2 Chronicles 6 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Solomon Blesses the People

2Ch 6:1

Then^H227 Solomon^H8010 said^H559,

“Yahweh^H3068 has said^H559 that He would dwell^H7931 in the cloud of dense^H6205 gloom^H6205.

2Ch 6:2

“Now I have built^H1129 You a lofty^H2073 house^H1004,

And a place^H4349 for Your dwelling^H3427 forever^H5769.”

(1Ki 8:14–21 )

2Ch 6:3

Then the king^H4428 turned^H5437 his face^H6440 around^H5437 and blessed^H1288 all^H3605 the assembly^H6951 of Israel^H3478, while all^H3605 the assembly^H6951 of Israel^H3478 was standing^H5975.

2Ch 6:4

2Ch 6:4And he said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it by His hands, saying,

2Ch 6:5

2Ch 6:5‘Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a ruler over My people Israel;

2Ch 6:6

2Ch 6:6but I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

2Ch 6:7

2Ch 6:7“And it was [fn]in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

2Ch 6:8

2Ch 6:8“But Yahweh said to my father David, ‘Because it was [fn]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was [fn]in your heart.

2Ch 6:9

2Ch 6:9‘Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come forth from your loins, he shall build the house for My name.’

2Ch 6:10

2Ch 6:10“And Yahweh has established His word which He spoke; and I have been established in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh [fn]promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

2Ch 6:11

2Ch 6:11“And there I have set the ark in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which He cut with the sons of Israel.”

Solomon’s Prayer for Israel

(1Ki 8:22–53 )

2Ch 6:12

Then he stood^H5975 before^H6440 the altar^H4196 of Yahweh^H3068 before^H5048 all^H3605 the assembly^H6951 of Israel^H3478 and spread^H6566 out^H6566 his hands^H3709.

2Ch 6:13

2Ch 6:13Now Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had put it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven.

2Ch 6:14

2Ch 6:14And he said, “O Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, keeping covenant and lovingkindness to Your slaves who walk before You with all their heart;

2Ch 6:15

2Ch 6:15who have kept with Your [fn]servant David, my father, that which You have [fn]promised him; indeed You have promised with Your mouth and have fulfilled it by Your hand, as it is this day.

2Ch 6:16

2Ch 6:16“So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David my father, that which You have promised him, saying, ‘You shall not have a man cut off from before Me who is to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons keep their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’

2Ch 6:17

2Ch 6:17“So now, O Yahweh, the God of Israel, let Your word truly [fn]endure which You have spoken to Your servant David.

2Ch 6:18

“But will God^H430 truly^H552 dwell^H3427 with mankind^H120 on the earth^H776? Behold^H2009, heaven^H8064 and the [fn]highest^H8064 heaven^H8064 cannot^H3808 contain^H3557 You; how^H637 much^H637^H3588 less^H637 this^H2088 house^H1004 which^H834 I have built^H1129.

2Ch 6:19

2Ch 6:19“Yet have regard to the prayer of Your slave and to his supplication, O Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your slave prays before You;

2Ch 6:20

2Ch 6:20that Your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You have said that You would place Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your slave shall pray toward this place.

2Ch 6:21

2Ch 6:21“And listen to the supplications of Your slave and of Your people Israel, when they pray toward this place; listen from Your dwelling place, from heaven; listen and forgive.

2Ch 6:22

“If^H518 a man^H376 sins^H2398 against his neighbor^H7453 and is made^H5377 to take^H422 an^H422 oath^H423, and he comes^H935 and takes^H422 an^H422 oath^H422 before^H6440 Your altar^H4196 in this^H2088 house^H1004,

2Ch 6:23

2Ch 6:23then listen from heaven and act and judge Your slaves, [fn]punishing the wicked by [fn]bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by [fn]bringing him reward according to his righteousness.

2Ch 6:24

“And if^H518 Your people^H5971 Israel^H3478 are [fn]defeated^H5062 before^H6440 an enemy^H340 because^H3588 they have sinned^H2398 against You, and they turn^H7725 to You and confess^H3034 Your name^H8034, and pray^H6419 and make^H2603 supplication^H2603 before^H6440 You in this^H2088 house^H1004,

2Ch 6:25

2Ch 6:25then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.

2Ch 6:26

“When the heavens^H8064 are shut^H6113 up^H6113 and there is no^H3808 rain^H4306 because^H3588 they have sinned^H2398 against You, and they pray^H6419 toward^H413 this^H2088 place^H4725 and confess^H3034 Your name^H8034, and turn^H7725 from their sin^H2403 when^H3588 You afflict^H6031 them;

2Ch 6:27

2Ch 6:27then listen in heaven and forgive the sin of Your slaves and of Your people Israel; indeed, teach them the good way in which they should walk. And give rain on Your land, which You have given to Your people for an inheritance.

2Ch 6:28

“If^H3588 there is famine^H7458 in the land^H776, if^H3588 there is pestilence^H1698, if^H3588 there is scorching^H7711 wind^H7711 or mildew^H3420, if^H3588 there is locust^H697 or grasshopper^H2625, if^H3588 their enemies^H340 besiege^H6887 them in the land^H776 of their [fn]cities^H8179, whatever^H3605 plague^H5061 or whatever^H3605 sickness^H4245 there is,

2Ch 6:29

2Ch 6:29whatever prayer or supplication is made by any man or by all Your people Israel, who know his own affliction and his own pain, and spread his hands toward this house,

2Ch 6:30

2Ch 6:30then listen from heaven Your dwelling place, and forgive, and give to each according to all his ways, whose heart You know, for You alone know the hearts of the sons of men,

2Ch 6:31

2Ch 6:31that they may [fn]fear You, to walk in Your ways all the days they live upon the face of the land which You have given to our fathers.

2Ch 6:32

“Also^H1571 concerning^H413 the foreigner^H5237 who^H834 is not of Your people^H5971 Israel^H3478, if he comes^H935 from a far^H7350 country^H776 for Your great^H1419 name’s^H8034 sake^H4616 and Your strong^H2389 hand^H3027 and Your outstretched^H5186 arm^H2220, so if they come^H935 and pray^H6419 toward^H413 this^H2088 house^H1004,

2Ch 6:33

2Ch 6:33then listen from heaven, from Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know Your name even to [fn]fear You, as do Your people Israel, and to know that Your name is called upon this house which I have built.

2Ch 6:34

“When^H3588 Your people^H5971 go^H3318 out^H3318 to battle^H4421 against^H5921 their enemies^H340, by whatever^H834 way^H1870 You shall send^H7971 them, and they pray^H6419 to You toward^H1870 this^H2088 city^H5892 which^H834 You have chosen^H977 and the house^H1004 which^H834 I have built^H1129 for Your name^H8034,

2Ch 6:35

2Ch 6:35then listen from heaven to their prayer and their supplication, and do justice.

2Ch 6:36

“When^H3588 they sin^H2398 against You (for there^H369 is^H369 no^H369 man^H120 who^H834 does not sin^H2398) and You are angry^H599 with them and give^H5414 them over to an enemy^H340, so that [fn]they take^H7617 them away^H7617 captive^H7617 to a land^H776 far^H7350 off^H7350 or^H176 near^H7138,

2Ch 6:37

2Ch 6:37and if they cause these things to return to their heart in the land where they have been taken captive, and [fn]return and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have committed iniquity and have acted wickedly’;

2Ch 6:38

2Ch 6:38and if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name,

2Ch 6:39

2Ch 6:39then listen from heaven, from Your dwelling place, to their prayer and supplications, and do justice for them and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

2Ch 6:40

“Now^H6258, O my God^H430, I pray^H4994, let Your eyes^H5869 be open^H6605 and Your ears^H241 attentive^H7183 to the prayer^H8605 offered in this^H2088 place^H4725.

2Ch 6:41

“So now^H6258, arise^H6965, O Yahweh^H3068 God^H430, to Your resting^H5117 place^H5117, You and the ark^H727 of Your strength^H5797; let Your priests^H3548, O Yahweh^H3068 God^H430, be clothed^H3847 with salvation^H8668 and let Your holy^H2623 ones^H2623 be glad^H8055 in what^H2896 is^H2896 good^H2896.

2Ch 6:42

“O Yahweh^H3068 God^H430, do not turn^H7725 away^H7725 the face^H6440 of Your anointed^H4899; remember^H2142 Your lovingkindness^H2617 to Your servant^H5650 David^H1732.”