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2 Chronicles 6:34 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; "
2 Chronicles 6:34
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
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2 Chronicles 6:1
"Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness."
2 Chronicles 6:2
"But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever."
2 Chronicles 6:3
"And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood."
2 Chronicles 6:4
"And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,"
2 Chronicles 6:5
"Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:"
2 Chronicles 6:6
"But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel."
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