2 Chronicles 6:23

Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hear	תִּשְׁמַ֣ע tish.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם ha.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
do	וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ ve.'a.Si.ta	H6213	to do or make · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
judge	וְשָׁפַטְתָּ֣ ve.sha.fa.Ta	H8199	to judge · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
servants	עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ 'a.va.Dei.kha	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
requiting	לְהָשִׁ֣יב le.ha.Shiv	H7725	to turn back (hence · preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
wicked	לְרָשָׁ֔ע le.ra.Sha'	H7563	morally wrong · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
recompensing	לָתֵ֥ת la.Tet	H5414	to give · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
way	דַּרְכּ֖וֹ dar.Ko	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
head	בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ be.ro.Sho	H7218	the head (as most easily shaken) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
justifying	וּלְהַצְדִּ֣יק u.le.hatz.Dik	H6663	to be (causatively · conjunction + preposition + verb, hiphil infinitive construct
righteous	צַדִּ֔יק tza.Dik	H6662	just · adjective, masculine singular absolute
giving	לָ֥תֶת La.tet	H5414	to give · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
righteousness	כְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ ke.tzid.ka.To	H6666	rightness (abstractly) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Proverbs 17:15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.
Isaiah 3:10-11 Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.
Jeremiah 51:56 Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God o…
Ezekiel 18:20 The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the so…
Romans 2:9-10 Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil, of the Jew first, and also of the Gentile;
Numbers 5:27 And when he hath made her to drink the water, then it shall come to pass, that, if she be defiled, and have done trespass against her husban…
Deuteronomy 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, a…
2 Kings 9:26 Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:12–end

Solomon had, in the foregoing verses, signed and sealed, as it were, the deed of dedication, by which the temple was appropriated to the honour and service of God. Now here he prays the consecration-prayer, by which it was made a figure of Christ, the great Mediator, through whom we are to offer all our prayers, and to expect all God's favours, and to whom we are to have an eye in every thing where we have to do with God. We have opened the particulars of this prayer (1 Kings 8) and therefore shall now only glean up some few passages in it which may be the proper subjects of our meditation. I. Here are some doctrinal truths occasionally laid down. As, 1. That the God of Israel is a being of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 6:22

If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house, &c.--In cases where the testimony of witnesses could not be obtained and there was no way of settling a difference or dispute between two people but by accepting the oath of the accused, the practice had gradually crept in and had acquired the force of consuetudinary law, for the party to be brought before the altar, where his oath was taken with all due solemnity, together with the imprecation of a curse to fall upon himself if his disavowal should be found untrue. There is an allusion to such a practice in this passage.

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 6:22

If a man sin against his neighbor - For the Seven cases put here by Solomon in his prayer, see the notes on 1 Kings 8:31-46 (note).

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 6:1

See Introduction to Chapter 5

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 6:12–end

Solomon's dedicatory prayer likewise corresponds exactly with the account of it given in 1 Kings 8:22-53 till near the end (Ch2 6:40-42), where it takes quite a different turn. Besides this, in the introduction (Ch2 6:13) Solomon's position during the prayer is more accurately described, it being there stated that Solomon had caused a high stage (כּיּור, a basin-like elevation) to be erected, which he ascended, and kneeling, spoke the prayer which follows. This fact is not stated in Kg1 8:22, and Then. and Berth. conjecture that it has been dropped out of our text only by mistake. Perhaps so, but it may have been passed over by the author of the books of Kings as a point of subordinate impor…

Dictionary and topics

Prayer — Is converse with God; the intercourse of the soul with God, not in contemplation or meditation, but in direct address to him. Prayer may be oral or mental, occasional or constant, ejaculatory or…
Temple, Solomon’s — Before his death David had “with all his might” provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the…
Prayer, Public · Exemplified: Solomon — Exemplified: Solomon
Temple, The First · Solemnly dedicated to God by Solomon — Solemnly dedicated to God by Solomon

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 6:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 6:22

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 6:22

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 6:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 6:12–end

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 6:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 6:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 6:22

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 6:22

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 6:1

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 6:12–end

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 6:22-23

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 6:23