2 Chronicles 6:42
in 2 Chronicles 6O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
O Jehovah God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember thy lovingkindnesses to David thy servant.
KJV
O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 6
Commentary
6 notes on this verseTurn not away the face of thine anointed - “At least do me good; and if not for my sake, do it for thy own sake.” - Jarchi. These two last verses are not in the parallel place in 1 Kings 8:22-53. There are other differences between the two places in this prayer, but they are not of much consequence.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Lord, remember his merits, and accept of us, on the account of them. Remember the promises of the everlasting covenant, which are called the sure mercies of David, Isaiah lv, 3. This must be all our desire, all our hope, all our prayer, and all our plea; for it is all our salvation.
The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; and how can we express ourselves in better language to God than that of his own Spirit? But these words were of use, in a special manner, to direct Solomon, because they had reference to this very work that he was now doing.
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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We may plead, as Solomon does here, with an eye to Christ:--"We deserve that God should turn away our face, that he should reject us and our prayers; but we come in the name of the Lord Jesus, thy anointed, thy Messiah (so the word is), thy Christ, so the LXX.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The words are equivalent in meaning to this: Do not reject my present petitions; do not send me from Thy throne of grace dejected in countenance and disappointed in heart. remember the mercies of David thy servant--that is, the mercies promised to David, and in consideration of that promise, hear and answer my prayer (compare Ps 132:10).
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוָ֣ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהִ֔ים | ʾelohim | God | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תָּשֵׁ֖ב | tashev | you turn away | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| פְּנֵ֣י | penei | [the] faces of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מְשִׁיחֶ֑יךָ | meshicheikha | anointed [one] your | H4899 → | |
| זָכְרָ֕ה | zakherah | remember ! | H2142 → | 230 times |
| לְחַֽסְדֵ֖י | lechasdei | <to> [the] covenant loyalti<es> of | H2617 → | 247 times |
| דָּוִ֥יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ פ | ʾavdekha | servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
יְהוָ֣הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהִ֔יםGod
ʾelohimH430 →2601 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תָּשֵׁ֖בyou turn away
tashevH7725 →1056 times
פְּנֵ֣י[the] faces of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
מְשִׁיחֶ֑יךָanointed [one] your
meshicheikhaH4899 →
זָכְרָ֕הremember !
zakherahH2142 →230 times
לְחַֽסְדֵ֖י<to> [the] covenant loyalti<es> of
lechasdeiH2617 →247 times
דָּוִ֥ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃ פservant your
ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Isaiah 55:3Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:40
I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away…
- Matthew 11:28
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
- Proverbs 4:20
My son, pay attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings.
- John 10:27
My sheep listen to My voice; I know them, and they follow Me.
- Acts 13:34
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
- Jeremiah 32:40
Through
Psalms 2:2The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:
it leads to
- Matthew 26:59
Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.
- Revelation 17:12–14
The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
- Matthew 27:1
When morning came, all the chief priests and elders of the people conspired against Jesus to put Him to death.
- Matthew 26:59
About 2 Chronicles
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.