2 Chronicles 6:12

And the King stoode before the altar of the Lord, in the presence of all the Congregation of Israel, and stretched out his hands,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

In Context

11And I haue set the Arke there, wherein is the couenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of Israel.

13(For Salomon had made a brasen skaffold and set it in the middes of the court, of fiue cubites long, and fiue cubites broade, and three cubites of height, and vpon it he stoode, and kneeled downe vpon his knees before all the Congregation of Israel, and stretched out his hands toward heauen)

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Cross References

Exodus 9:33Then Moses went out of the citie from Pharaoh, and spred his hands to the Lord, and the thunder and the haile ceased, neither rained it vpon the earth.

2 Kings 11:14And when shee looked, beholde, the King stoode by a pillar, as the maner was, and the princes and the trumpetters by the King, and al the people of the land reioyced, and blew with trumpets. Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and cryed, Treason, treason.

Job 11:13If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him:

Psalms 29:1A Psalme of David. Give vnto the Lord, ye sonnes of the mightie: giue vnto the Lord glorie and strength.

Psalms 68:31Then shall the princes come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall hast to stretche her hands vnto God.

Psalms 143:6I stretche forth mine hands vnto thee: my soule desireth after thee, as the thirstie land. Selah.

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:2-12

Solomon's Prayer to God. ( b. c. 1004.) 1 Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 2 But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel: and all the congregation of Israel stood. 4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my… Read the whole commentary →

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