2 Tawarikh 7:11-16
Konteks7:11 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and the royal palace, and accomplished all his plans for the Lord’s temple and his royal palace, 1 7:12 the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have answered 2 your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made. 3 7:13 When 4 I close up the sky 5 so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation, 6 or send a plague among my people, 7:14 if my people, who belong to me, 7 humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, 8 and repudiate their sinful practices, 9 then I will respond 10 from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. 11 7:15 Now I will be attentive and responsive to the prayers offered in this place. 12 7:16 Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; 13 I will be constantly present there. 14
[7:11] 1 tn Heb “and all that entered the heart of Solomon to do in the house of the
[7:12] 2 tn Heb “I have heard.”
[7:12] 3 tn Heb “temple of sacrifice.” This means the
[7:13] 5 tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
[7:13] 6 tn Heb “the land,” which stands here by metonymy for the vegetation growing in it.
[7:14] 7 tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.
[7:14] 8 tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.
[7:14] 9 tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”
[7:14] 11 sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.
[7:15] 12 tn Heb “my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer of this place.” Note Solomon’s request in 6:40.
[7:16] 13 tn Heb “for my name to be there perpetually [or perhaps, “forever”].”
[7:16] 14 tn Heb “and my eyes and my heart will be there all the days.”