2 Chronicles 6:42

Overview - 2 Chronicles 6
Solomon, having blessed the people, blesses God.
12 Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the temple, upon the brasen scaffold, etc.
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2 Chronicles 6:42  (King James Version)
O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
 


turn not
That is, "reject not thine anointed;" or, "repulse him not," agreeably to the interpretation of this phrase in the Syriac and Arabic versions.

See
1 Kings 2:16

thine anointed
1 Kings 1:34 ; Psalms 2:2 ; Isaiah 61:1

remember
Psalms 132:1 ; Isaiah 55:3 ; Acts 13:34

the mercies
Or, as Dr. Geddes renders, "the pious deeds of thy servant David
" The Syriac has, "the good actions of thy servant."