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2 Chronicles 6 (WEBP)

[1] Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
[2] But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
[3] The king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Israel stood.
[4] He said, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
[5] ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there, and I chose no man to be prince over my people Israel;
[6] but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
[7] Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
[8] But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart;
[9] nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will come out of your body, he shall build the house for my name.’
[10] “Yahweh has performed his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
[11] There I have set the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with the children of Israel.”
[12] He stood before Yahweh’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands
[13] (for Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had set it in the middle of the court; and he stood on it, and knelt down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands toward heaven).
[14] Then he said, “Yahweh, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you who keep covenant and loving kindness with your servants who walk before you with all their heart;
[15] who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is today.
[16] “Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that which you have promised him, saying, ‘There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your children take heed to their way, to walk in my law as you have walked before me.’
[17] Now therefore, Yahweh, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.
[18] “But will God indeed dwell with men on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’t contain you; how much less this house which I have built!
[19] Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant and to his supplication, Yahweh my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which your servant prays before you;
[20] that your eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place where you have said that you would put your name, to listen to the prayer which your servant will pray toward this place.
[21] Listen to the petitions of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear from your dwelling place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
[22] “If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes and swears before your altar in this house,
[23] then hear from heaven, act, and judge your servants, bringing retribution to the wicked, to bring his way on his own head; and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness.
[24] “If your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house,
[25] then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.
[26] “When the sky is shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, if they pray toward this place and confess your name, and turn from their sin when you afflict them,
[27] then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and send rain on your land, which you have given to your people for an inheritance.
[28] “If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatever plague or whatever sickness there is—
[29] whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who will each know his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread out his hands toward this house,
[30] then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive, and render to every man according to all his ways, whose heart you know (for you, even you only, know the hearts of the children of men),
[31] that they may fear you, to walk in your ways as long as they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
[32] “Moreover, concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes from a far country for your great name’s sake and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when they come and pray toward this house,
[33] then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by your name.
[34] “If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;
[35] then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
[36] “If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive to a land far off or near;
[37] yet if they come to their senses in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;’
[38] if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which you gave to their fathers, and the city which you have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for your name;
[39] then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
[40] “Now, my God, let, I beg you, your eyes be open, and let your ears be attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.
[41] “Now therefore arise, Yahweh God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength. Let your priests, Yahweh God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints rejoice in goodness.
[42] “Yahweh God, don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant.”

2 Chronicles 6:13 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Chronicles 6 (KJVS)

[1] Then said () Solomon , The LORD hath said () that he would dwell () in the thick darkness .
[2] But I have built () an 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 people out of the land of Egypt I chose () no city among all the tribes of Israel to build () an house in, that my name might be there; neither chose () I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel :
[6] But I have chosen () Jerusalem , that my name might be there; and have chosen () David to be over my people Israel .
[7] Now it was in the heart of David my father to build () an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel .
[8] But the LORD said () to David my father , Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build () an house for my name , thou didst well () in that it was in thine heart :
[9] Notwithstanding thou shalt not build () the house ; but thy son which shall come forth () out of thy loins , he shall build () the house for my name .
[10] The LORD therefore hath performed () his word that he hath spoken (): for I am risen up () in the room of David my father , and am set () on the throne of Israel , as the LORD promised (), and have built () the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel .
[11] And in it have I put () the ark , wherein [is] the covenant of the LORD , that he made () with the children of Israel .
[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 () covenant , and [shewest] mercy unto thy servants , that walk () before thee with all their hearts :
[15] Thou which hast kept () with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised () him; and spakest () with thy mouth , and hast fulfilled () [it] with thine hand , as [it is] this day .
[16] Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel , keep () with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised () him, saying (), There shall not fail () thee a man in my sight to sit () upon the throne of Israel ; yet so that thy children take heed () to their way to walk () in my law , as thou hast walked () before me.
[17] Now then, O LORD God of Israel , let thy word be verified (), which thou hast spoken () unto thy servant David .
[18] But will God in very deed dwell () with men on the earth ? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain () thee; how much less this house which I have built ()!
[19] Have respect () therefore to the prayer of thy servant , and to his supplication , O LORD my God , to hearken () unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth () before thee:
[20] That thine eyes may be open () upon this house day and night , upon the place whereof thou hast said () that thou wouldest put () thy name there; to hearken () unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth () toward this place .
[21] Hearken () therefore unto the supplications of thy servant , and of thy people Israel , which they shall make () toward this place : hear () thou from thy dwelling () place , [even] from heaven ; and when thou hearest (), forgive ().
[22] If a man sin () against his neighbour , and an oath be laid () upon him to make him swear (), and the oath come () before thine altar in this house ;
[23] Then hear () thou from heaven , and do (), and judge () thy servants , by requiting () the wicked , by recompensing () his way upon his own head ; and by justifying () the righteous , by giving () him according to his righteousness .
[24] And if thy people Israel be put to the worse () before the enemy (), because they have sinned () against thee; and shall return () and confess () thy name , and pray () and make supplication () before thee in this house ;
[25] Then hear () thou from the heavens , and forgive () the sin of thy people Israel , and bring them again () unto the land which thou gavest () to them and to their fathers .
[26] When the heaven is shut up (), and there is no rain , because they have sinned () against thee; [yet] if they pray () toward this place , and confess () thy name , and turn () from their sin , when thou dost afflict () them;
[27] 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 .
[28] If there be dearth in the land , if there be pestilence , if there be blasting , or mildew , locusts , or caterpillers ; if their enemies () besiege () them in the cities of their land ; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness [there be]:
[29] [Then] what prayer [or] what supplication soever shall be made of any man , or of all thy people Israel , when every one shall know () his own sore and his own grief , and shall spread forth () his hands in this house :
[30] Then hear () thou from heaven thy dwelling () place , and forgive (), and render () unto every man according unto all his ways , whose heart thou knowest (); (for thou only knowest () the hearts of the children of men :)
[31] That they may fear () thee, to walk () in thy ways , so long as they live in the land which thou gavest () unto our fathers .
[32] Moreover concerning the stranger , which is not of thy people Israel , but is come () from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand , and thy stretched out () arm ; if they come () and pray () in this house ;
[33] Then hear () thou from the heavens , [even] from thy dwelling () place , and do () according to all that the stranger calleth () to thee for; that all people of the earth may know () thy name , and fear () thee, as [doth] thy people Israel , and may know () that this house which I have built () is called () by thy name .
[34] If thy people go out () to war against their enemies () by the way that thou shalt send () them, and they pray () unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen (), and the house which I have built () for thy name ;
[35] Then hear () thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication , and maintain () their cause .
[36] If they sin () against thee, (for [there is] no man which sinneth () not,) and thou be angry () with them, and deliver () them over before [their] enemies (), and they carry them away () captives () unto a land far off or near ;
[37] Yet [if] they bethink () themselves in the land whither they are carried captive (), and turn () and pray () unto thee in the land of their captivity , saying (), We have sinned (), we have done amiss (), and have dealt wickedly ();
[38] 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 :
[39] Then hear () thou from the heavens , [even] from thy dwelling () place , their prayer and their supplications , and maintain () their cause , and forgive () thy people which have sinned () against thee.
[40] 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 .
[41] Now therefore arise (), O LORD God , into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength : let thy priests , O LORD God , be clothed () with salvation , and let thy saints rejoice () in goodness .
[42] O LORD God , turn not away () the face of thine anointed : remember () the mercies of David thy servant .

Young’s Literal Translation

2 Chronicles 6 (YLT)

[1] Then said Solomon, ‘Jehovah said-to dwell in thick darkness,
[2] and I-I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a fixed place for Thy dwelling to the ages.’
[3] And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel, and the whole assembly of Israel is standing,
[4] and he saith, ‘Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, who hath spoken with His mouth with David my father, and with His hands hath fulfilled it, saying:
[5] ‘From the day that I brought out My people from the land of Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of any of the tribes of Israel to build a house for my name being there, and I have not fixed on a man to be leader over My people Israel;
[6] and I fix on Jerusalem for My name being there, and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.
[7] ‘And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah God of Israel,
[8] and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart,
[9] but thou dost not build the house, for thy son who cometh forth out from thy loins, he doth build the house for My name.
[10] ‘And Jehovah doth establish His word that He spake, and I rise up in the stead of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as Jehovah spake, and I build the house for the name of Jehovah, God of Israel,
[11] and I place there the ark, where is the covenant of Jehovah that He made with the sons of Israel.’
[12] And he standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth out his hand,-
[13] for Solomon hath made a scaffold of brass, and putteth it in the midst of the court, five cubits its length, and five cubits its breadth, and three cubits its height, and he standeth upon it, and kneeleth on his knees over-against all the assembly of Israel, and spreadeth forth his hands towards the heavens-
[14] and saith, ‘O Jehovah God of Israel, there is not like Thee a god in the heavens and in the earth, keeping the covenant and the kindness for Thy servants who are walking before Thee with all their heart;
[15] who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him; yea, Thou dost speak with Thy mouth, and with Thy hand hast fulfilled it, as at this day.
[16] ‘And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst speak to him, saying, There is not cut off to thee a man from before Me, sitting on the throne of Israel, only, if thy sons watch their way to walk in My law, as thou hast walked before Me.
[17] ‘And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, to David,
[18] (for is it true?-God dwelleth with man on the earth! Lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heavens, do not contain Thee, how much less this house that I have built?)
[19] ‘And Thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God, to hearken unto the cry and unto the prayer that Thy servant is praying before Thee,
[20] for Thine eyes being open towards this house by day and by night, towards the place that Thou hast said to put Thy name there, to hearken unto the prayer that Thy servant prayeth towards this place.
[21] ‘And Thou hast hearkened unto the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, that they pray towards this place, and Thou dost hear from the place of Thy dwelling, from the heavens, and hast hearkened, and forgiven.
[22] ‘If a man doth sin against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up on him an oath to cause him to swear, and the oath hath come in before Thine altar in this house-
[23] then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to give back to the wicked, to put his way on his head, and to declare righteous the righteous, to give to him according to his righteousness.
[24] ‘And if Thy people Israel is smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have turned back and confessed Thy name, and prayed and made supplication before Thee in this house-
[25] then Thou dost hear from the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and caused them to turn back unto the ground that Thou hast given to them, and to their fathers.
[26] ‘In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have prayed towards this place, and confessed Thy name-from their sin they turn back because Thou dost afflict them-
[27] then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Israel, because Thou directest them unto the good way in which they walk, and hast given rain on Thy land that Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.
[28] ‘Famine, when it is in the land, pestilence, when it is, blasting, and mildew, locust, and caterpillar, when they are, when its enemies have distressed it in the land-its gates, any plague and any sickness;
[29] any prayer, any supplication that is for any man, and for all Thy people Israel, when they know each his own plague, and his own pain, and he hath spread out his hands towards this house:
[30] then Thou dost hear from the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast given to each according to all his ways (because Thou knowest his heart, for Thou-Thou only-hast known the heart of the sons of men),
[31] so that they fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast given to our fathers.
[32] ‘And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and he hath come from a land afar off for the sake of Thy great name, and Thy strong hand, and Thy stretched-out arm, and they have come in and prayed towards this house:
[33] then Thou dost hear from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all that the stranger calleth unto Thee for: so that all the peoples of the earth do know Thy name, so as to fear Thee, as Thy people Israel, and to know that Thy name is called on this house that I have built.
[34] ‘When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemies in the way that Thou dost send them, and they have prayed unto Thee the way of this city that Thou hast fixed on, and the house that I have built for Thy name:
[35] then Thou hast heard from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their cause.
[36] ‘When they sin against Thee-for there is not a man who sinneth not-and Thou hast been angry with them, and hast given them before an enemy, and taken them captive have their captors, unto a land far off or near;
[37] and they have turned it back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, and have turned back, and made supplication unto Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have done wickedly;
[38] yea, they have turned back unto Thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivity, whither they have taken them captive, and they have prayed the way of their land that Thou hast given to their fathers, and of the city that Thou hast chosen, and of the house that I have built for Thy name:
[39] then Thou hast heard from the heavens, from the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supplications, and hast maintained their cause, and forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee.
[40] ‘Now, my God, let, I beseech Thee, Thine eyes be open, and Thine ears attentive, to the prayer of this place:
[41] and now, rise, O Jehovah God, to Thy rest, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength; Thy priests, O Jehovah God, are clothed with salvation, and Thy saints rejoice in the goodness,
[42] O Jehovah God, turn not back the face of Thine anointed, be mindful of the kind acts of David Thy servant.’