2 Chronicles 32:20

32:20 King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz prayed about this and cried out to heaven.

2 Chronicles 6:19

6:19 But respond favorably to ¹  your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer ²  the desperate prayer ³  your servant is presenting to you. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 6:24

6:24 “If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy ⁵  because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, ⁶  and pray for your help ⁷  before you in this temple,

2 Chronicles 7:1

Solomon Dedicates the Temple

7:1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven ⁸  and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the Lord’s splendor filled the temple.

2 Chronicles 32:24

Hezekiah’s Shortcomings and Accomplishments

32:24 In those days Hezekiah was stricken with a terminal illness. ⁹  He prayed to the Lord, who answered him and gave him a sign confirming that he would be healed. ¹⁰ 

2 Chronicles 33:13

33:13 When he prayed to the Lord, ¹¹  the Lord ¹²  responded to him ¹³  and answered favorably ¹⁴  his cry for mercy. The Lord ¹⁵  brought him back to Jerusalem to his kingdom. Then Manasseh realized that the Lord is the true God.

2 Chronicles 6:20-21

6:20 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. ¹⁶  May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. ¹⁷  6:21 Respond to the requests of your servant and your people Israel for this place. ¹⁸  Hear from your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably and forgive. ¹⁹ 

2 Chronicles 6:26

6:26 “The time will come when ²⁰  the skies ²¹  are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people ²²  sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, ²³  and turn away from their sin because you punish ²⁴  them,

2 Chronicles 6:32

6:32 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation ²⁵  and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; ²⁶  they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

2 Chronicles 6:34

6:34 “When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, ²⁷  and they direct their prayers to you toward this chosen city and this temple I built for your honor, ²⁸ 

2 Chronicles 6:38

6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being ²⁹  in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, ³⁰ 

2 Chronicles 7:14

7:14 if my people, who belong to me, ³¹  humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, ³²  and repudiate their sinful practices, ³³  then I will respond ³⁴  from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. ³⁵ 

2 Chronicles 30:18

30:18 The majority of the many people from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun were ceremonially unclean, yet they ate the Passover in violation of what is prescribed in the law. ³⁶  For Hezekiah prayed for them, saying: “May the Lord, who is good, forgive ³⁷ 

[6:19]  ¹ tn Heb “turn to.”

[6:19]  ² tn Heb “by listening to.”

[6:19]  ³ tn Heb “the loud cry and the prayer.”

[6:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “praying before you.”

[6:24]  ¹ tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”

[6:24]  ² tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[6:24]  ³ tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”

[7:1]  ¹ tn Or “the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[32:24]  ¹ tn Heb “was sick to the point of dying.”

[32:24]  ² tn Heb “and he spoke to him and a sign he gave to him.”

[33:13]  ¹ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:13]  ² tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[33:13]  ³ tn Heb “was entreated by him,” or “allowed himself to be entreated by him.”

[33:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “heard.”

[33:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[6:20]  ¹ tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”

[6:20]  ² tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”

[6:21]  ¹ tn Heb “listen to the requests of your servant and your people Israel which they are praying concerning this place.”

[6:21]  ² tn Heb “hear and forgive.”

[6:26]  ¹ tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.

[6:26]  ² tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[6:26]  ³ tn Heb “they.”

[6:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”

[6:26]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).

[6:32]  ¹ tn Heb “your great name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your great reputation”).

[6:32]  ² tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”

[6:34]  ¹ tn Heb “When your people go out for battle against their enemies in the way which you send them.”

[6:34]  ² tn Heb “toward this city which you have chosen and the house which I built for your name.”

[6:38]  ¹ tn Or “soul.”

[6:38]  ² tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor”).

[7:14]  ¹ tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.

[7:14]  ² tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.

[7:14]  ³ tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”

[7:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “hear.”

[7:14]  ⁵ sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.

[30:18]  ¹ tn Heb “without what is written.”

[30:18]  ² tn Heb “make atonement for.”