2 Chronicles 6:20

May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The king addresses God during the temple dedication prayer, requesting divine attention toward the newly constructed sanctuary.

The words — עֵינֶ֨י/ךָ ('ei.Nei./kha) = your eyes and פְתֻח֜וֹת (fe.tu.Chot) = open, forming the phrase "your eyes open" that frames the request.

The thread — The motif of God’s attentive gaze toward His chosen dwelling appears in 2 Chronicles 6:6 and Psalms 34:15.

Why it lands — The text presents a plea for God to direct His attention to the temple day and night so He may hear prayers offered there. It asks the reader to approach God with the expectation that He listens to those who pray toward His appointed place.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

Cross-references

Psalms 34:15 The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
2 Chronicles 6:6 But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’
Psalms 121:5 The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.
Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
Deuteronomy 12:11 then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.
Deuteronomy 26:2 you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
Nehemiah 1:6 let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
1 Kings 8:29 May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
2 Kings 19:16 Incline Your ear, O LORD, and hear; open Your eyes, O LORD, and see. Listen to the words that Sennacherib has sent to defy the living God.
2 Chronicles 16:9 For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”