2 Chronicles 6:39

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and pleas, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Solomon addresses God during the temple dedication, petitioning for divine response when exiled Israel returns to the Lord and prays toward Jerusalem and the sanctuary.

The words — The Hebrew verb שָמַעְתָּ (sha.ma'ta) translates literally as "you will hear," directly governing תְּפִלָּתָם (te.fi.la.tam), "their prayer," to denote God's attentive reception of supplication.

The thread — This petition mirrors Solomon's earlier appeal in 2 Chronicles 6:35, frames the temple dedication prayer in 2 Chronicles 6:40, and shares the forgiveness theme with Psalm 25:18 and Micah 7:18.

Why it lands — The text records God hearing, upholding, and forgiving repentant Israel; interpreters infer that divine mercy is activated by directed prayer rather than human merit.

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The Hebrew words

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ve./sha.ma'.Taand/ you will hear מִן־min-from הַשָּׁמַ֜יִםha./sha.Ma.yimthe/ heavens מִמְּכ֣וֹןmi./me.Khonfrom/ [the] place of שִׁבְתְּךָ֗shiv.te./Khadwelling/ you אֶת־'et-<obj.>תְּפִלָּתָם֙te.fi.la.Ta/mprayer/ their וְאֶת־ve./'Etand/ <obj.>תְּחִנֹּ֣תֵיהֶ֔םte.chi.No.tei./Hemsupplications/ their וְעָשִׂ֖יתָve./'a.Si.taand/ you will do מִשְׁפָּטָ֑םmish.pa.Ta/mjustice/ their וְסָלַחְתָּ֥ve./sa.lach.Taand/ you will forgive לְעַמְּךָ֖le./'a.me./Kha<to>/ people/ your אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwho חָֽטְאוּ־cha.te.'u-they have sinnedלָֽךְ׃La/khto/ you

King James Version

Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 6:35 then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
Psalms 25:18 Consider my affliction and trouble, and take away all my sins.
Micah 7:18 Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?
Zechariah 1:15 but I am fiercely angry with the nations that are at ease. For I was a little angry, but they have added to the calamity.’