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2 Chronicles 6:27

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then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou teachest them the good way wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given to thy people for an inheritance.

KJV

Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

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Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

When the skies are shut and there is no rain

on 2 Chronicles 6:26-27

The third petition, “When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned,” matches 1 Kings 8:35-36 word for word. At 1 Kings 17:1 Elijah will announce neither dew nor rain, the judgment named here before any king has brought it on.

This site's exposition

teach them the good way

In verse 26 the people sin, and the skies are shut. The answer joins forgiveness with teaching, and rain on the inheritance follows once God has shown His people the good way. Henry places forgiveness before every other answer to prayer, and here it comes before the rain.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

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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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This we also may, in faith, pray for, building upon the repeated declarations God has made of his readiness to accepts penitents. That God would bid the strangers welcome to this house, and answer their prayers (

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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

This we may, in faith, pray for, for we are sure it shall be done. God sitteth on the throne judging right. That God would return in mercy to his people when they repented, and reformed, and sought unto him,

The words behind it

24 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.

  • וְאַתָּ֣ה׀and you

    veatahH859 →1094 times

  • תִּשְׁמַ֣עyou will hear

    tishma'H8085 →1159 times

  • הַשָּׁמַ֗יִםthe heavens

    hashamayimH8064 →421 times

  • וְסָ֨לַחְתָּ֜and you will forgive

    vesalachtaH5545 →46 times

  • לְחַטַּ֤את<to> [the] sin of

    lechatatH2403 →295 times

  • עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙servants your

    ʾavadeikhaH5650 →799 times

  • וְעַמְּךָ֣and people your

    veamekhaH5971 →1873 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • כִּ֥יthat

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • תוֹרֵ֛םyou will direct them

    toremH3384 →80 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • הַדֶּ֥רֶךְthe way

    haderekhH1870 →707 times

  • הַטּוֹבָ֖ה<the> good

    hatovahH2896 →538 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יֵֽלְכוּ־they will walk

    yelekhu-H1980 →1546 times

  • בָ֑הּin it

    vah

  • וְנָתַתָּ֤הand you will give

    venatatahH5414 →2011 times

  • מָטָר֙rain

    matarH4306 →38 times

  • עַֽל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • אַרְצְךָ֔land your

    ʾartzekhaH776 →2504 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־which

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • נָתַ֥תָּהyou gave

    natatahH5414 →2011 times

  • לְעַמְּךָ֖to people your

    leamekhaH5971 →1873 times

  • לְנַחֲלָֽה׃ סfor an inheritance

    lenachalahH5159 →

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

Related verses

18 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.

2 Chronicles 7:14and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.103 works1 Samuel 12:23As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.6 worksJeremiah 5:24They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’3 worksZechariah 10:1Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.3 works1 Kings 8:35–36When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,3 worksPsalms 94:12Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Psalms 68:9You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.2 worksJob 37:11–14He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.2 worksJoel 2:23Be glad, O children of Zion, and rejoice in the LORD your God, for He has given you the autumn rains for your vindication. He sends you showers, both autumn and spring rains, as before.2 worksMicah 4:2And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.2 worksHosea 2:21–22“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.2 worksPsalms 119:33Teach me, O LORD, the way of Your statutes, and I will keep them to the end.2 worksPsalms 25:12Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.2 worksJeremiah 6:16This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’2 works1 Kings 18:40–45Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.2 worksPsalms 25:4–5Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.2 worksJeremiah 42:3Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”2 worksJeremiah 14:22Can the worthless idols of the nations bring rain? Do the skies alone send showers? Is this not by You, O LORD our God? So we put our hope in You, for You have done all these things.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

    Psalms 94:12

    Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 3:11–12

      My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke;

    • Job 5:17

      Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.

    • Hebrews 12:5–11

      And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

    • 1 Corinthians 11:32

      But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.

    • Revelation 3:19

      Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.

  • Through

    Zechariah 10:1

    Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.

    it leads to

    • James 5:16–18

      Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.

    • Isaiah 44:3

      For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.

    • Matthew 7:7–8

      Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

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

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