2 Chronicles 6:42
O Lord God, let him whom you have taken for yourself never be given up by you: keep in mind your mercies to David your servant.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
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Cross References
1 Kings 2:16Now I have one request to make to you, and do not say, No, to me. And she said to him, Say on.
Psalms 84:10\84:9\O God, let your eyes be on him who is our safe cover, and let your heart be turned to your king.
Psalms 89:28\89:27\And I will make him the first of my sons, most high over the kings of the earth.
Psalms 132:10Because of your servant David, do not give up your king.
Isaiah 61:1The spirit of the Lord is on me, because I am marked out by him to give good news to the poor; he has sent me to make the broken-hearted well, to say that the prisoners will be made free, and that those in chains will see the light again;
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:13-42
12 And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven, 14 And said, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest… Read the whole commentary →