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If your people Israel be struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you, and shall turn again and confess your name, and pray and make supplication before you in this house;
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Prayer's True Priority
Matthew Henry highlights the order of Solomon's prayer. He first prays for repentance and forgiveness, and only then for deliverance from enemies. This teaches believers to prioritize spiritual blessings and our relationship with God above our requests for outward, material blessings, a pattern also seen in the Lord's Prayer.
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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
And if your people Israel are defeated. —See the margin. Kings has a different construction, when your people Israel are smitt…
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…