Bible Commentary

If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 2Ch 6:34-35 If Thy people go out to war. The lawfulness of war I shall … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:34”

Then hear thou from the heavens, [even] from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as [doth] thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:33”

Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name’s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; 32. but is come ] R.V. when he shall come. if they come ] R.V. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:32”

That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. [See comments on 2Ch 5:1]. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible (31) To walk in thy ways.An explanatory remark added by the chronicler. Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:31”

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: ) 30. thou only ] R.V. thou, even thou only. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges [See comments … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:30”

[Then] what prayer [or] what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: 29. his man sore and his own grief ] R.V. his own plague and his … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:29”

If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness [there be]: 28. dearth ] R.V. famine (as in 1 Kings). caterpillars ] Rather some kind of locust; see … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:28”

Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance. [See comments on 2Ch 5:1]. Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:27”

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 name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them; 26. when thou dost afflict them ] Render (with R.V. mg. and Peshitta), because thou answerest them. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:26”

Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers. 25. from the heavens ] R.V. from heaven (as in 2Ch 6:23). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges [See comments on 2Ch 5:1]. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:25”