2 Chronicles 6:25

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Solomon addresses God during the temple dedication, offering this petition after describing a scenario where Israel suffers military defeat due to sin and returns to confess and pray in the temple.

The words — The petition centers on תִּשְׁמַע (tish.ma'), "you will hear," and סָלַחְתָּ (sa.lach.ta), "you will forgive," establishing the conditional mechanism for divine response.

The thread — The text links repentance to forgiveness and land restoration, mirroring the healing promises of Jeremiah 33:6 and the inheritance guarantees in Genesis 13:15 and Exodus 6:8.

Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to recognize that national restoration follows confessed sin and divine hearing, demanding reliance on God’s stated promises rather than human achievement.

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The Hebrew words

וְאַתָּה֙ve./'a.Tahand/ you תִּשְׁמַ֣עtish.Ma'you will hear מִן־min-from הַשָּׁמַ֔יִםha./sha.Ma.yimthe/ heavens וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔ve./Sa.lach.taand/ you will forgive לְחַטַּ֖אתle./cha.Tat<to>/ [the] sin of עַמְּךָ֣'a.me./Khapeople/ your יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsrael וַהֲשֵׁיבוֹתָם֙va./ha.shei.vo.Ta/mand/ you will bring back/ them אֶל־'el-to הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔הha./'a.da.Mahthe/ land אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-which נָתַ֥תָּהna.Ta.tahyou gaveלָהֶ֖םla./Hemto/ themוְלַאֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ פve./la./'a.vo.tei./Hemand/ to/ ancestors/ their

King James Version

Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.

Cross-references

Jeremiah 33:6 Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
Genesis 13:15 for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.
Exodus 6:8 And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
Joshua 21:43 Thus the LORD gave Israel all the land He had sworn to give their fathers, and they took possession of it and settled in it.
Ezra 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to send a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to put it in writing as follows:
Psalms 106:40 So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.