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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Chronicles 6 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_chronicles/6.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_chronicles/6-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > 2 Chronicles 6</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_chronicles/5.htm" title="2 Chronicles 5">◄</a> 2 Chronicles 6 <a href="../2_chronicles/7.htm" title="2 Chronicles 7">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="par"><span class="v14_6_1"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.1" class="v14_6_1">1</span>Solomon prayed:</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v14_6_1">“Our <span class="nd">Lord</span>, you said that you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v14_6_1">would live in a dark cloud.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v14_6_2"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.2" class="v14_6_2">2</span>Now I've built a glorious temple</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v14_6_2">where you can live forever.”</span></p><h3 class="s1">Solomon Speaks to the People</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="1KI 8:14-21">1 Kings 8.14-21</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v14_6_3"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.3" class="v14_6_3">3</span>Solomon turned toward the people standing there. Then he blessed them </span><span class="v14_6_4"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.4-2Chr.6.6" class="v14_6_4">4-6</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.6.4-2Chr.6.6!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> and said:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_4">Praise the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God of Israel! He brought his people out of Egypt long ago and later kept his promise to make my father David the king of Israel. The <span class="nd">Lord</span> also promised him that Jerusalem would be the city where his temple will be built, and now that promise has come true.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_7"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.7" class="v14_6_7">7</span>When my father wanted to build a temple for the <span class="nd">Lord</span> God of Israel, </span><span class="v14_6_8"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.8" class="v14_6_8">8</span>the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said, “It's good that you want to build a temple where I can be worshiped. </span><span class="v14_6_9"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.9" class="v14_6_9">9</span>But you're not the one to do it. Your son will build the temple to honor me.”</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_10"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.10" class="v14_6_10">10</span>The <span class="nd">Lord</span> has done what he promised. I am now the king of Israel, and I've built a temple for the <span class="nd">Lord</span> our God. </span><span class="v14_6_11"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.11" class="v14_6_11">11</span>I've also put the sacred chest in the temple. And in that chest are the two flat stones on which is written the solemn agreement the <span class="nd">Lord</span> made with our ancestors when he rescued them from Egypt.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Solomon Prays at the Temple</h3><h5 class="r">(<ref loc="1KI 8:22-53">1 Kings 8.22-53</ref>)</h5><p class="par"><span class="v14_6_12"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.12-2Chr.6.13" class="v14_6_12">12-13</span>Earlier, Solomon had a bronze platform made that was about two meters square and over a meter high, and he put it in the center of the outer courtyard near the altar. Solomon stood on the platform facing the altar with everyone standing behind him. Then he lifted his arms toward heaven; he knelt down </span><span class="v14_6_14"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.14" class="v14_6_14">14</span>and prayed:</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_14"><span class="nd">Lord</span> God of Israel, no other god in heaven or on earth is like you!</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_14">You never forget the agreement you made with your people, and you are loyal to anyone who faithfully obeys your teachings. </span><span class="v14_6_15"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.15" class="v14_6_15">15</span>My father David was your servant, and today you have kept every promise you made to him.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_16"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.16" class="v14_6_16">16</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.6.16!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You promised that someone from his family would always be king of Israel, if they do their best to obey you, just as he did. </span><span class="v14_6_17"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.17" class="v14_6_17">17</span>Please keep this promise you made to your servant David. </span><span class="v14_6_18"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.18" class="v14_6_18">18</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.6.18!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> There's not enough room in all of heaven for you, <span class="nd">Lord</span> God. How could you possibly live on earth in this temple I have built? </span><span class="v14_6_19"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.19" class="v14_6_19">19</span>But I ask you to answer my prayer. </span><span class="v14_6_20"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.20" class="v14_6_20">20</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.6.20!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> This is the temple where you have chosen to be worshiped. Please watch over it day and night and listen when I turn toward it and pray. </span><span class="v14_6_21"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.21" class="v14_6_21">21</span>I am your servant, and the people of Israel belong to you, and so whenever any of us look toward this temple and pray, answer from your home in heaven and forgive our sins.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_22"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.22" class="v14_6_22">22</span>Suppose someone accuses a person of a crime, and the accused has to stand in front of the altar in your temple and say, “I swear I am innocent!” </span><span class="v14_6_23"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.23" class="v14_6_23">23</span>Listen from heaven and decide who is right. Then punish the guilty person and let the innocent one go free.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_24"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.24" class="v14_6_24">24</span>Suppose your people Israel sin against you, and then an enemy defeats them. If they come to this temple and beg for forgiveness, </span><span class="v14_6_25"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.25" class="v14_6_25">25</span>listen from your home in heaven. Forgive them and bring them back to the land you gave their ancestors.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_26"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.26" class="v14_6_26">26</span>Suppose your people sin against you, and you punish them by holding back the rain. If they stop sinning and turn toward this temple to pray in your name, </span><span class="v14_6_27"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.27" class="v14_6_27">27</span>listen from your home in heaven and forgive them. The people of Israel are your servants, so teach them to live right. And send rain on the land you promised them forever.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_28"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.28" class="v14_6_28">28</span>Sometimes the crops may dry up or rot or be eaten by locusts<a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.6.28!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> or grasshoppers, and your people will be starving. Sometimes enemies may surround their towns, or your people will become sick with deadly diseases. </span><span class="v14_6_29"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.29" class="v14_6_29">29</span>Please listen when anyone in Israel truly feels sorry and sincerely prays with arms lifted toward your temple. </span><span class="v14_6_30"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.30" class="v14_6_30">30</span>You know what is in everyone's heart. So from your home in heaven answer their prayers, according to what they do and what is in their hearts. </span><span class="v14_6_31"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.31" class="v14_6_31">31</span>Then your people will worship you and obey you for as long as they live in the land you gave their ancestors.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_32"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.32" class="v14_6_32">32</span>Foreigners will hear about you and your mighty power, and some of them will come to live among your people Israel. If any of them pray toward this temple, </span><span class="v14_6_33"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.33" class="v14_6_33">33</span>listen from your home in heaven and answer their prayers. Then everyone on earth will worship you, just as your own people Israel do, and they will know that I have built this temple in your honor.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_34"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.34" class="v14_6_34">34</span>Sometimes you will order your people to attack their enemies. Then your people will turn toward this temple I have built for you in your chosen city, and they will pray to you. </span><span class="v14_6_35"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.35" class="v14_6_35">35</span>Answer their prayers from heaven and give them victory.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_36"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.36" class="v14_6_36">36</span>Everyone sins. But when your people sin against you, suppose you get angry enough to let their enemies drag them away to foreign countries. </span><span class="v14_6_37"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.37-2Chr.6.39" class="v14_6_37">37-39</span>Later, they may feel sorry for what they did and ask your forgiveness. Answer them when they pray toward this temple I have built for you in your chosen city, here in this land you gave their ancestors. From your home in heaven, listen to their sincere prayers and forgive your people who have sinned against you.</span></p><p class="pi"><span class="v14_6_40"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.40" class="v14_6_40">40</span><span class="nd">Lord</span> God, hear us when we pray in this temple. </span><span class="v14_6_41"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.41" class="v14_6_41">41</span><a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.6.41!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Come to your new home, where we have already placed the sacred chest, which is the symbol of your strength. I pray that when the priests announce your power to save people, those who are faithful to you will celebrate what you've done for them. </span><span class="v14_6_42"><span class="reftext" id="2Chr.6.42" class="v14_6_42">42</span>Always remember the love you had for your servant David,<a href="#fn" id="link_2Chr.6.42!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> so that you will not reject your chosen kings.</span></p></div> </div> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.28 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">locusts: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A type of grasshopper that comes in swarms and causes great damage to crops.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">6.42 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">the love you had for your servant David: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “how loyal your servant David was to you.”</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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