Verse 38

2 Chronicles 6:38

New Living Translation

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38 If they turn to you with their whole heart and soul in the land of their captivity and pray toward the land you gave to their ancestors — toward this city you have chosen, and toward this Temple I have built to honor your name —

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/שָׁ֣בוּ אֵלֶ֗י/ךָ בְּ/כָל לִבָּ/ם֙ וּ/בְ/כָל נַפְשָׁ֔/ם בְּ/אֶ֥רֶץ שִׁבְיָ֖/ם אֲשֶׁר שָׁב֣וּ אֹתָ֑/ם וְ/הִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ דֶּ֤רֶךְ אַרְצָ/ם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תָּה לַ/אֲבוֹתָ֔/ם וְ/הָ/עִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֔רְתָּ וְ/לַ/בַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר בָּנִ֥יתִי לִ/שְׁמֶֽ/ךָ

English Translation

And they will return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity where they were taken, and they will pray to you toward their land which you gave to their ancestors and the city which you chose, and the house that I built for your name.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 Then Solomon prayed, “O LORD, you have said that you would live in a thick cloud of darkness. Focus ↗

2 Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!” Focus ↗

3 Then the king turned around to the entire community of Israel standing before him and gave this bles... Focus ↗

4 “Praise the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father, David.... Focus ↗

5 ‘From the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of... Focus ↗

6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem as the place for my name to be honored, and I have chosen David to b... Focus ↗

7 Then Solomon said, “My father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the... Focus ↗

8 But the LORD told him, ‘You wanted to build the Temple to honor my name. Your intention is good, Focus ↗

9 but you are not the one to do it. One of your own sons will build the Temple to honor me.’ Focus ↗

10 “And now the LORD has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father’s place, an... Focus ↗

11 There I have placed the Ark, which contains the covenant that the LORD made with the people of Israe... Focus ↗

12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire community of Israel, and he l... Focus ↗

13 Now Solomon had made a bronze platform 7 1⁄2 feet long, 7 1⁄2 feet wide, and 4 1⁄2 feet high and had... Focus ↗

14 He prayed, “O LORD, God (Elohim) of Israel, there is no God (Elohim) like you in all of heaven and e... Focus ↗

15 You have kept your promise to your servant David, my father. You made that promise with your own mou... Focus ↗

16 “And now, O LORD, God (Elohim) of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant... Focus ↗

17 Now, O LORD, God (Elohim) of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant David. Focus ↗

18 “But will God (Elohim) really live on earth among people? Why, even the highest heavens cannot conta... Focus ↗

19 Nevertheless, listen to my prayer and my plea, O LORD my God (Elohim). Hear the cry and the prayer t... Focus ↗

20 May you watch over this Temple day and night, this place where you have said you would put your name... Focus ↗

21 May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this... Focus ↗

22 “If someone wrongs another person and is required to take an oath of innocence in front of your alta... Focus ↗

23 then hear from heaven and judge between your servants — the accuser and the accused. Pay back the gu... Focus ↗

24 “If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if th... Focus ↗

25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gav... Focus ↗

26 “If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if t... Focus ↗

27 then hear from heaven and forgive the sins of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them to follo... Focus ↗

28 “If there is a famine in the land or a plague or crop disease or attacks of locusts or caterpillars,... Focus ↗

29 and if your people Israel pray about their troubles or sorrow, raising their hands toward this Templ... Focus ↗

30 then hear from heaven where you live, and forgive. Give your people what their actions deserve, for... Focus ↗

31 Then they will fear you and walk in your ways as long as they live in the land you gave to our ances... Focus ↗

32 “In the future, foreigners who do not belong to your people Israel will hear of you. They will come... Focus ↗

33 then hear from heaven where you live, and grant what they ask of you. In this way, all the people of... Focus ↗

34 “If your people go out where you send them to fight their enemies, and if they pray to you by turnin... Focus ↗

35 then hear their prayers from heaven and uphold their cause. Focus ↗

36 “If they sin against you — and who has never sinned? — you might become angry with them and let thei... Focus ↗

37 But in that land of exile, they might turn to you in repentance and pray, ‘We have sinned, done evil... Focus ↗

38 If they turn to you with their whole heart and soul in the land of their captivity and pray toward t...

39 then hear their prayers and their petitions from heaven where you live, and uphold their cause. Forg... Focus ↗

40 “O my God (Elohim), may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to all the prayers made to you in... Focus ↗

41 “And now arise, O LORD God (Elohim), and enter your resting place, along with the Ark, the symbol... Focus ↗

42 O LORD God (Elohim), do not reject the king you have anointed. Remember your unfailing love for y... Focus ↗

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Book: 2 Chronicles
Chapter: Chapter 6 (42 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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