2 Chronicles 6:38

וְשָׁבוּ אֵלֶיךָ בְּכָל ־ לִבָּם וּבְכָל ־ נַפְשָׁם בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁבְיָם אֲשֶׁר ־ שָׁבוּ אֹתָם וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְלוּ דֶּרֶךְ אַרְצָם אֲשֶׁר נָתַתָּה לַאֲבוֹתָם וְהָעִיר אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתָּ וְלַבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר ־ בָּנִיתִי לִשְׁמֶֽךָ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

In Context

37וְהֵשִׁיבוּ אֶל ־ לְבָבָם בָּאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבּוּ ־ שָׁם וְשָׁבוּ ׀ וְהִֽתְחַנְּנוּ אֵלֶיךָ בְּאֶרֶץ שִׁבְיָם לֵאמֹר חָטָאנוּ הֶעֱוִינוּ וְרָשָֽׁעְנוּ ׃

39וְשָׁמַעְתָּ מִן ־ הַשָּׁמַיִם מִמְּכוֹן שִׁבְתְּךָ אֶת ־ תְּפִלָּתָם וְאֶת ־ תְּחִנֹּתֵיהֶם וְעָשִׂיתָ מִשְׁפָּטָם וְסָלַחְתָּ לְעַמְּךָ אֲשֶׁר חָֽטְאוּ ־ לָֽךְ ׃

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 6:34כִּֽי ־ יֵצֵא עַמְּךָ לַמִּלְחָמָה עַל ־ אוֹיְבָיו בַּדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁלָחֵם וְהִתְפַּֽלְלוּ אֵלֶיךָ דֶּרֶךְ הָעִיר הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר בָּחַרְתָּ בָּהּ וְהַבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר ־ בָּנִיתִי לִשְׁמֶֽךָ ׃

Jeremiah 29:12וּקְרָאתֶם אֹתִי וַֽהֲלַכְתֶּם וְהִתְפַּלַּלְתֶּם אֵלָי וְשָׁמַעְתִּי אֲלֵיכֶֽם ׃

Daniel 9:3וָאֶתְּנָה אֶת ־ פָּנַי אֶל ־ אֲדֹנָי הָֽאֱלֹהִים לְבַקֵּשׁ תְּפִלָּה וְתַחֲנוּנִים בְּצוֹם וְשַׂק וָאֵֽפֶר ׃

Joel 2:12וְגַם ־ עַתָּה נְאֻם ־ יְהוָה שֻׁבוּ עָדַי בְּכָל ־ לְבַבְכֶם וּבְצוֹם וּבְבְכִי וּבְמִסְפֵּֽד ׃

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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