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2 Chronicles 6:20

2 Chronicles 6:20
That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.

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Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

2 Chronicles 6:12-42

Solomon had, in the foregoing verses, signed and sealed, as it were, the deed of dedication, by which the temple was appropriated to the honour and service of God. Now here he prays the…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

which thy servant prayeth R.V. which they servant shall pray. Solomon refers in this ver. to future prayers, not (as in 2Ch 6:19) to the prayer he is now praying.