2 Chronicles 6:24

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,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Solomon addresses God during the temple dedication, positioning this petition within a sequence of conditional prayers for Israel’s future circumstances.

The words — The Hebrew יִנָּגֵף (yi.na.Gef) means "it will be defeated," and כִּי יֶֽחֶטְאוּ (ki ye.chet.'u) translates "for they will sin," establishing the text's explicit cause-and-effect structure.

The thread — The passage mirrors Leviticus 26:17 and 26:37 regarding defeat by enemies, while anticipating the confession pattern described in Leviticus 26:40.

Why it lands — The verse requires readers to acknowledge military defeat as a direct result of covenant violation and to identify return, confession, and temple prayer as the prescribed response.

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The Hebrew words

וְֽאִם־ve./'im-and/ if יִנָּגֵ֞ףyi.na.Gefit will be defeated עַמְּךָ֧'a.me./Khapeople/ your יִשְׂרָאֵ֛לYis.ra.'ElIsrael לִפְנֵ֥יli/f.Nei<to>/ before אוֹיֵ֖ב'o.Yevan enemy כִּ֣יkifor יֶֽחֶטְאוּ־ye.chet.'u-they will sinלָ֑ךְLa/khto/ youוְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ve./Sha.vuand/ they will return וְהוֹד֣וּve./ho.Duand/ they will praise אֶת־'et-<obj.>שְׁמֶ֔ךָshe.Me./khaname/ your וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֧וּve./hit.pa.Luand/ they will pray וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּve./hit.cha.ne.Nuand/ they will seek favor לְפָנֶ֖יךָle./fa.Nei./kha<to>/ before/ you בַּבַּ֥יִתba./Ba.yitin the/ house הַזֶּֽה׃ha./Zeh<the>/ this

King James Version

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;

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.
Leviticus 26:37 They will stumble over one another as before the sword, though no one is behind them. So you will not be able to stand against your enemies.
Leviticus 26:40 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—
Deuteronomy 4:29 But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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.
Deuteronomy 28:48 you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
Deuteronomy 30:1 “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
Joshua 7:8 O Lord, what can I say, now that Israel has turned its back and run from its enemies?
Joshua 7:11 Israel has sinned; they have transgressed My covenant that I commanded them, and they have taken some of what was devoted to destruction. Indeed, they have stolen and lied, and they have put these things with their own possessions.
Judges 2:11 And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.