2 Chronicles 6:24

Repentance Prayer

²² When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,

²³ then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,

²⁵ then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel. May You restore them to the land You gave to them and their fathers.

²⁶ When the skies are shut and there is no rain because Your people have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and they turn from their sins because You have afflicted them,

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: When Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, praying and pleading before You in this temple,
KJV: And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
WEB: “If your people Israel are struck down before the enemy because they have sinned against you, and they turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house,
ASV: And if thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
DARBY: And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again and confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication before thee in this house;
BLB: And if Your people Israel are struck before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return and confess Your name, and they pray and make supplication before You in this house,

ÅB: Når ditt folk Israel blir slått av fienden fordi de synder mot deg, men de så vender om og bekjenner ditt navn og ber til deg og bønnfaller om nåde for ditt åsyn i dette hus,
OTB: Hvis Ditt folk Israel blir beseiret foran en fiende fordi de har syndet mot Deg, og de vender tilbake og bekjenner Ditt navn, og ber og ber til Deg i dette huset,
B1930: Når ditt folk Israel blir slått av fienden fordi de synder mot dig, men de så vender om og bekjenner ditt navn og beder til dig og bønnfaller om nåde for ditt åsyn i dette hus,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 26:17
And I will set My face against you, so that you will be defeated by your enemies. Those who hate you will rule over you, and you will flee when no one pursues you.
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Psalms 44:10
You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.
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Judges 2:11
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
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Deuteronomy 28:25
The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
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Nehemiah 9:1–37
On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.
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Isaiah 63:1–19
Who is this coming from Edom, from Bozrah with crimson-stained garments? Who is this robed in splendor, marching in the greatness of His strength? “It is I, proclaiming vindication, mighty to save.”
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Leviticus 26:40–42
But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—
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Ezra 9:5–15
At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
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