“Yahweh God, don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant.”
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“Yahweh God, don’t turn away the face of your anointed. Remember your loving kindnesses to David your servant.”
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O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
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O LORD God, turn not away the face of Thine anointed; remember the good deeds of David Thy servant.'
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to 2 Chronicles 6:42 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Isaiah 55:3 Turn your ear, and come to me. Hear, and your soul will live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
- Psalms 132:1 Yahweh, remember David and all his affliction,
- 1 Kings 1:34 Let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel. Blow the trumpet, and say, ‘Long live king Solomon!’
- 1 Kings 2:16 Now I ask one petition of you. Don’t deny me.” She said to him, “Say on.”
- Psalms 2:2 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,
- Psalms 89:24 But my faithfulness and my loving kindness will be with him. In my name, his horn will be exalted.
- Psalms 89:28 I will keep my loving kindness for him forever more. My covenant will stand firm with him.
- Psalms 132:10 For your servant David’s sake, don’t turn away the face of your anointed one.
- Isaiah 61:1 The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,
- Acts 13:34 “Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hear my prayer which am thine anointed king.
Hear my prayer which am thine anointed king.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Ch 6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the…
2Ch 6:42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Ver. 42. Remember the mercies of David.] Those "sure mercies"; {Isa 55:3} that is, promises of mercy.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Of thine anointed, i.e. of me, who by thy…
Of thine anointed, i.e. of me, who by thy command and appointment was anointed the king and ruler of thy people: do not deny my present requests, nor send me back from the throne of thy grace with a sad heart and dejected countenance.
The mercies of David thy servant, i.e. those which thou hast promised to David and to his house for ever.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Thine anointed - Of me, who by thy command…
Thine anointed - Of me, who by thy command was anointed the king and ruler of thy people: do not deny my requests, nor send me from the throne of thy grace with a dejected countenance. The mercies - Those which thou hast promised to David and to his house for ever. And thus may we plead, with an eye to Christ, who is called David, Hosea iii, 5. Lord, remember his merits, and accept of us, on the account of them. Remember the promises of the everlasting covenant, which are called the sure mercies of David, Isaiah lv, 3. This must be all our desire, all our hope, all our prayer, and all our plea; for it is all our salvation.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 42. Turn not away the face of thine…
Verse 42. Turn not away the face of thine anointed] "At least do me good; and if not for my sake, do it for thy own sake." - Jarchi.
These two last verses are not in the parallel place in 1Kg 8:22-53. There are other differences between the two places in this prayer, but they are not of much consequence.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Ch 6:42. O Lord, turn not away the face…
2Ch 6:42. O Lord, turn not away the face of thine anointed — Of me, who by thy command was anointed the king and ruler of thy people: do not deny my request, nor send me from the throne of thy grace with a dejected countenance. Remember the mercies of David — Those which thou hast promised to David, and to his house for ever. And thus may we plead, with an eye to Christ, who is called David, Hos 3:5. Lord, remember his merits, and accept of us on the account of them. Remember the promises of the everlasting covenant, which are called the sure mercies of David, Isa 55:3. This must be all our desire, all our hope, all our prayer, and all our plea; for it is all our salvation.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Anointed. Cover not with shame the king, whom thou…
Anointed. Cover not with shame the king, whom thou hast appointed, (Haydock) nor reject my prayer. (Tirinus) --- Mercies, which thou hast shewn, or rather (Calmet) the acts of virtue which thy servant displayed. (Syriac, &c.) For thy servant David’s sake, turn not away the face of thy anointed, Psalm cxxxi. In consideration of his merits, grant my request. (Calmet) --- Even Solomon, though at this time the object of God’s complacency, disdains not to screen himself under the merits of the departed saints. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain turn not away the face of thine anointed--that is,…
turn not away the face of thine anointed--that is, of me, who by Thy promise and appointment have been installed as king and ruler of Israel. The words are equivalent in meaning to this: Do not reject my present petitions; do not send me from Thy throne of grace dejected in countenance and disappointed in heart.
remember the mercies of David thy servant--that is, the mercies promised to David, and in consideration of that promise, hear and answer my prayer (compare Psa 132:10).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 42. turn not away] Cp. Psa_132:10.
42. turn not away] Cp. Psa_132:10.
remember the mercies of David] i.e. either shew David’s son the mercies thou didst shew to David himself (Isa_55:3), or (better), remember the good deeds (“mercies”; cp. 2Ch_32:32) which David did, and reward his son.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (42) O Lord God.—Not in the psalm. The temple…
(42) O Lord God.—Not in the psalm. The temple invocation is used as in the priest’s blessing (Num_6:24-26).
Turn not away the face of thine anointed—i.e., deny not his request (1Ki_2:16). Psa_132:10 :—
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“For the sake of David Thy servant,
Turn not away the face of Thine Anointed.”
The members of the couplet are transposed, and the language of the first is modified by the chronicler, so as to bring in the phrase, “the mercies of David,” that is, Jehovah’s mercies promised to David (Isa_55:3; Psa_89:49).
Remember (zokrâh)—Only here and five times in Nehemish.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 6:42 In harmony with the opening of the prayer…
6:42 In harmony with the opening of the prayer (6:15-17), Solomon asks God to remember his unfailing love for . . . David; this refers to the covenant promise that God made to David (1 Chr 17:4-14; see Isa 55:3).
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