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2 C H RO N I C L ES 6
“O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like
you in all of heaven and earth. You keep your
covenant and show unfailing love to all who
walk before you in wholehearted devotion.
15 You have kept your promise to your servant
David, my father. You made that promise
with your own mouth, and with your own
hands you have fulfilled it today.
— promises —
from God
“Then if my people who
are called by my name
will humble themselves
and pray and seek my
face and turn from their
wicked ways, I will hear
from heaven and will
forgive their sins and
restore their land.”
2 C H R O N I C LE S 7:14
16 “And now, O Lord, God of Israel, carry
out the additional promise you made to
your servant David, my father. For you said
to him, ‘If your descendants guard their
behavior and faithfully follow my Law as
you have done, one of them will always sit
on the throne of Israel.’ 17 Now, O Lord, God
of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant
David.
18 “But will God really live on earth among
people? Why, even the highest heavens
cannot contain you. How much less this
Temple I have built! 19 Nevertheless, listen
to my prayer and my plea, O Lord my
God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your
servant is making to you. 20 May you watch
over this Temple day and night, this place
where you have said you would put your
name. May you always hear the prayers I
make toward this place. 21 May you hear the
humble and earnest requests from me and
your people Israel when we pray toward this
place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you
live, and when you hear, forgive.
22 “If someone wrongs another person
and is required to take an oath of innocence
in front of your altar at this Temple, 23 then
hear from heaven and judge between your
servants—the accuser and the accused. Pay
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back the guilty as they deserve. Acquit the
innocent because of their innocence.
24 “If your people Israel are defeated by
their enemies because they have sinned
against you, and if they turn back and
acknowledge your name and pray to you
here in this Temple, 25 then hear from
heaven and forgive the sin of your people
Israel and return them to this land you
gave to them and to their ancestors.
26 “If the skies are shut up and there is
no rain because your people have sinned
against you, and if they pray toward this
Temple and acknowledge your name and
turn from their sins because you have
punished them, 27 then hear from heaven
and forgive the sins of your servants, your
people Israel. Teach them to follow the
right path, and send rain on your land
that you have given to your people as
their special possession.
28 “If there is a famine in the land or
a plague or crop disease or attacks of locusts
or caterpillars, or if your people’s enemies
are in the land besieging their towns—
whatever disaster or disease there is—29 and
if your people Israel pray about their troubles
or sorrow, raising their hands toward this
Temple, 30 then hear from heaven where you
live, and forgive. Give your people what their
actions deserve, for you alone know each
human heart. 31 Then they will fear you and
walk in your ways as long as they live in the
land you gave to our ancestors.
32 “In the future, foreigners who do not
belong to your people Israel will hear of
you. They will come from distant lands
when they hear of your great name and your
strong hand and your powerful arm. And
when they pray toward this Temple, 33 then
hear from heaven where you live, and grant
what they ask of you. In this way, all the
people of the earth will come to know and
fear you, just as your own people Israel do.
They, too, will know that this Temple I have
built honors your name.
34 “If your people go out where you send
them to fight their enemies, and if they
pray to you by turning toward this city you
have chosen and toward this Temple I have
built to honor your name, 35 then hear their
prayers from heaven and uphold their cause.
36 “If they sin against you—and who has
never sinned?—you might become angry
with them and let their enemies conquer
them and take them captive to a foreign
land far away or near. 37 But in that land of
exile, they might turn to you in repentance
and pray, ‘We have sinned, done evil, and
acted wickedly.’ 38 If they turn to you with