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2 Chronicles 6:21

2 Chronicles 6:21
Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.

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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

from thy dwelling place, even from heaven Here, as in 2Ch 6:18, Solomon refuses to regard the Temple as Jehovah's "dwelling place." Cp. 2Ch 2:6.