2 Chronicles 30:27
25 And all the congregation of Judah, with the priests and the Levites, and all the congregation that came out of Israel, and the strangers that came out of the land of Israel, and that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced.
26 So there was great joy in Jerusalem: for since the time of Solomon the son of David king of Israel there was not the like in Jerusalem.
Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
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- BSB
- Then the priests and the Levites stood to bless the people, and God heard their voice, and their prayer came into His holy dwelling place in heaven.
- KJV
- Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy dwelling place, even unto heaven.
- WEB
- Then the Levitical priests arose and blessed the people. Their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even to heaven.
- ASV
- Then the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people: and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, even unto heaven.
- DARBY
- And the priests the Levites arose and blessed the people; and their voice was heard, and their prayer came up to his holy habitation, to the heavens.
- BLB
- And the priests, the Levites, arose and blessed the people, and their voice was heard. And their prayer came [up] to His holy dwelling place in the heavens.
- ÅB
- Og de levittiske prester sto opp og velsignet folket, og deres røst ble hørt, og deres bønn nådde til himmelen, hans hellige bolig.
[^1]: d.e. i den første måned.
[^2]: d.e. om han enn ikke er ren etter loven.
[^3]: SLM 41, 5. JES 6, 10. - OTB
- Da sto de levittiske prestene og velsignet folket; og deres stemme ble hørt, og deres bønn nådde Hans hellige bolig, til himmelen.
- B1930
- Og de levittiske prester stod op og velsignet folket, og deres røst blev hørt, og deres bønn nådde til himmelen, hans hellige bolig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 26:15
Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
Read in contextPsalms 68:5
A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
Read in contextActs 10:4
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 10:8
At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
Read in context2 Chronicles 23:18
Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites, whom David had distributed in the house of the LORD, to offer the burnt offerings of the LORD, as it is written in the law of Moses, with rejoicing and with singing, as it was ordained by David.
Read in context1 Kings 8:30
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
Read in contextIsaiah 66:1
Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?
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