2 Chronicles 6:40

And now, Lord, let, I pray thee, thine eyes be opened, and thine ears be attentive to the petition made in this place.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

In Context

39then shalt thou hear out of heaven, out of thy prepared dwelling place, their prayer and their supplication, and thou shalt execute justice, and shalt be merciful to thy people that sin against thee.

41And now, 1 O Lord God, arise into thy resting place, 1 Thou, and the ark of thy strength: 1 Let thy priests, O Lord God, clothe themselves with salvation, 1 And thy sons rejoice in prosperity. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:52And let thine eyes and thine ears be opened to the supplication of thy servant, and to the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken to them in all things for which they shall call upon thee.

2 Chronicles 7:15And now my eyes shall be open, and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.

Psalms 7:3Lest at any time the enemy seize my soul as a lion, 1 While there is none to ransom, nor to save. 1

Psalms 17:1For the end, a Psalm of David the servant of the Lord; the words which he spoke to the Lord, even the words of this Song, in the day in which the Lord delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: and he said: 1

Psalms 31:2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, 1 And in whose mouth there is no guile. 1

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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