2 Chronicles 6:32
Context6:32 “Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your great reputation 1 and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds; 2 they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Context7:14 if my people, who belong to me, 3 humble themselves, pray, seek to please me, 4 and repudiate their sinful practices, 5 then I will respond 6 from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land. 7
1 tn Heb “your great name.” The word “name” sometimes refers to one’s reputation or honor (thus the translation here, “your great reputation
2 tn Heb “and your strong hand and your outstretched arm.”
3 tn Heb “over whom my name is called.” The Hebrew idiom “call the name over” indicates ownership. See 2 Sam 12:28.
4 tn Heb “seek my face,” where “my face” is figurative for God’s presence and acceptance.
5 tn Heb “and turn from their sinful ways.”
6 tn Heb “hear.”
7 sn Here the phrase heal their land means restore the damage done by the drought, locusts and plague mentioned in v. 13.