Compare with the parallel accounts in the books of Kings.

But will God indeed. —Or, what? will God, etc.—The Septuagint imitates the Hebrew ὅτι εἰ; Vulgate, “ergone credibile est …

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

The order of Solomon's prayer is to be observed. First and chiefly, he prays for repentance and forgiveness, which is the chief blessing and the on…