Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 6:21

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 6:21

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 6:21

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And hearken thou to the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yea, hear thou from thy dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest forgive." — 2 Chronicles 6:21 (ASV)

Supplications.Tahănûnîm, a word chiefly poetic and late, which nowhere appears in Kings, and only here in Chronicles. Kings has the older synonym tĕhinnâh.

Hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven.Yea thouthou shalt hear from the place of thy dwelling, from the heavens. For “from,” in both places, Kings has “unto,” an unusual pregnant construction, which is probably original.