2 Chronicles 6:27

Then hear Thou from Shomayim, and forgive the sin of Thy avadim, and of Thy people Yisroel, when Thou hast taught them the Derech HaTovah, wherein they should walk; and send matar upon Thy land, which Thou hast given unto Thy people for a nachalah.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

In Context

26When Shomayim is shut up, and there is no matar (rain), because they have sinned against Thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess Shmecha, and turn from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;

28If there be ra'av (hunger, famine) in the land, if there be dever, if there be blight, or mildew, locust, or grass-hopper; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever nega or machalah there be,

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Cross References

1 Kings 18:40And Eliyahu said unto them, Seize the nevi'im of Ba'al; let not one of them escape. And they took them; and Eliyahu brought them down to the Brook Kishon, and slaughtered them there.

Job 37:11Also by watering He loadeth the thick cloud; 1 He scattereth the anan of His ohr (lightning), 1

Psalms 25:8[Tet] Tov and yashar is Hashem; 1 therefore will He teach chatta'im in the Derech. 1

Psalms 68:9Eretz shook, Shomayim also poured rain at the presence of Elohim; 1 even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of Elohim, Elohei Yisroel. 1

Psalms 119:33Teach me, Hashem, the derech of Thy chukkim; 1 and I shall keep it unto the end. 1

Jeremiah 5:24Neither say they in their lev: 1 Let us now fear Hashem Eloheinu, 1 that giveth geshem, both the yoreh (former rain, autumn rain) 1 and the malkosh (latter rain, spring rain) in season; 1 He secureth unto us shavu'ot chukkot katzir (the appointed weeks of the harvest). 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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