2 Chronicles 6:27

then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Solomon addresses God in a conditional prayer, placing this petition between the drought scenario of verse 26 and the famine or siege scenarios of verse 28.

The words — תִשְׁמַע (tish.ma') means "you will hear," and סָלַחְתָּ (sa.lach.ta) means "you will forgive."

The thread — The drought condition appears in 1 Kings 8:35, the theme of divine discipline and teaching in Psalms 94:12, and the connection between fearing God and receiving seasonal rains in Jeremiah 5:24.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition that obedience, repentance, and divine provision are linked, requiring readers to assess their own posture before God rather than assume automatic blessing.

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The Hebrew words

וְאַתָּ֣ה׀ve./'a.Tahand/ you תִּשְׁמַ֣עtish.Ma'you will hear הַשָּׁמַ֗יִםha./sha.Ma.yimthe/ heavens וְסָ֨לַחְתָּ֜ve./Sa.lach.taand/ you will forgive לְחַטַּ֤אתle./cha.Tat<to>/ [the] sin of עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙'a.va.Dei./khaservants/ your וְעַמְּךָ֣ve./'a.me./Khaand/ people/ your יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsrael כִּ֥יkithat תוֹרֵ֛םto.Re/myou will direct/ them אֶל־'el-to הַדֶּ֥רֶךְha./De.rekhthe/ way הַטּוֹבָ֖הha./to.Vah<the>/ good אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.Sherwhich יֵֽלְכוּ־ye.le.khu-they will walkבָ֑הּVa/hin/ itוְנָתַתָּ֤הve./na.ta.Tahand/ you will give מָטָר֙ma.Tarrain עַֽל־'al-on אַרְצְךָ֔'ar.tze./Khaland/ your אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-which נָתַ֥תָּהna.Ta.tahyou gave לְעַמְּךָ֖le./'a.me./Khato/ people/ your לְנַחֲלָֽה׃ סle./na.cha.Lahfor/ an inheritance

King James Version

Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.

Cross-references

1 Kings 8:35 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,
Psalms 94:12 Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
Jeremiah 5:24 They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’
Zechariah 10:1 Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
1 Kings 18:40 Then Elijah ordered them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let a single one escape.” So they seized them, and Elijah brought them down to the Kishon Valley and slaughtered them there.
Job 37:11 He loads the clouds with moisture; He scatters His lightning through them.
Psalms 25:4 Show me Your ways, O LORD; teach me Your paths.
Psalms 25:8 Good and upright is the LORD; therefore He shows sinners the way.
Psalms 25:12 Who is the man who fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the path chosen for him.
Psalms 68:9 You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.