2 Chronicles 6:14

6:14 and prayed: ¹  “O Lord God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven or on earth! You maintain covenantal loyalty ²  to your servants who obey you with sincerity. ³ 

2 Chronicles 6:23

6:23 listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. ⁴ 

2 Chronicles 6:25

6:25 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors. ⁵ 

2 Chronicles 6:39

6:39 then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help, ⁶  vindicate them, ⁷  and forgive your sinful people.

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 7:13

7:13 When ⁹  I close up the sky ¹⁰  so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, ¹¹  or send a plague among my people,

2 Chronicles 18:18

18:18 Micaiah ¹²  said, “That being the case, hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, with all the heavenly assembly standing on his right and on his left.

2 Chronicles 30:27

30:27 The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them ¹³  as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

[6:14]  ¹ tn Heb “said.”

[6:14]  ² tn Heb “one who keeps the covenant and the loyal love.”

[6:14]  ³ tn Heb “who walk before you with all their heart.”

[6:23]  ⁴ tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by repaying the guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”

[6:25]  ⁷ tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 31, 38).

[6:39]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “their prayer and their requests for help.”

[6:39]  ¹¹ tn Heb “and accomplish their justice.”

[7:1]  ¹³ tn Or “the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[7:13]  ¹⁶ tn Or “if.”

[7:13]  ¹⁷ tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

[7:13]  ¹⁸ tn Heb “the land,” which stands here by metonymy for the vegetation growing in it.

[18:18]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Micaiah) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[30:27]  ²² tn Heb “and it was heard with their voice.” BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע Niph.4 interprets this to mean “hearing was granted to their voice.” It is possible that the name יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) has been accidentally omitted.