2 Chronicles 6:23

6:23 listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve. 1 

2 Chronicles 6:25

6:25 then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors. 2 

2 Chronicles 7:1

Solomon Dedicates the Temple

7:1 When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven 3  and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the Lord’s splendor filled the temple.

2 Chronicles 30:27

30:27 The priests and Levites got up and pronounced blessings on the people. The Lord responded favorably to them 4  as their prayers reached his holy dwelling place in heaven.

1 tn Heb “and you, hear [from] heaven and act and judge your servants by repaying the guilty, to give his way on his head, and to declare the innocent to be innocent, to give to him according to his innocence.”

2 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 31, 38).

3 tn Or “the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

4 tn Heb “and it was heard with their voice.” BDB 1034 s.v. שָׁמַע Niph.4 interprets this to mean “hearing was granted to their voice.” It is possible that the name יְהוָה (yÿhvah, “the Lord”) has been accidentally omitted.