2 Chronicles 6:42
O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: 1 Remember the mercies of thy servant David.
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
In Context
Cross References
1 Kings 2:16And now I make one request of thee, do not turn away thy face. And Bathsheba said to him, Speak on.
Psalms 84:10Moreover his salvation is near them that fear him; 1 That glory may dwell in our land. 1
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he has anointed me; he has sent me to preach glad tidings to the poor, to heal the broken in heart, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind;
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 →