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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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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, 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• Robe

  [nave] ROBE Of righteousness, 2 Chr. 6:41; Isa. 61:10; Rev. 6:11; 7:9, 13. Parable of the man who was not dressed in a wedding garment, Matt. 22:11. See: Dress.
  

• Zeal

  [nave] ZEAL, Religious Josh. 24:15, 16; 2 Sam. 24:24, 25; 1 Kin. 9:4; 1 Kin. 15:14; 1 Chr. 29:17; 2 Chr. 15:15; 2 Chr. 19:3; Ezra 7:23; Job 16:19; Psa. 42:1, 2; Psa. 60:4; Psa. 96:2, 3, 10; Psa. 119:139; Prov. 11:30; Eccl. 9:10; ...
  

• 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 ...
  

• Minister

  [nave] MINISTER, a sacred teacher. Index of Sub-topics Miscellany of Minor Sub-topics; Call of; Character and Qualifications of; Charge Delivered to; Courage of; Duties of; Duties of the Church to; Emoluments of; Faithful, Instanc...
  

• Arm

  [nave] ARM. Figurative Use of Ex. 6:6; Ex. 15:16; Deut. 4:34 Deut. 7:19; 9:29; 26:8; Acts 13:17. Deut. 5:15 Psa. 136:12. Deut. 11:2; Deut. 33:27; 1 Kin. 8:42 2 Chr. 6:32. 2 Kin. 17:36; Psa. 77:15; Psa. 89:10, 13, 21; Psa. 98:1; S...
  

• BETHINK

  [isbe] BETHINK - be-think' (heshibh 'el lebh, "to lay to heart," hence, "recall to mind"): Anglo-Saxon word used only in seventh petition of Solomon's prayer at the dedication of the Temple. If the people, carried into captivity, b...
  

• ATTENT; ATTENTIVE

  [isbe] ATTENT; ATTENTIVE - a-tent' (archaic; 2 Ch 6:40); a-tent'-iv: Expresses the direction of thought and interest toward some one point. Same Hebrew word as "attend," and is used particularly in prayers (Ps 130:2; Neh 1:6). "Ver...
  

• AMISS

  [isbe] AMISS - a-mis': There are two words translated "amiss" in the New Testament, atopos, referring to that which is improper or harmful (Lk 23:41; Acts 28:6), while kakos, refers to that which is evil in the sense of a disaster,...
  

• NAME

  [isbe] NAME - nam (shem; onoma; Latin nomen (2 Esdras 4:1); verbs onomazo; Latin nomino (2 Esdras 5:26)): A "name" is that by which a person, place or thing is marked and known. In Scripture, names were generally descriptive of the...
  

• Prayer, Blessing, and Dedication

  

• [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 ...

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