Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:38
If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and [toward] the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
38. If they return ] Cp. Lev 26:39-41; Deu 30:1-2 (passages anticipating captivity and also repentance in captivity).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
38. If they return to thee . . . inthe land of their captivity . . . and pray toward their land, whichthou gavest unto their fathersThese words gave rise to thefavorite usage of the ancient as well as modern Jews, of turning inprayer toward Jerusalem, in whatever quarter of the world they mightbe, and of directing their faces toward the temple when in Jerusalemitself or in any part of the holy land (1Ki8:44).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
[See comments on 2Ch 5:1].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(38) In the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives.Kings, in the land of their enemies who carried them captives. The Syriac has, in the cities of their captors who carried them captive. Perhaps their captivity is a corruption of their captors; or the relative (asher), rendered whither, may refer to land, meaning the hostile nation, in the land of their captivity which carried them captive.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
soul. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
return: Deu 30:2-6, Jer 29:12-14, Hos 14:1-4, Joe 2:12, Joe 2:13
pray toward: 2Ch 33:11-13, Dan 9:3, Dan 9:4
the city: 2Ch 6:34, Dan 6:10
Reciprocal: Isa 26:16 – in trouble Jer 24:7 – for they Jer 36:3 – they may Joe 3:1 – when Jon 2:4 – toward 1Jo 1:9 – we confess