2 Chronicles 7:12-14
Context7:12 the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have answered 1 your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made. 2 7:13 When 3 I close up the sky 4 so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, 5 or send a plague among my people, 7:14 if my people, who belong to me, 6 humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, 7 and repudiate their sinful practices, 8 then I will respond 9 from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. 10
[7:12] 1 tn Heb “I have heard.”
[7:12] 2 tn Heb “temple of sacrifice.” This means the
[7:13] 4 tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
[7:13] 5 tn Heb “the land,” which stands here by metonymy for the vegetation growing in it.
[7:14] 6 tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.
[7:14] 7 tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.
[7:14] 8 tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”
[7:14] 10 sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.