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serve and worship other gods,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/7.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/7.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_chronicles/7.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_chronicles/7.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“But if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/7.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_chronicles/7.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you and shall go and serve other gods and worship them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“But if you turn away and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_chronicles/7.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“But if you [people] turn away and abandon My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and you go and serve other gods and worship them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and bow in worship to them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />However, if you turn away and abandon My statutes and My commands that I have set before you and if you go and serve other gods and worship them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_chronicles/7.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_chronicles/7.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />But if you or any of the people of Israel disobey my laws or start worshiping foreign gods, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_chronicles/7.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_chronicles/7.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But if you and your descendants turn away from me and abandon my commands and laws that I gave you, and follow and serve other gods and worship them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But if you and your people ever disobey the laws and commands I have given you and worship other gods, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_chronicles/7.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"But if you turn away and abandon my statutes and my commands that I have given you, and if you walk away to serve other gods and worship them, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_chronicles/7.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"But if you people ever turn away from me, fail to obey the regulations and rules I instructed you to keep, and decide to serve and worship other gods,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_chronicles/7.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_chronicles/7.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But if you turn away and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_chronicles/7.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and if you turn back—you—and have forsaken My statutes and My commands that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them—then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and if ye turn back -- ye -- and have forsaken My statutes, and My commands, that I have placed before you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them -- then I have plucked them from off My ground that I have given to them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if ye shall turn away and forsake my laws and my covenant which I gave before you, and ye went and served other gods and worshiped to them;<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_chronicles/7.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But if you turn away, and forsake my justices, and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve strange gods, and adore them, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_chronicles/7.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But if you will have turned away, and will have forsaken my justices and my precepts, which I have set before you, and going astray, you serve strange gods, and you adore them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_chronicles/7.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But if ever you turn away and forsake my commandments and statutes which I set before you, and proceed to serve other gods, and bow down to them,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_chronicles/7.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“But if you turn aside and forsake my statutes and my commandments that I have set before you, and go and serve other gods and worship them,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_chronicles/7.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But if you turn away from my ways, both you and your children, and shall not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, and shall go and serve the idols of the nations and worship them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/2_chronicles/7.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And if to turn, you will turn, you and your sons, from my way, and you will not keep my commands and my laws that I have given before you, and you will serve the idols of the Gentiles and you will serve them<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/2_chronicles/7.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But if ye turn away, and forsake My statutes and My commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/2_chronicles/7.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But if ye should turn away, and forsake my ordinances and my commandments, which I have set before you, and go and serve other gods, and worship them;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_chronicles/7-19.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=1755" 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/7.htm">The LORD's Response to Solomon</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">18</span>then I will establish your royal throne, as I covenanted with your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man to rule over Israel.’ <span class="reftext">19</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: wə·’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">But if</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tem (Pro-2mp) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: tə·šū·ḇūn (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp:: Pn) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">turn away</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: wa·‘ă·zaḇ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">and forsake</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">the statutes</a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">and commandments</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·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I have set</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê·ḵem (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wa·hă·laḵ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and if you go off</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: wa·‘ă·ḇaḏ·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">to serve</a> <a href="/hebrew/7812.htm" title="7812: wə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wî·ṯem (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To bow down. A primitive root; to depress, i.e. Prostrate.">and worship</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">other</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">gods,</a> </span><span class="reftext">20</span>then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples.…<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="/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="/1_kings/9-6.htm">1 Kings 9:6-9</a></span><br />But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, / then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/22-9.htm">Jeremiah 22:9</a></span><br />Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/29-25.htm">Deuteronomy 29:25-28</a></span><br />And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. / They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them. / Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Jeremiah 11:10</a></span><br />They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-23</a></span><br />All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a></span><br />“For My people have committed two evils: They have forsaken Me, the fountain of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a></span><br />My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/18-15.htm">Jeremiah 18:15-17</a></span><br />Yet My people have forgotten Me. They burn incense to worthless idols that make them stumble in their ways, leaving the ancient roads to walk on rutted bypaths instead of on the highway. / They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual object of scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and shake their heads. / I will scatter them before the enemy like the east wind. I will show them My back and not My face in the day of their calamity.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a></span><br />Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/18-24.htm">Ezekiel 18:24</a></span><br />But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/1-6.htm">Galatians 1:6</a></span><br />I am amazed how quickly you are deserting the One who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm">2 Peter 2:20-21</a></span><br />If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. / It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12</a></span><br />See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But if you turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;</p><p class="hdg">if ye turn away</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14,33</a></b></br> But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15,36,37</a></b></br> But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/12-25.htm">1 Samuel 12:25</a></b></br> But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.</p><p class="hdg">shall go</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/4-23.htm">Deuteronomy 4:23-27</a></b></br> Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, <i>or</i> the likeness of any <i>thing</i>, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/joshua/23-15.htm">Joshua 23:15,16</a></b></br> Therefore it shall come to pass, <i>that</i> as all good things are come upon you, which the LORD your God promised you; so shall the LORD bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the LORD your God hath given you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/9-6.htm">1 Kings 9:6,7</a></b></br> <i>But</i> if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments <i>and</i> my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve other gods, and worship them: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/7-3.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-19.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/29-19.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-20.htm">Forsake</a> <a href="/2_kings/22-17.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/2-5.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-3.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-11.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-27.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-9.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/28-1.htm">Served</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-17.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-14.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-26.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-31.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/16-29.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/2_chronicles/20-18.htm">Bowed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-4.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-15.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/ezra/7-10.htm">Decrees</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/15-2.htm">Forsake</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/12-1.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-22.htm">Gods</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/20-18.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/17-4.htm">Laws</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-15.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-19.htm">Placed</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-9.htm">Servants</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/10-4.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/7-22.htm">Served</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-10.htm">Statutes</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/8-15.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/9-12.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/19-3.htm">Worship</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/13-8.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">2 Chronicles 7</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-1.htm">God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire from heaven, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">2. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-2.htm">and glory in the temple, the people worship him</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-4.htm">Solomon's solemn sacrifice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-8.htm">Solomon having kept the feasts of tabernacles and dedication, dismisses the people</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">God appearing to Solomon, gives him promises upon condition</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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The concept of turning away is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, often associated with apostasy or rebellion against God. In the context of 2 Chronicles, it serves as a reminder of the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where obedience brings blessings and disobedience leads to consequences. This idea is echoed in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings and curses are outlined based on Israel's faithfulness.<p><b>and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you</b><br>The statutes and commandments refer to the laws given by God to Israel, primarily through Moses. These laws were meant to guide the Israelites in their daily lives and maintain their covenant relationship with God. Forsaking these laws implies a deliberate rejection of God's authority and guidance. Historically, Israel's failure to adhere to these commandments often led to periods of judgment and exile, as seen in the Babylonian captivity. This phrase underscores the importance of obedience to God's revealed will.<p><b>and if you go off to serve and worship other gods</b><br>Serving and worshiping other gods was a direct violation of the first commandment, which prohibits idolatry. In the ancient Near Eastern context, polytheism was prevalent, and Israel was constantly tempted to adopt the religious practices of surrounding nations. This phrase highlights the danger of syncretism, where the worship of Yahweh could be compromised by the inclusion of other deities. The prophets frequently warned against this, as seen in the ministries of Elijah and Jeremiah. Theologically, this serves as a type of spiritual adultery, where Israel's unfaithfulness to God is likened to an unfaithful spouse.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The king of Israel who built the temple in Jerusalem. God is speaking to him in this passage.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Lord is addressing Solomon, warning him about the consequences of turning away from His commandments.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation chosen by God, to whom the statutes and commands were given.<br><br>4. <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, built by Solomon as a dwelling place for God's name.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/o/other_gods.htm">Other gods</a></b><br>Refers to the idols and deities worshiped by surrounding nations, which God forbids Israel from serving.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>God’s statutes and commands are given for our good. Obedience leads to blessings, while disobedience leads to consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a></b><br>Turning to other gods or idols, whether literal or metaphorical, leads us away from the true God and His purposes for our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a></b><br>God’s relationship with His people is based on a covenant that requires faithfulness. We are called to remain faithful to God’s commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a></b><br>As Solomon was a leader, his actions had significant implications for the nation. Leaders today must also adhere to God’s commands to guide others rightly.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>Even if we turn away, God offers a path back through repentance. His desire is for restoration and renewed relationship.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_chronicles_7.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Chronicles 7</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_blame_sin_alone_for_jerusalem's_fall.htm">Why does Lamentations 1:9 attribute Jerusalem’s downfall solely to sin when geopolitics also played a role? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_zion_god's_eternal_dwelling.htm">Psalm 132:13–14: How can Zion be God’s eternal dwelling when other biblical passages suggest His presence can depart certain locations? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_2_chron_19_2_conflict_with_loving_all.htm">Does 2 Chronicles 19:2's warning against helping the wicked conflict with New Testament commands to love everyone, including enemies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_2_sam_10_18_and_1_chr_19_18.htm">How do we reconcile the discrepant figures between 2 Samuel 10:18 and 1 Chronicles 19:18 regarding the number of charioteers and horsemen defeated by David?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_chronicles/7.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) <span class= "bld">But.</span>--<span class= "ital">And.</span> Kings omits, but emphasises the verb, "If ye <span class= "ital">will</span> turn," or, "if turn ye will."<p>The order of words in the Heb. implies that <span class= "ital">?-bnekem, "</span>and your children," has fallen out of the text: "And if ye turn, ye and your children." So Kings, and Syriac and Arabic here. Kings adds, "From after me."<p><span class= "bld">And forsake.</span>--Kings, "and keep not." So Syriac and Arabic.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_chronicles/7.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 19, 20.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And forsake</span>. The parallel (<a href="/1_kings/9-6.htm">1 Kings 9:6</a>) puts it, according to the Authorized Version, "If ye shall <span class="accented">at all</span> turn from following me," etc., which rendering on the part of the Authorized Version probably errs by excess. Much mercy, much forbearing, long-suffering, and slowness to anger, were sure to mark the Divine rule; nor would condemnation take effect, nor <span class="accented">did</span> it take effect, till the revolt of the people was a thorough revolt, as finally testifying itself in the crucifixion of Christ (see also, as comments on the <span class="accented">expressions</span> of these two verses, <a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Deuteronomy 4:26, 27</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/28-37.htm">Deuteronomy 28:37</a>, and generally 15-64). The same Hebrew words for <span class="cmt_word">a proverb and a byword among all nations</span> are found in ver. 37, as just quoted. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_chronicles/7-19.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">But if</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאִם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">אַתֶּ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(’at·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - second person masculine plural<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">turn away</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּשׁוּב֣וּן</span> <span class="translit">(tə·šū·ḇūn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun<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">and forsake</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲזַבְתֶּם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·zaḇ·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the statutes</span><br /><span class="heb">חֻקּוֹתַ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(ḥuq·qō·w·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed, an enactment, statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and the commandments</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמִצְוֺתַ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(ū·miṣ·wō·ṯay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> </span><span class="str2">Commandment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I have set</span><br /><span class="heb">נָתַ֖תִּי</span> <span class="translit">(nā·ṯat·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common 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">before you,</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵיכֶ֑ם</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and if you go off</span><br /><span class="heb">וַהֲלַכְתֶּ֗ם</span> <span class="translit">(wa·hă·laḵ·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, come, walk</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to serve</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·ḇaḏ·tem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> </span><span class="str2">To work, to serve, till, enslave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and worship</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hiš·ta·ḥă·wî·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7812.htm">Strong's 7812: </a> </span><span class="str2">To depress, prostrate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">other</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲחֵרִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḥê·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hinder, next, other</span><br /><br /><span class="word">gods,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱלֹהִ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·lō·hîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> </span><span class="str2">gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">2 Chronicles 7:19 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_chronicles/7-19.htm">OT History: 2 Chronicles 7:19 But if you turn away and forsake (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Chronicles 7:18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 7:18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Chronicles 7:20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Chronicles 7:20" /></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>