2 Chronicles 6:40

Now, O my God, let—I beseech thee—thine eyes be open, and thine ears attent,—unto the prayer of this place.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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 wilt thou hear out of the heavens—out of the settled place of thine abode—their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause,—and forgive thy people, that wherein they sinned against thee?

41Now, therefore, arise! O Yahweh God, unto thy rest, thou, and the ark of thy strength: Thy priests, O Yahweh God, let them be clothed with salvation, and, thy men of lovingkindness, let them rejoice in prosperity.

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Cross References

1 Kings 8:52that thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel,—to hearken unto them, in all their crying unto thee;

2 Chronicles 7:15Now, mine eyes, shall be open, and, mine ears, attent,—to the prayer of this place.

Nehemiah 1:6Let, I pray thee, thine ears be attentive and thine eyes open—to hearken unto the prayer of thy servant—which, I, am praying before thee now, day and night, for the sons of Israel, thy servants,—and making confession concerning the sins of the sons of Israel, which we have committed against thee, both I and the house of my father, have sinned.

Psalms 7:3O Yahweh my God, If I have done this, If there hath been perversity in my hands:

Psalms 17:1Hear, O Yahweh, the right, Attend to my loud cry, Give ear unto my prayer, on lips that would not deceive:

Psalms 31:2Incline unto me, thine ear, Speedily rescue me,—Become to me a Rock of refuge, a Place of security, For saving me.

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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