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2 Chronicles 6:25 then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.
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May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You gave to them and their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />then hear Thou from heaven and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel, and bring them back to the land which Thou hast given to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />may you hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel. May you restore them to the land you gave them and their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />may You hear in heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave them and their ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />listen from your home in heaven. Forgive them and bring them back to the land you gave their ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />then hear [them] in heaven, forgive the sins of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land that you gave to them and their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />listen to them in heaven. Forgive the sins of your people and bring them back to the land which you gave to them and to their ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />then hear from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and return them to the soil that you gave to them and to their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again to the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />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. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />then You hear from the heavens and have forgiven the sin of Your people Israel, and caused them to return to the ground that You have given to them, and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou wilt hear from the heavens, and forgive to the sin of thy people Israel, and turn them back to the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them back into the land, which thou gavest to them, and their fathers. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />you will heed them from heaven, and you will forgive the sin of your people Israel, and you will lead them back into the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave them and their ancestors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />may you hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land that you gave to them and to their ancestors.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then hear thou from the heavens and forgive the sins of thy people Israel and bring them again to the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also you will hear from Heaven and you will forgive the sins of your people Israel, and you shall return them to the land that you have given to them and to their fathers.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />then hear Thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy people Israel, and bring them back unto the land which Thou gavest to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />then shalt thou hearken out of heaven and shalt be merciful to the sins of thy people Israel, and thou shalt restore them to the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zGrb4955Tvs?start=1283" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/6.htm">Solomon's Prayer of Dedication</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple, <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">then may You</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: tiš·ma‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">hear</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">heaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/5545.htm" title="5545: wə·sā·laḥ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To forgive, pardon. A primitive root; to forgive.">and forgive</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: lə·ḥaṭ·ṭaṯ (Prep-l:: N-fsc) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">the sin</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mə·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">of Your people</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">Israel.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: wa·hă·šê·ḇō·w·ṯām (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms:: 3mp) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">May You restore them</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/127.htm" title="127: hā·’ă·ḏā·māh (Art:: N-fs) -- Ground, land. From 'adam; soil.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tāh (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">You gave</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep-l:: Pro-3mp) -- ">to them</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: wə·la·’ă·ḇō·ṯê·hem (Conj-w, Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 3mp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">and their fathers.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/8-33.htm">1 Kings 8:33-34</a></span><br />When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading with You in this temple, / then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-2</a></span><br />“Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. / And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15</a></span><br />If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40-42</a></span><br />But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me— / and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity, / then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/29-12.htm">Jeremiah 29:12-14</a></span><br />Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. / You will seek Me and find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. / I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-16.htm">James 5:16</a></span><br />Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-14.htm">Matthew 6:14-15</a></span><br />For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. / But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/11-4.htm">Luke 11:4</a></span><br />And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Psalm 32:5</a></span><br />Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/103-3.htm">Psalm 103:3</a></span><br />He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a></span><br />Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/14-1.htm">Hosea 14:1-2</a></span><br />Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity. / Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/3-19.htm">Acts 3:19</a></span><br />Repent, then, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/10-9.htm">Romans 10:9-10</a></span><br />that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. / For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then hear you from the heavens, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to them and to their fathers.</p><p class="hdg">forgive the sin</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezra/1-1.htm">Ezra 1:1-6</a></b></br> Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and <i>put it</i> also in writing, saying, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/106-4.htm">Psalm 106:4-47</a></b></br> Remember me, O LORD, with the favour <i>that thou bearest unto</i> thy people: O visit me with thy salvation; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/33-6.htm">Jeremiah 33:6-13</a></b></br> Behold, I will bring it health and cure, and I will cure them, and will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth… </p><p class="hdg">which thou</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/13-15.htm">Genesis 13:15</a></b></br> For all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/6-8.htm">Exodus 6:8</a></b></br> And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I <i>am</i> the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/21-43.htm">Joshua 21:43</a></b></br> And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/1-9.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-23.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/5-2.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-21.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-21.htm">Forgiven</a> <a href="/2_kings/5-18.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-48.htm">Gavest</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-23.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-23.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-21.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-24.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-24.htm">Sin</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/7-11.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-35.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-31.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-27.htm">Forgive</a> <a href="/psalms/32-1.htm">Forgiven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-39.htm">Forgiveness</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-31.htm">Gavest</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-27.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-27.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm">Sin</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-1.htm">Solomon, having blessed the people, blessed God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-12.htm">Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the temple, upon the bronze platform.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It reflects the understanding that God is not confined to the earthly temple but resides in the heavens. This aligns with Solomon's earlier acknowledgment in <a href="/2_chronicles/6-18.htm">2 Chronicles 6:18</a> that even the highest heavens cannot contain God. The concept of God hearing from heaven is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, highlighting His accessibility and responsiveness to His people's prayers (e.g., <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">2 Chronicles 7:14</a>).<p><b>and forgive the sin of Your people Israel</b><br>Forgiveness is central to the covenant relationship between God and Israel. The request for forgiveness implies repentance and a turning back to God, which is a consistent theme throughout the Old Testament. This phrase underscores the importance of confession and repentance in the life of Israel, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40-42</a> and <a href="/1_kings/8-46.htm">1 Kings 8:46-50</a>. Forgiveness is also a foreshadowing of the ultimate forgiveness offered through Jesus Christ, as seen in the New Testament (e.g., <a href="/ephesians/1-7.htm">Ephesians 1:7</a>).<p><b>May You restore them to the land</b><br>Restoration to the land is a significant aspect of God's promises to Israel. The land is a tangible sign of God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm">Genesis 12:7, 26</a>:3, 28:13). This phrase reflects the Deuteronomic theme of exile and return, where disobedience leads to exile, but repentance leads to restoration (<a href="/deuteronomy/30.htm">Deuteronomy 30:1-5</a>). The land is not just a physical territory but a symbol of God's blessing and presence with His people.<p><b>You gave to them and their fathers</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the continuity of God's promises across generations. The land was given to the patriarchs as part of God's covenant, and this inheritance is a recurring theme in the Old Testament (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18-21</a>). It highlights the faithfulness of God in keeping His promises and the importance of the land as part of Israel's identity and heritage. The reference to "fathers" connects the current generation to their ancestors, reinforcing the idea of a shared covenantal history.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The king of Israel who is offering this prayer of dedication for the newly built temple in Jerusalem. He is seeking God's favor and forgiveness for the people of Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a></b><br>The central place of worship for the Israelites, symbolizing God's presence among His people. Solomon's prayer is directed toward this holy place.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who are being addressed in this prayer. They are reminded of the consequences of sin and the importance of repentance.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Lord who controls the heavens and the rain, and who responds to the prayers and repentance of His people.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/s/sin_and_repentance.htm">Sin and Repentance</a></b><br>The event of turning away from sin and seeking God's forgiveness, which is central to Solomon's prayer.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has tangible consequences, such as the withholding of rain, which affects the entire community. Recognizing the impact of sin is crucial for understanding the need for repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer.htm">The Power of Prayer</a></b><br>Solomon emphasizes the importance of prayer directed toward the temple. Today, believers are encouraged to pray with sincerity and faith, trusting in God's willingness to hear and respond.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_leads_to_restoration.htm">Repentance Leads to Restoration</a></b><br>Turning away from sin and seeking God's forgiveness is a pathway to restoration. This principle is timeless and applicable to all believers.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_mercy.htm">God's Sovereignty and Mercy</a></b><br>God controls the natural world and uses it to draw His people back to Himself. His mercy is evident in His willingness to forgive and restore those who repent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_community.htm">The Role of the Community</a></b><br>The prayer is communal, highlighting the importance of collective repentance and seeking God's favor as a body of believers.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible_books'_order.htm">What is the order of the Bible's books?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_'forever'_reconciled_with_the_temple's_destruction.htm">(2 Chronicles 7:16) How do we reconcile God's statement that His Name would dwell in the temple 'forever' with the destruction of that temple in subsequent history?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_psalm_28_2's_temple_timeline.htm">In Psalm 28:2, which references the 'most holy sanctuary,' how do we reconcile questions about the historicity or exact timeline of the temple's existence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_genesis_13_14-17_reconciled.htm">In Genesis 13:14-17, God promises Abram that his descendants will inherit the land 'forever'; how can this be reconciled with later biblical or historical events suggesting otherwise?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">may You</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַתָּה֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’at·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> </span><span class="str2">Thou and thee, ye and you</span><br /><br /><span class="word">hear</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּשְׁמַ֣ע</span> <span class="translit">(tiš·ma‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hear intelligently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heaven</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šā·ma·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heaven, sky</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and forgive</span><br /><span class="heb">וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔</span> <span class="translit">(wə·sā·laḥ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5545.htm">Strong's 5545: </a> </span><span class="str2">To forgive, pardon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sin</span><br /><span class="heb">לְחַטַּ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḥaṭ·ṭaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Your people</span><br /><span class="heb">עַמְּךָ֣</span> <span class="translit">(‘am·mə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Israel.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·rā·’êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> </span><span class="str2">Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc</span><br /><br /><span class="word">May You restore</span><br /><span class="heb">וַהֲשֵׁיבוֹתָם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wa·hă·šê·ḇō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the land</span><br /><span class="heb">הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ă·ḏā·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_127.htm">Strong's 127: </a> </span><span class="str2">Ground, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You gave</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתַ֥תָּה</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯat·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to them</span><br /><span class="heb">לָהֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(lā·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and their fathers.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלַאֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(wə·la·’ă·ḇō·ṯê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">2 Chronicles 6:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">2 Chronicles 6:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">2 Chronicles 6:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">2 Chronicles 6:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">2 Chronicles 6:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">2 Chronicles 6:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">2 Chronicles 6:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">2 Chronicles 6:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">2 Chronicles 6:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">2 Chronicles 6:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/6-25.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 6:25 Then hear from heaven and forgive (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 6:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 6:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 6:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 6:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>