↗

19 Still, let your heart be turned to the prayer of your servant and to his prayer for grace, O Lord my... Focus ↗

20 That your eyes may be open to this house day and night, to this place of which you have said that yo... Focus ↗

21 And give ear to the prayers of your servant and of your people Israel, when they make their prayers,... Focus ↗

22 If a man does wrong to his neighbour and has to take an oath, and comes before your altar to take hi... Focus ↗

23 Then let your ear be open in heaven, and be the judge of your servants, giving punishment to the wro... Focus ↗

24 And if your people Israel are overcome in war, because of their sin against you; if they are turned...

25 Then give ear from heaven, and let the sin of your people Israel have forgiveness, and take them bac... Focus ↗

26 When heaven is shut up and there is no rain, because of their sin against you: if they make prayers... Focus ↗

27 Then give ear from heaven, so that the sin of your servants and the sin of your people Israel may ha... Focus ↗

28 If there is no food in the land, if there is disease, if the fruits of the earth are damaged by heat... Focus ↗

29 Whatever prayer or request for your grace is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, whatever... Focus ↗

30 Then give ear from heaven your living-place, answering with forgiveness, and give to every man, whos... Focus ↗

31 So that they may give you worship, walking in your ways, as long as they are living in the land whic... Focus ↗

32 And as for the man from a strange land, who is not of your people Israel but comes from a far countr... Focus ↗

33 Then give ear from heaven your living-place, and give him his desire, whatever it may be; so that al... Focus ↗

34 If your people go out to war against their attackers, by whatever way you may send them, if they mak... Focus ↗

35 Then give ear from heaven to their prayer and their cry for grace, and see right done to them. Focus ↗

36 If they do wrong against you, (for no man is without sin,) and you are angry with them, and give the... Focus ↗

37 And if they take thought, in the land where they are prisoners, turning again to you, crying out in... Focus ↗

38 If with all their heart and soul they are turned again to you, in the land where they are prisoners,... Focus ↗

39 Then give ear from heaven your living-place to their prayer and their cry, and see right done to the... Focus ↗

40 Now, O my God (Elohim), may your eyes be open and your ears awake to the prayers made in this place. Focus ↗

41 Up! now, O Lord God (Elohim), come back to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength: let... Focus ↗

42 O Lord God (Elohim), let him whom you have taken for yourself never be given up by you: keep in mind... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 6 (42 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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