2 Chronicles 6:30

Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hear	תִּשְׁמַ֨ע tish.Ma'	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם ha.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
dwelling	שִׁבְתֶּ֙ךָ֙ shiv.Te.kha	H3427	properly · verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
place	מְכ֤וֹן me.Khon	H4349	properly · noun, common masculine singular construct
forgive	וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔ ve.Sa.lach.ta	H5545	to forgive · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
render	וְנָתַתָּ֤ה ve.na.ta.Tah	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
man	לָאִישׁ֙ la.'Ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
ways	דְּרָכָ֔יו de.ra.Khav	H1870	a road (as trodden) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
heart	לְבָב֑וֹ le.va.Vo	H3824	the heart (as the most interior organ) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
knowest	תֵּדַ֖ע te.Da'	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
knowest	יָדַ֔עְתָּ ya.Da'.ta	H3045	to know (properly · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
hearts	לְבַ֖ב le.Vav	H3824	the heart (as the most interior organ) · noun, common masculine singular construct
children	בְּנֵ֥י be.Nei	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
men	הָאָדָֽם ha.'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

1 Chronicles 28:9 And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searchet…
1 Samuel 16:7 But the LORD said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him: for the Lord seeth…
Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give…
Matthew 16:27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Hebrews 4:13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have…
1 Kings 8:39 Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (fo…
1 Chronicles 29:17 I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willin…
Psalms 11:4-5 The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

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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…
Chastisement · FROM GOD — FROM GOD
Heaven · 16:31;21:26; — 16:31;21:26;
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 6:30

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 6:30

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 6:28-31

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 6:30