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If your people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatever way you shall send them, and they pray to you toward this city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name;
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The Priority of Prayer
Matthew Henry observes that Solomon's prayer prioritizes spiritual matters like repentance and forgiveness over temporal blessings like victory in battle. This serves as a model for believers, teaching us to seek spiritual well-being first in our own prayers, just as Christ taught 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
Toward this city. —Literally, the way of this city. So in 2 Chronicles 6:38, the way of their land.<…
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…
