2 Chronicles 6:24-26

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²⁴“If your people Israel are defeated by an enemy^[a] because they sinned against you, then if they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you,^[b] and pray for your help^[c] before you in this temple, ²⁵then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.^[d]

²⁶“The time will come when^[e] the skies^[f] are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people^[g] sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you,^[h] and turn away from their sin because you punish^[i] them,

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2 Chronicles 6:24 tn Or “are struck down before an enemy.”
2 Chronicles 6:24 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
2 Chronicles 6:24 tn Heb “and they pray and ask for help.”
2 Chronicles 6:25 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 31, 38).
2 Chronicles 6:26 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
2 Chronicles 6:26 tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
2 Chronicles 6:26 tn Heb “they.”
2 Chronicles 6:26 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
2 Chronicles 6:26 tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (ʿanah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (t^eʿannem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).

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