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2 Chronicles 6:19

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Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee;

KJV

Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 6

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth

on 2 Chronicles 6:18-21

Solomon asks, “But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth?” and answers that “Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built”. The prayer turns on its refrain, “May You hear from heaven,” which answers every petition, as at 1 Kings 8:27-30.

This site's exposition

regard the prayer and plea

The verse gathers three words for prayer: prayer, plea and cry. Henry holds a prayer which prevails must be warranted by the word of God, and Solomon grounds his plea in the word spoken to David. The request follows the confession of verse 18.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

But here he declares upon what inducements he undertook it, and they are such as not only justify, but magnify, the undertaking. He did it for the glory and honour of God; this was his highest and ultimate end in it. It was for the name of the Lord God of Israel (

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Nearly as improper and inadmissible is the idea that a temple can contribute to enhance the glory of God, as a monument may be raised in honor of a great man.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

But will God indeed dwell with man on the earth? This is an expression of wonder. Is it possible for man to believe that God will dwell on the earth? For the heaven and the heaven of the heaven, etc.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 6:18:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

17 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וּפָנִ֜יתָand you will turn

    ufanitaH6437 →135 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • תְּפִלַּ֧ת[the] prayer of

    tefilatH8605 →72 times

  • עַבְדְּךָ֛servant your

    ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • תְּחִנָּת֖וֹsupplication his

    techinatoH8467 →25 times

  • יְהוָ֣הO Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֱלֹהָ֑יGod my

    ʾelohaiH430 →2601 times

  • לִשְׁמֹ֤עַto listen

    lishmoa'H8085 →1159 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הָרִנָּה֙the cry of entreaty

    harinahH7440 →

  • וְאֶל־and to

    veel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַתְּפִלָּ֔הthe prayer

    hatefilahH8605 →72 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • עַבְדְּךָ֖servant your

    ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times

  • מִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל[is] praying

    mitpalelH6419 →84 times

  • לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃<to> before you

    lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

9 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 8:28Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.3 worksPsalms 20:1–3May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you.2 worksJohn 17:20I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,2 worksPsalms 130:2O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.2 worksLuke 18:1–7Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:2 worksPsalms 4:1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.2 works
The other 3 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 74:20Consider Your covenant, for haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.2 worksDaniel 9:17–19So now, our God, hear the prayers and petitions of Your servant. For Your sake, O Lord, cause Your face to shine upon Your desolate sanctuary.2 worksPsalms 5:1–2Give ear to my words, O LORD; consider my groaning.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    John 17:20

    I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,

    it leads to

    • John 17:6–11

      I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

    • Acts 2:41

      Those who embraced his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to the believers that day.

    • Acts 4:4

      But many who heard the message believed, and the number of men grew to about five thousand.

    • Romans 15:18–19

      I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

  • Through

    Psalms 130:2

    O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

    it leads to

    • 2 Chronicles 6:40

      Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

    • Nehemiah 1:11

      O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him…

    • Isaiah 37:17

      Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to all the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.

    • Psalms 61:1–2

      Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 2 Chronicles 6 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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