2 Chronicles 7:15
in 2 Chronicles 7Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place.
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ASV
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent, unto the prayer that is made in this place.
KJV
Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 7
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The prayer that is made in this place - literally, as in the margin. The unsual phrase includes the two cases of prayers offered in 2Ch 6:24 and toward 2Ch 6:34, 2Ch 6:38 the sanctuary.
This site's exposition
mine eyes shall be open
on 2 Chronicles 7:15-16
The promise of hearing turns concrete: mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place, answering the petitions Solomon prayed toward this house in chapter six. Barnes reads the phrase as covering both prayers offered inside the house and prayers offered only toward it from a distance, the two cases Solomon's own prayer had named. Verse sixteen seals the choice as lasting, this house chosen and sanctified that my name may be there for ever, and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually, the same name-in-the-house formula Keil notes 1 Ki 9:3 already states from its own side of the parallel.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), that is, "There will I make myself known, and there will I be called upon." II. He promised to answer the prayers of his people that should at any time be made in that place,
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3 And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the L ORD upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the L ORD , saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever. 4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the L ORD .
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Now mine eyes shall be open - It shall be pleasing to me in the sight of my Word, that I should incline mine ear,” etc. - Targum.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
and My eyes and heart will be Jonathan renders (I Kings:3): “and My presence will rest there if My will is performed there at all times.” My eyes will be there if My heart and My will are there.
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. 2 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
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַתָּ֗ה | ʾatah | now | H6258 → | 433 times |
| עֵינַי֙ | ʾeinai | eyes my | H5869 → | 887 times |
| יִהְי֣וּ | yihyu | they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| פְתֻח֔וֹת | fetuchot | open | H6605 → | 144 times |
| וְאָזְנַ֖י | veazenai | and ears my | H241 → | 187 times |
| קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת | kashuvot | attentive | H7183 → | |
| לִתְפִלַּ֖ת | litfilat | to [the] prayer of | H8605 → | 72 times |
| הַמָּק֥וֹם | hamakom | the place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
עַתָּ֗הnow
ʾatahH6258 →433 times
עֵינַי֙eyes my
ʾeinaiH5869 →887 times
יִהְי֣וּthey will be
yihyuH1961 →3559 times
פְתֻח֔וֹתopen
fetuchotH6605 →144 times
וְאָזְנַ֖יand ears my
veazenaiH241 →187 times
קַשֻּׁב֑וֹתattentive
kashuvotH7183 →
לִתְפִלַּ֖תto [the] prayer of
litfilatH8605 →72 times
הַמָּק֥וֹםthe place
hamakomH4725 →401 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 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
1 Peter 3:12For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”
it leads to
- Psalms 34:15–16
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
- John 9:31
We know that God does not listen to sinners, but He does listen to the one who worships Him and does His will.
- Proverbs 15:29
The LORD is far from the wicked, but He hears the prayer of the righteous.
- Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
- Psalms 34:15–16
Through
Deuteronomy 11:12It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.
it leads to
- Psalms 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 24:6
I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Psalms 33:18
Surely the eyes of the LORD are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion
- Psalms 34:15
Through
Nehemiah 1:6let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that…
it leads to
- Daniel 9:20
While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—
- Daniel 9:20
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About 2 Chronicles

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
