2 Chronicles 6:33

33 hear from heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house ¹that I have built is called by your name.

2 Chronicles 6:33 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:33

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:33 In-Context

31 that they may fear you and walk in your ways all the days that they live in the land that you gave to our fathers.

32 “Likewise, when a foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, comes from a far country for the sake of your great name and your mighty hand and your outstretched arm, when he comes and prays toward this house,

33 hear from heaven your dwelling place and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to you, in order that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your people Israel, and that they may know that this house that I have built is called by your name.

34 “If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,

35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause.

Cross References

• 1. 6:33 ch. 7:14; [James 2:7]