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6:20 Night <03915> and day <03119> may <01961> you watch <06605> <05869> over <0413> this <02088> temple <01004>, the place <04725> where <0834> you promised <0559> you would live <08034> <07760>. May you answer <08085> your servant’s <05650> prayer <08605> for <0413> this <02088> place <04725>. 6:21 Respond <08085> to <0413> the requests <08469> of your servant <05650> and your people <05971> Israel <03478> for <0834> this <02088> place <04725>. Hear <08085> from <04480> your <0859> heavenly <08064> dwelling <03427> place <04725> and respond <08085> favorably and forgive <05545>. 6:22 “When <0518> someone <0376> is accused of sinning <02398> against his neighbor <07453> and the latter pronounces <05375> a curse <0422> on the alleged offender <0423> before <06440> your altar <04196> in this <02088> temple <01004>, 6:23 listen <08085> from <04480> heaven <08064> and make <06213> a just decision <08199> about your servants <05650>’ claims. Condemn <07725> the guilty <07563> party, declare <05414> the other innocent <06662>, and give <05414> both of them what they deserve <06666>. 6:24 “If <0518> your people <05971> Israel <03478> are defeated <05062> by an enemy <0341> because <03588> they sinned <02398> against you, then if they come back <07725> to you, renew <03034> their allegiance <08034> to you, and pray <06419> for your help <02603> before <06440> you in this <02088> temple <01004>, 6:25 then listen <08085> from <04480> heaven <08064>, forgive <05545> the sin <02403> of your people <05971> Israel <03478>, and bring <07725> them back <07725> to <0413> the land <0127> you gave <05414> to them <01992> and their ancestors <01>. 6:26 “The time will come when the skies <08064> are shut up <06113> tightly and no <03808> rain <04306> falls because <03588> your people sinned against <02398> you. When they direct their prayers <06419> toward <0413> this <02088> place <04725>, renew <03034> their allegiance <08034> to you, and turn <07725> away from their sin <02403> because <03588> you punish <06031> them, 6:27 then listen <08085> from heaven <08064> and forgive <05545> the sin <02403> of your servants <05650>, your people <05971> Israel <03478>. Certainly <03588> you will then teach <03384> them the right <02896> way <01870> to live <01980> and send <05414> rain <04306> on <05921> your land <0776> that <0834> you have given <05414> your people <05971> to possess <05159>. 6:28 “The time will come <01961> when <03588> the land <0776> suffers from a famine <07458>, a plague <01698>, blight <07711>, and disease <03420>, or a locust <0697> invasion <02625>, or when <03588> their enemy <0341> lays siege <06696> to the cities <08179> of the land <0776>, or when some other type of plague <05061> or epidemic <04245> occurs. 6:29 When <01961> all <03605> <03605> <03605> <03605> your people <05971> Israel <03478> pray <08605> and ask for help <08467>, as <0834> they acknowledge <03045> their intense pain <04341> <05061> and spread out <06566> their hands <03709> toward <0413> this <02088> temple <01004>, 6:30 then listen <08085> from <04480> your <0859> heavenly <08064> dwelling <03427> place <04349>, forgive <05545> their sin, and act <05414> favorably toward each <0376> one based on <01870> your evaluation <03045> of their motives <03824>. (Indeed <03588> you <0859> are the only <0905> one who can correctly evaluate <03045> the motives <03824> of all people <0120> <01121>.) 6:31 Then they will honor <03372> you by obeying <01870> <01980> you throughout <03605> their lifetimes <03117> as <0834> they <01992> live <02416> on <05921> the land <0127> you gave <05414> to our ancestors <01>. 6:32 “Foreigners <05237>, who <0834> do not <03808> belong to your people <05971> Israel <03478>, will come <0935> from a distant <07350> land <0776> because <04616> of your great <01419> reputation <08034> and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds <05186> <02220> <02389> <03027>; they will come <0935> and direct their prayers <06419> toward <0413> this <02088> temple <01004>. 6:33 Then listen <08085> from <04480> your <0859> heavenly <08064> dwelling <03427> place <04349> and answer <06213> all <03605> the prayers <07121> of <0413> the foreigners <05237>. Then <04616> all <03605> the nations <05971> of the earth <0776> will acknowledge <03045> your reputation <08034>, obey <03372> you like your people <05971> Israel <03478> do, and recognize <03045> that <03588> this <02088> temple <01004> I built <01129> belongs to you. 6:34 “When <03588> you direct your people <05971> to march out <03318> and fight <04421> their enemies <0341>, and they direct <06419> <07971> their prayers <06419> <07971> to <0413> you toward <01870> this <02063> chosen <0977> city <05892> and this temple <01004> I built <01129> for your honor <08034>, 6:35 then listen <08085> from <04480> heaven <08064> to their prayers <08605> for help <08467> and vindicate <04941> <06213> them. 6:36 “The time will come when <03588> your people will sin <02398> against you (for <03588> there is no <0369> one <0120> who <0834> is sinless <02398> <03808>!) and you will be angry <0599> at them and deliver <05414> them over <06440> to their enemies <0341>, who will take <07617> them as prisoners <07617> to <0413> their land <0776>, whether far away <07350> or <0176> close <07138> by. 6:37 When your people come <07725> to <0413> their senses <03824> in the land <0776> where <0834> they are held prisoner <07617>, they will repent <07725> and beg for your mercy <02603> in the land <0776> of their imprisonment <07633>, admitting <0559>, ‘We have sinned <02398> and gone astray <05753>, we have done evil <07561>!’ 6:38 When they return <07725> to <0413> you with all <03605> their heart <03820> and being <05315> in the land <0776> where they are held <07633> prisoner <07617> and direct <06419> their prayers <06419> toward <01870> the land <0776> you gave <05414> to their ancestors <01>, your chosen <0977> city <05892>, and the temple <01004> I built <01129> for your honor <08034>, 6:39 then listen <08085> from <04480> your heavenly <08064> dwelling <03427> place <04349> to their prayers <08605> for help <08467>, vindicate <04941> <06213> them, and forgive <05545> your sinful <02398> people <05971>. 6:40 “Now <06258>, my God <0430>, may <04994> you be attentive <06605> and responsive <07183> to the prayers <08605> offered in this <02088> place <04725>. 6:41 Now <06258> ascend <06965>, O Lord <03068> God <0430>, to your resting place <05118>, you <0859> and the ark <0727> of your strength <05797>! May your priests <03548>, O Lord <03068> God <0430>, experience <03847> your deliverance <08668>! May your loyal followers <02623> rejoice <08055> in the prosperity <02896> you give! 6:42 O Lord <03068> God <0430>, do not <0408> reject <07725> your chosen ones <04899>! Remember <02142> the faithful promises <02617> you made to your servant <05650> David <01732>!”

• 2Ch 5:2--6:42 -- Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple

• Prayer

  [ebd] is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or formal. It is a "beseeching t...
  [nave] PRAYER. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Answer to, Promised; Answered, Instances of Answered; Confession in; Importunity in, Instances of Importunity in; Intercessor...
  

• Solomon

  [ebd] peaceful, (Heb. Shelomoh), David's second son by Bathsheba, i.e., the first after their legal marriage (2 Sam. 12). He was probably born about B.C. 1035 (1 Chr. 22:5; 29:1). He succeeded his father on the throne in early man...
  [nave] SOLOMON Son of David by Bathsheba, 2 Sam. 12:24; 1 Kin. 1:13, 17, 21. Named Jedidiah, by Nathan the prophet, 2 Sam. 12:24, 25. Ancestor of Joseph, Matt. 1:6. Succeeds David to the throne of Israel, 1 Kin. 1:11-48; 2:12; 1...
  

• Intercession

  [isbe] INTERCESSION - in-ter-sesh'-un (pagha`, "to make intercession"; originally "to strike upon," or "against"; then in a good sense, "to assail anyone with petitions," "to urge," and when on behalf of another, "to intercede" (Ru...
  [nave] INTERCESSION. Of One Person with Another 1 Sam. 2:25 Instances of: Reuben for Joseph, Gen. 37:21, 22. Judah for Joseph, Gen. 37:26, 27. Pharaoh's chief baker for Joseph, Gen. 41:9-13, with Gen. 40:14. Jonathan for David...
  

• Religion

  [nave] RELIGION. False Deut. 32:31-33. See: Idolatry; Intolerance; Teachers, False. Family See: Family. National Supported by taxes, Ex. 30:11-16; 38:26. Priests supported by the State, 1 Kin. 18:19; 2 Chr. 11:13-15. Subve...
  

• Temple

  [nave] TEMPLE. Solomon's Called also Temple of the Lord, 2 Kin. 11:10; Holy Temple, Psa. 79:1; Holy House, 1 Chr. 29:3; House of God, 1 Chr. 29:2; 2 Chr. 23:9; House of the Lord, 2 Chr. 23:5, 12; Jer. 28:5; Father's House, John 2...
  

• TEMPLE, A1

  [isbe] TEMPLE, A1 - tem'-p'l (hekhal, "palace"; sometimes, as in 1 Ki 6:3,5, etc.; Ezek 41:1,15 ff, used for "the holy place" only; bayith, "house," thus always in the Revised Version (British and American); hieron, naos): A. STRUC...
  

• Temple, Solomon's

  [ebd] Before his death David had "with all his might" provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the city, on the spot where ...
  

• Afflictions and Adversities

  [nave] AFFLICTIONS AND ADVERSITIES. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-Topics; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Benefits of; Benefits of, Illustrated; Consolation in; Deliverance from; Design of; Despondency in; Dispe...
  

• Chastisement

  [nave] CHASTISEMENT. From God Lev. 26:28; Deut. 11:2-9; 2 Sam. 7:14, 15; 2 Chr. 6:24-31; 2 Chr. 7:13, 14; Job 5:17; Job 33:19; Psa. 6:1 Psa. 38:1. Psa. 73:14; Psa. 89:32; Psa. 94:12, 13; Psa. 106:41-44; Psa. 107:17-31; Psa. 118:1...
  

• Heaven

  [nave] HEAVEN. God's Dwelling Place Deut. 26:15 Zech. 2:13; Isa. 63:15. 1 Kin. 8:30 vs. 39,43,49;; 2 Chr. 6:18, 21, 27, 30, 33, 35, 39; Jer. 23:24. 1 Chr. 16:31; 1 Chr. 21:26 2 Chr. 7:14; Neh. 9:27. 2 Chr. 2:6; 2 Chr. 30:27; Job ...
  

• Repentance

  [nave] REPENTANCE Attributed to God, Gen. 6:6, 7; Ex. 32:14; Deut. 32:36; Judg. 2:18; 1 Sam. 15:11, 29, 35; 2 Sam. 24:16; 1 Chr. 21:15; Psa. 106:45; 110:4; 135:14; Jer. 15:6; 18:8, 10; 26:3; 42:10; Joel 2:13; Amos 7:3, 6; Jonah 3:9...
  

• God

  [nave] GOD. List of Sub-Topics Miscellany; Unclassified Scriptures Relating to; Access to; Compassion of; Creator; Creator of Mankind; Eternity of; Faithfulness of; Fatherhood of; Favor of; Foreknowledge of; Glory of; Goodness of...
  

• Rain

  [nave] RAIN Forty days of, at the time of the flood, Gen. 7:4, 10-12, 17-24. The plague of, upon Egypt, Ex. 9:22-26, 33, 34. Miraculously caused by Samuel, 1 Sam. 12:16-19; by Elijah, 1 Kin. 18:41-45. David delivered by, 2 Sam. ...
  

• OATH

  [ebd] a solemn appeal to God, permitted on fitting occasions (Deut. 6:13; Jer. 4:2), in various forms (Gen. 16:5; 2 Sam. 12:5; Ruth 1:17; Hos. 4:15; Rom. 1:9), and taken in different ways (Gen. 14:22; 24:2; 2 Chr. 6:22). God is re...
  [smith] The principle on which an oath is held to be binding is incidentally laid down in (Hebrews 6:16) viz. as an ultimate appeal to divine authority to ratify an assertion. On the same principle, that oath has always been held mos...
  

• CATERPILLAR

  [ebd] the consumer. Used in the Old Testament (1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28; Ps. 78:46; Isa. 33:4) as the translation of a word (hasil) the root of which means "to devour" or "consume," and which is used also with reference to the lo...
  [smith] The representative in the Authorized Version of the Hebrew word chasil and yelek . Chasil occurs in (1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chronicles 6:28; Psalms 78:46; Isaiah 33:4; Joel 1:4) and seems to be applied to a locust, perhaps in...
  

• MILDEW

  [ebd] (the rendering of a Hebrew word meaning "to be yellow," yellowness), the result of cutting east winds blighting and thus rendering the grain unproductive (Deut. 28:22; 1 Kings 8:37; 2 Chr. 6:28).
  [isbe] MILDEW - mil'-du (yeraqon; Septuagint usually ikteros, literally, "jaundice"): In the 5 passages where it occurs it is associated with shiddaphon, "blasting" (Dt 28:22; 1 Ki 8:37; 2 Ch 6:28; Am 4:9; Hag 2:17). In Jer 30:6, t...
  

• Drought

  [nave] DROUGHT. Gen. 31:40; 1 Kin. 17; 18; Jer. 14:1-6. Sent by God as a judgment, Deut. 28:23, 24; 1 Kin. 8:35; 2 Chr. 6:26; 7:13; Hos. 13:15. See: Famine; Meteorology; Rain. Figurative Psa. 32:4; Isa. 44:3.
  

• Depravity of Mankind

  [nave] DEPRAVITY OF MANKIND Gen. 6:5-8, 11-13; Gen. 8:21; Deut. 32:10; Job 4:17-19; Job 9:2, 3, 20, 29-31; Job 11:12; Job 14:4; Job 15:14-16; Job 25:4-6; Psa. 5:9; Psa. 14:1-3 Psa. 53:1-3. Psa. 51:5; Psa. 58:1-5; Psa. 94:11; Psa. 1...
  

• Perfection

  [nave] PERFECTION Ascribed to Noah, Gen. 6:8, 9; Jacob, Num. 23:21; David, 1 Kin. 11:4, 6; Asa, 1 Kin. 15:14; Job, Job 1:1; Zacharias and Elizabeth, Luke 1:6; Nathanael, John 1:47. Unclassified Scriptures Relating to Gen. 17:1; D...
  

• Salvation

  [nave] SALVATION (Scriptures relating directly and remotely to a topic of the nature of this one, are difficult to separate accurately into sub-topics without giving space beyond reasonable limits. The plan of salvation, begun and ...
  

• Prayer, Blessing, and Dedication

  

• [2Ch 6:21] When The Weary, Seeking Rest

  When the weary, seeking rest, To Thy goodness flee; When the heavy laden cast All their load on Thee; When the troubled, seeking peace, On Thy Name shall call; When the sinner, seeking life, At Thy feet shall fall: Refrain Hear then in love, O Lord, the cry In Heav’n, Thy dwelling place on high. When the child, with grave fresh lip, Youth, or maiden fair, When the agèd, weak and grey, Seek Thy face in prayer; When the widow weeps to Thee, Sad and lone and low; When the orphan brings to Thee All his orphan woe: Refrain When the stranger asks a home, All his toils to end; When the hungry craveth food, And the poor a friend; When the sailor on the wave Bows the fervent knee; When the soldier on the field Lifts his heart to Thee: Refrain When the man of toil and care, In the city crowd, When the shepherd on the moor, Names the Name of God; When the learnèd and the high Tired of earthly fame, Upon higher joys intent, Name the blessèd Name: Refrain When the worldling, sick at heart, Lifts his soul above; When the prodigal looks back To his Father’s love; When the proud man, in his pride, Stoops to seek Thy face; When the burdened brings his guilt To Thy throne of grace: Refrain

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• [2Ch 6:27] God Of Pity, God Of Grace

  God of pity, God of grace, When we humbly seek Thy face, Bend from Heav’n, Thy dwelling place; Hear, forgive, and save. When we in Thy temple meet, Spread our wants before Thy feet, Pleading at Thy mercy seat, Look from Heav’n and save. When Thy love our hearts shall fill, And we long to do Thy will, Turning to Thy holy hill, Lord, accept and save. Should we wander from Thy fold, And our love to Thee grow cold, With a pitying eye behold; Lord, forgive and save. Should the hand of sorrow press, Earthly care and want distress, May our souls Thy peace possess; Jesus, hear and save. And, whate’er our cry may be, When we lift our hearts to Thee, From our burden set us free; Hear, forgive, and save.

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• [2Ch 6:35] Now To Heaven Our Prayer Ascending

  Now to Heaven our prayer ascending, God speed the right! In a noble cause contending, God speed the right! May we live our lives before Thee, Like the good and great in story, If we fail, we fail in glory: God speed the right! Patient, firm, and persevering, God speed the right! No event or danger fearing, God speed the right! Pains, nor toils, nor trials heeding, Never from the truth receding, And in Heaven’s own time succeeding, God speed the right! Still our onward course pursuing, God speed the right! Every foe at length subduing, God speed the right! Truth! thy cause, whate’er delay it, There’s no power on earth can stay it, Proudly let us then obey it, God speed the right!

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• [2Ch 6:40] Heavenly Father, We Beseech Thee

  Heavenly Father, we beseech Thee, Grant Thy blessing ere we part; Take us in Thy care and keeping, Guard from evil every heart. Refrain Bless the words we here have spoken, Offered prayer and cheerful strain; If Thy will, O Lord, we pray Thee, Grant we all may meet again. Loving Savior, go Thou with us, Be our Comfort and our Stay; Grateful praise to Thee we render For the joy we feel today. Refrain Holy Spirit, dwell within us, May our souls Thy temple be; May we tread the path to glory, Led and guided still by Thee. Refrain Heavenly Father, loving Savior, Holy Spirit, Three in One, As among Thy saints and angels, So on earth Thy will be done. Refrain

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• Does the Bible speak more about Hell than Heaven?
  I've heard and read the same statement a number of times, but have never troubled myself to look up each passage. I'm not surprised that looking up "heaven" and "hell" in a concordance would give you contradictory results. T...
• Why Do the Jews Face the East When Praying?
  In Jerusalem, the Jews always turned their faces toward the "holy hill" of the temple while praying (see Dan. 6:10; II Chron. 6:34). The Samaritans, on the contrary, faced Mt. Gerizim. In the court of the temple, the Jews in ...
• What are the Greek and Hebrew words for confess?
  The primary Greek word for "confess" is homologeo which basically means "to say the same thing" and then "agree, admit, acknowledge." The context must determine the precise nature, emphasis, and meaning of the word. Thus, it ...

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