2 Chronicles 6:31

that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, all the days that they live upon the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.

In Context

30then hear thou from the heavens, the settled place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest (for thou, thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men),

32And as to the stranger also, who is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand and thy stretched-out arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house,

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Cross References

1 Samuel 12:24Only, fear Jehovah, and serve him in truth, with all your heart; for see how great things he has done for you.

Psalms 128:1{A Song of degrees.} Blessed is every one that feareth Jehovah, that walketh in his ways.

Acts 9:31The assemblies then throughout the whole of Judaea and Galilee and Samaria had peace, being edified and walking in the fear of the Lord, and were increased through the comfort of the Holy Spirit.

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 →

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