2 Chronicles 6:42
O Jehovah God, turn not back the face of Thine anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of David Thy servant.'
Young's Literal Translation
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, one petition I am asking of thee — turn not back my face;' and she saith unto him, 'Speak.'
Psalms 84:10For good [is] a day in Thy courts, O Teacher! I have chosen rather to be at the threshold, In the house of my God, Than to dwell in tents of wickedness.
Psalms 89:28To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
Psalms 132:10For the sake of David Thy servant, Turn not back the face of Thine anointed.
Isaiah 61:1The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah [is] on me, Because Jehovah did anoint me To proclaim tidings to the humble, He sent me to bind the broken of heart, To proclaim to captives liberty, And to bound ones an opening of bands.
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 →