2 Chronicles 7:13

If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among my people;

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
If	הֵ֣ן hen	H2005	lo! · interjection
up	אֶֽעֱצֹ֤ר 'e.'e.Tzor	H6113	to inclose · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common singular
heaven	הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ ha.sha.Ma.yim	H8064	the sky (as aloft · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
rain	מָטָ֔ר ma.Tar	H4306	rain · noun, common masculine singular absolute
command	אֲצַוֶּ֥ה 'a.tza.Veh	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular
locusts	חָגָ֖ב cha.Gav	H2284	a locust · noun, common masculine singular absolute
devour	לֶאֱכ֣וֹל le.'e.Khol	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
land	הָאָ֑רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
send	אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח 'a.sha.Lach	H7971	to send away · verb, piel imperfect, 1st person common singular
pestilence	דֶּ֖בֶר De.ver	H1698	a pestilence · noun, common masculine singular absolute
people	בְּעַמִּֽי be.'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

2 Chronicles 6:26-28 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy…
Deuteronomy 11:17 And then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; a…
Revelation 11:6 These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to sm…
Revelation 3:7 And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he…
2 Samuel 24:13-15 So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three month…
Exodus 10:4-6 Else, if thou refuse to let my people go, behold, to morrow will I bring the locusts into thy coast:
Job 12:14 Behold, he breaketh down, and it cannot be built again: he shutteth up a man, and there can be no opening.
Ezekiel 14:19-21 Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:12–end

That God accepted Solomon's prayer appeared by the fire from heaven. But a prayer may be accepted and yet not answered in the letter of it; and therefore God appeared to him in the night, as he did once before (Ch2 1:7), and after a day of sacrifice too, as then, and gave him a peculiar answer to his prayer. We had the substance of it before, Kg1 9:2-9. I. He promised to own this house for a house of sacrifice to Israel and a house of prayer for all people (Isa 56:7): My name shall be there for ever (Ch2 7:12, Ch2 7:16), that is, "There will I make myself known, and there will I be called upon." II. He promised to answer the prayers of his people that should at any time be made in that place…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 7:12

GOD APPEARS TO HIM. (Ch2 7:12-22) the Lord appeared to Solomon by night--(See on Kg1 9:1-9). The dedication of the temple must have been an occasion of intense national interest to Solomon and his subjects. Nor was the interest merely temporary or local. The record of it is read and thought of with an interest that is undiminished by the lapse of time. The fact that this was the only temple of all nations in which the true God was worshipped imparts a moral grandeur to the scene and prepares the mind for the sublime prayer that was offered at the dedication. The pure theism of that prayer--its acknowledgment of the unity of God as well as of His moral perfections in providence and grace, ca…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 7:13

Or if I send pestilence - "The angel of death." - Targum.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 7:12

And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night,.... From hence, to the end of the chapter, much the same things are related as in 1 Kings 9:2. See Gill on 1 Kings 9:2, 1 Kings 9:3, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 9:5, 1 Kings 9:6, 1 Kings 9:7, 1 Kings 9:8, 1 Kings 9:9, excepting 2 Chronicles 7:13 which contain an answer to the particular requests made by Solomon in case of a famine or pestilence, that when the people of Israel should humble themselves in prayer and supplication, the Lord would be attentive to them, and forgive them, 2 Chronicles 6:26 and which is given as a specimen, and as encouragement to expect the same treatment in all other cases mentioned in Solomon's prayer, they so behaving.

Dictionary and topics

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…
Afflictions Made Beneficial · In humbling us — In humbling us
Chastisement · FROM GOD — FROM GOD
God · .To — .To
Judgments · May be averted by: Prayer — May be averted by: Prayer
Locust · General references — General references
Locust, The · The Jews: Promised deliverance from the plague of, on humiliation, &c — The Jews: Promised deliverance from the plague of, on humiliation, &c
Nation · National adversity, prayer in — National adversity, prayer in
Rain · Withheld as — Withheld as
Solomon · Covenant renewed in a vision after the — Covenant renewed in a vision after the

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 7:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 7:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 7:13

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 7:12

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 7:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 7:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 7:13

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 7:12

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 7:1–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 7:13-15

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 7:13