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2 Chronicles 6:39–42

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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.
Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
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From verse 39

  1. 2 Chronicles 6:35Rank 1 from verse 39
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    35Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

  2. Micah 7:18–20Rank 2 from verse 39
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    18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.

    19He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

    20Thou wilt perform the truth to Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers from the days of old.

  3. Psalms 25:18Rank 3 from verse 39
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    18Look upon mine affliction and my pain; and forgive all my sins.

  4. Zechariah 1:15–16Rank 4 from verse 39
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    15And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction.

    16Therefore thus saith the Lord; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.

From verse 40

  1. 2 Chronicles 7:15Rank 1 from verse 40
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    15Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

  2. Psalms 116:2Rank 2 from verse 40
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    2Because he hath inclined his ear unto me, therefore will I call upon him as long as I live.

  3. Nehemiah 1:6Rank 3 from verse 40
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    6Let thine ear now be attentive, and thine eyes open, that thou mayest hear the prayer of thy servant, which I pray before thee now, day and night, for the children of Israel thy servants, and confess the sins of the children of Israel, which we have sinned against thee: both I and my father’s house have sinned.

  4. Psalms 17:1Rank 4 from verse 40
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    1HEAR the right, O Lord, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.

  5. Nehemiah 1:11Rank 5 from verse 40
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    11O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.

  6. 2 Chronicles 16:9Rank 6 from verse 40
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    9For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.

  7. Daniel 9:16–19Rank 7 from verse 40
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    16¶ O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.

    17Now therefore, O our God, hear the prayer of thy servant, and his supplications, and cause thy face to shine upon thy sanctuary that is desolate, for the Lord’s sake.

    18O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.

    19O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

  8. Isaiah 37:17Rank 8 from verse 40
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    17Incline thine ear, O Lord, and hear; open thine eyes, O Lord, and see: and hear all the words of Sennacherib, which hath sent to reproach the living God.

  9. Psalms 13:3Rank 9 from verse 40
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    3Consider and hear me, O Lord my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;

  10. Psalms 22:1–2Rank 10 from verse 40
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    1MY God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

    2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

  11. Psalms 31:2Rank 11 from verse 40
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    2Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for an house of defence to save me.

  12. Psalms 34:15Rank 12 from verse 40
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    15The eyes of the Lord are upon the righteous, and his ears are open unto their cry.

  13. Psalms 7:3Rank 13 from verse 40
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    3O Lord my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;

  14. Psalms 88:1Rank 14 from verse 40
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    1O LORD God of my salvation, I have cried day and night before thee:

  15. 1 Kings 8:52Rank 15 from verse 40
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    52That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy people Israel, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.

From verse 41

  1. 1 Chronicles 28:2Rank 1 from verse 41
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    2Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: As for me, I had in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:

  2. Isaiah 61:10Rank 2 from verse 41
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    10I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

  3. Ephesians 4:22–24Rank 3 from verse 41
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    22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

    23And be renewed in the spirit of your mind;

    24And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.

  4. Galatians 3:27Rank 4 from verse 41
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    27For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

  5. Isaiah 61:3Rank 5 from verse 41
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    3To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.

  6. Isaiah 61:6Rank 6 from verse 41
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    6But ye shall be named the Priests of the Lord: men shall call you the Ministers of our God: ye shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall ye boast yourselves.

  7. Isaiah 66:1Rank 7 from verse 41
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    1THUS saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: where is the house that ye build unto me? and where is the place of my rest?

  8. Nehemiah 9:25Rank 8 from verse 41
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    25And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

  9. Philippians 3:3Rank 9 from verse 41
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    3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

  10. Philippians 4:4Rank 10 from verse 41
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    4Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

  11. Psalms 110:2Rank 11 from verse 41
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    2The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies.

  12. Psalms 132:16Rank 12 from verse 41
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    16I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

  13. Psalms 132:8–10Rank 13 from verse 41
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    8Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; thou, and the ark of thy strength.

    9Let thy priests be clothed with righteousness; and let thy saints shout for joy.

    10For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

  14. Revelation 19:8Rank 14 from verse 41
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    8And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

  15. Romans 1:16Rank 15 from verse 41
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    16For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

  16. Romans 13:14Rank 16 from verse 41
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    14But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

  17. Zechariah 9:17Rank 17 from verse 41
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    17For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.

  18. Isaiah 59:16–18Rank 18 from verse 41
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    16¶ And he saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.

    17For he put on righteousness as a breastplate, and an helmet of salvation upon his head; and he put on the garments of vengeance for clothing, and was clad with zeal as a cloke.

    18According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.

  19. Joshua 3:13Rank 19 from verse 41
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    13And it shall come to pass, as soon as the soles of the feet of the priests that bear the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, shall rest in the waters of Jordan, that the waters of Jordan shall be cut off from the waters that come down from above; and they shall stand upon an heap.

  20. Joshua 6:4–5Rank 20 from verse 41
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    4And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven trumpets of rams’ horns: and the seventh day ye shall compass the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the trumpets.

    5And it shall come to pass, that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall ascend up every man straight before him.

  21. Psalms 65:11Rank 21 from verse 41
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    11Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

  22. Psalms 65:4Rank 22 from verse 41
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    4Blessed is the man whom thou choosest, and causest to approach unto thee, that he may dwell in thy courts: we shall be satisfied with the goodness of thy house, even of thy holy temple.

  23. Revelation 19:14Rank 23 from verse 41
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    14And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.

  24. Isaiah 65:18–19Rank 24 from verse 41
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    18But be ye glad and rejoice for ever in that which I create: for, behold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, and her people a joy.

    19And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, and joy in my people: and the voice of weeping shall be no more heard in her, nor the voice of crying.

From verse 42

  1. Isaiah 55:3Rank 1 from verse 42
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    3Incline your ear, and come unto me: hear, and your soul shall live; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

  2. Psalms 132:1Rank 2 from verse 42
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    1LORD, remember David, and all his afflictions:

  3. 1 Kings 1:34Rank 3 from verse 42
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    34And let Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet anoint him there king over Israel: and blow ye with the trumpet, and say, God save king Solomon.

  4. 1 Kings 2:16Rank 4 from verse 42
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    16And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not. And she said unto him, Say on.

  5. Acts 13:34Rank 5 from verse 42
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    34And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he said on this wise, I will give you the sure mercies of David.

  6. Isaiah 61:1Rank 6 from verse 42
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    1THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

  7. Psalms 132:10Rank 7 from verse 42
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    10For thy servant David’s sake turn not away the face of thine anointed.

  8. Psalms 2:2Rank 8 from verse 42
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    2The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying,

  9. Psalms 89:24Rank 9 from verse 42
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    24But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

  10. Psalms 89:28Rank 10 from verse 42
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    28My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.

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DEFINED WORDS

2 Chronicles 6:39

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

dwelling

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Sense 1: Residing, remaining, or abiding. Sense 2: A habitation, home, resting place, or territory.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

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cause

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Sense 1: A reason, ground, matter in dispute, or judicial case. Sense 2: As a verb, to make something happen.

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forgive

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To pardon an offence, remit a debt, or release from the penalty or resentment connected with it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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which

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1. An interrogative or relative pronoun identifying one or more persons or things from a stated or implied set. 2. That which; what.

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COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

2 Chronicles 6:40

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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COMBINED MEANING

open

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Sense 1: Unclosed, uncovered, or manifest. Sense 2: As a verb, to uncover, reveal, or explain.

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ears

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Plural form of ear. Sense 1: The organ of hearing. Sense 2: The seed-bearing head of grain.

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

2 Chronicles 6:41

COMBINED MEANING

arise

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1. To rise, stand, get up, or move upward from a lower, lying, seated, fallen, or inactive position. 2. To begin, emerge, appear, come into being, or come forward. 3. To take action, intervene, or undertake the stated work. 4. To rise from death; to return to life.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

resting

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Ceasing to move or act; ceasing to be moved or agitated; lying; leaning; standing; depending or relying.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

ark

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1. The sacred chest called the ark of God, the testimony, or the covenant, made for Israel and set in the tabernacle or temple; the ark of God's testament is also seen in the heavenly temple. 2. The great vessel built by Noah in which his household and living creatures were preserved through the flood. 3. The small covered vessel of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid.

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strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

priests

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Persons set apart to religious service, sanctuary duty, sacrifice, intercession, teaching, or representation before a deity.

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COMBINED MEANING

clothed

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1. Dressed or covered with garments or another material covering. 2. Figuratively, furnished, arrayed, or characterized with a stated condition or quality.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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rejoice

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1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

2 Chronicles 6:42

COMBINED MEANING

turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

face

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The front of the head and its countenance or expression; the front, surface, outward appearance, presence, view, or personally known identity of a person, place, or thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

anointed

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of anoint, meaning to apply oil, ointment, or salve to a person or thing; by anointing, to consecrate, set apart, or appoint to an office or holy use.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

remember

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1. To retain in mind or call back to mind; to recall. 2. To keep in mind with heed, observance, commemoration, or corresponding action. 3. To take account of a person, promise, deed, sin, or need and act with regard to it.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mercies

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Plural form of mercy (compassion or pity shown to the distressed or guilty; kindness that withholds deserved harm).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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6:34If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

6:35Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

6:36If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;

6:37Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;

6:38If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:

6:39Then 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.

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6:40Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.

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6:41Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

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6:42O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

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