2 Chronicles 6:42
O Lord God, may you not turn away from the face of your Christ. Remember the mercies of your servant, David.”
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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 therefore, I beg of you one petition. May you not confound my face.” And she said to him, “Speak.”
Psalms 84:10So then, truly his salvation is near to those who fear him, so that glory may inhabit our land.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, for the Lord has anointed me. He has sent me to bring good news to the meek, so as to heal the contrite of heart, to preach leniency to captives and release to the confined,
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 →