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.
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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.
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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.
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that Thine eyes may be open toward this house day and night, even toward the place whereof Thou hast said that thou wouldest put Thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which Thy servant shall pray toward this place.
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Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 6:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Psalms 34:15 Yahweh’s eyes are toward the righteous. His ears listen to their cry.
- 2 Chronicles 6:6 but now I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.’
- Psalms 121:5 Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
- Daniel 6:10 When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before.
- Deuteronomy 12:11 then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to Yahweh.
- Deuteronomy 26:2 that you shall take some of the first of all the fruit of the ground, which you shall bring in from your land that Yahweh your God gives you. You shall put it in a basket, and shall go to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
- Nehemiah 1:6 Let your ear now be attentive, and your eyes open, that you may listen to the prayer of your servant, which I pray before you at this time, day and night, for the children of Israel your servants, while I confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against you. Yes, I and my father’s house have sinned.
- 1 Kings 8:29-30 that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, ‘My name shall be there;’ to listen to the prayer which your servant prays toward this place. Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. Yes, hear in heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.
- 2 Kings 19:16 Incline your ear, Yahweh, and hear. Open your eyes, Yahweh, and see. Hear the words of Sennacherib, which he has sent to defy the living God.
- 2 Chronicles 16:9 For Yahweh’s eyes run back and forth throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. You have done foolishly in this; for from now on you will have wars.”
- Colossians 2:9 For in him all the fullness of the Deity dwells bodily,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That thou mayest declare in effect that thou hast…
That thou mayest declare in effect that thou hast a continual care over this place.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. which thy servant prayeth] R.V. which they servant…
20. which thy servant prayeth] R.V. which they servant shall pray. Solomon refers in this ver. to future prayers, not (as in 2Ch_6:19) to the prayer he is now praying.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (20) Upon.—Unto or toward. “Day and night” (as in…
(20) Upon.—Unto or toward. “Day and night” (as in Psa_1:2); Kings, “night and day” (as in Isa_27:3); for which the chronicler has substituted a more usual phrase. The Syriac and Arabic follow Kings.
Prayeth.—Shall pray, scil., at any time.
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Toward this place.—The margin is wrong, though supported by the Syriac, Arabic, and Vulg. The Temple of Jerusalem was, and is, the Kebla of the Jew. (Comp. Dan_6:10, and 2Ch_6:34 infr., which is a kind of paraphrase of this expression.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain This house .... the place whereof; this place (so…
This house .... the place whereof; this place (so Exo_29:43; Deu_12:5 Deu_14:23 Deu_15:20 Deu_16:2)
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