Discovery Box2 Chronicles 6:26 
Context6:26 “The time will come when 1 the skies 2 are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people 3 sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, 4 and turn away from their sin because you punish 5 them,
2 Chronicles 6:33
Context6:33 Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. 6 Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, 7 obey 8 you like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you. 9
2 Chronicles 6:38
Context6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being 10 in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor, 11
1 tn Heb “when.” In the Hebrew text vv. 26-27a actually contain one lengthy conditional sentence, which the translation has divided into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Or “heavens” (also in v. 12). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
3 tn Heb “they.”
4 tn Heb “confess [or perhaps, “praise”] your name.”
5 tn The Hebrew text reads “because you answer them,” as if the verb is from עָנָה (’anah, “answer”). However, this reference to a divine answer is premature, since the next verse asks for God to intervene in mercy. It is better to revocalize the consonantal text as תְעַנֵּם (tÿ’annem, “you afflict them”), a Piel verb form from the homonym עָנָה (“afflict”).
6 tn Heb “and do all which the foreigner calls to [i.e., “requests of”] you.”
7 tn Heb “name.” See the note on “reputation” in v. 32.
8 tn Heb “fear.”
9 tn Heb “that your name is called over this house which I built.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.
10 tn Or “soul.”
11 tn Heb “your name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your honor
