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Listen you to the petitions of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: yes, hear from your dwelling-place, even from heaven; and when you hear, forgive.
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The Priority of Forgiveness
One commentator, Matthew Henry, highlights the order of Solomon's prayer. He first asks for God to hear and then immediately to forgive. This establishes repentance and forgiveness as the primary blessing and the necessary foundation for all other mercies. This serves as a model for our own prayers, teaching us to prioritize our spiritual relationship with God above temporal needs, much like the Lord's Prayer does.
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2 Chronicles
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Compare with the parallel accounts in the books of Kings.
19th Century
Anglican
Supplications. — Tahănûnîm, a word chiefly poetic and late, which nowhere appears in Kings, and only here in Chronicles. …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).
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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…
