2 Chronicles 6:40

40 "Now, O my God, I pray, ¹let Your eyes be open and ²Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

2 Chronicles 6:40 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:40

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:40 In-Context

38 if they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been taken captive, and pray toward their land which You have given to their fathers and the city which You have chosen, and toward the house which I have built for Your name,

39 then hear from heaven, from Your dwelling place, their prayer and supplications, and maintain their cause and forgive Your people who have sinned against You.

40 "Now, O my God, I pray, let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.

41 "Now therefore arise, O LORD God, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might; let Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation and let Your godly ones rejoice in what is good.

42 "O LORD God, do not turn away the face of Your anointed; remember Your lovingkindness to Your servant David."

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 7:15; Nehemiah 1:6, 11
• 2. Psalms 17:1