2 Chronicles 6: Solomon’s Prayer of Dedication – Clear & Engaging Audio Bible Reading | God’s Faithfulness, Blessings, and Mercy

Immerse yourself in the captivating prayer of dedication in 2 Chronicles 6 with this clear and engaging audio recording. Follow the powerful words of King Solomon as he proclaims God’s faithfulness throughout the ages, begs for His blessings and mercy, and dedicates the newly built temple to the Lord. Perfect for study, reflection, or meditation, let the Scriptures come alive and deepen your knowledge of God’s Word.

2 CHRONICLES 6 (NIV)

1 Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud;

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I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”

3 While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned
around and blessed them.

4 Then he said:
“Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hands has fulfilled
what he promised with his mouth to my father David. For he said,

5 ‘Since the
day I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in any tribe of
Israel to have a temple built so that my Name might be there, nor have I
chosen anyone to be ruler over my people Israel.

6 But now I have chosen
Jerusalem for my Name to be there, and I have chosen David to rule my people
Israel.’

7 “My father David had it in his heart to build a temple for the Name of the
Lord, the God of Israel.

8 But the Lord said to my father David, ‘You did well
to have it in your heart to build a temple for my Name.

9 Nevertheless, you
are not the one to build the temple, but your son, your own flesh and blood—he
is the one who will build the temple for my Name.’

10 “The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have succeeded David my father
and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the Lord promised, and I have
built the temple for the Name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

11 There I have
placed the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the
people of Israel.”

12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the whole
assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

13 Now he had made a bronze
platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had
placed it in the center of the outer court. He stood on the platform and then
knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward
heaven.

14 He said:
“Lord, the God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth—you
who keep your covenant of love with your servants who continue wholeheartedly
in your way.

15 You have kept your promise to your servant David my father;
with your mouth you have promised and with your hand you have fulfilled it—as
it is today.

16 “Now, Lord, the God of Israel, keep for your servant David my father the
promises you made to him when you said, ‘You shall never fail to have a
successor to sit before me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants
are careful in all they do to walk before me according to my law, as you have
done.’

17 And now, Lord, the God of Israel, let your word that you promised
your servant David come true.

18 “But will God really dwell on earth with humans? The heavens, even the
highest heavens, cannot contain you. How much less this temple I have built!

19 Yet, Lord my God, give attention to your servant’s prayer and his plea for
mercy. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is praying in your
presence.

20 May your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, this
place of which you said you would put your Name there. May you hear the prayer
your servant prays toward this place.

21 Hear the supplications of your
servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from
heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.

22 “When anyone wrongs their neighbor and is required to take an oath and they
come and swear the oath before your altar in this temple,

23 then hear from
heaven and act. Judge between your servants, condemning the guilty and
bringing down on their heads what they have done, and vindicating the innocent
by treating them in accordance with their innocence.

24 “When your people Israel have been defeated by an enemy because they have
sinned against you and when they turn back and give praise to your name,
praying and making supplication before you in this temple,

25 then hear from
heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the
land you gave to them and their ancestors.

26 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because your people have
sinned against you, and when they pray toward this place and give praise to
your name and turn from their sin because you have afflicted them,

27 then
hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel.
Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your
people for an inheritance.

28 “When famine or plague comes to the land, or blight or mildew, locusts or
grasshoppers, or when enemies besiege them in any of their cities, whatever
disaster or disease may come,

29 and when a prayer or plea is made by anyone
among your people Israel—being aware of their afflictions and pains, and
spreading out their hands toward this temple—

30 then hear from heaven, your
dwelling place. Forgive, and deal with everyone according to all they do,
since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart),

31 so that
they will fear you and walk in obedience to you all the time they live in the
land you gave our ancestors.

32 “As for the foreigner who does not belong to your people Israel but has
come from a distant land because of your great name and your mighty hand and
your outstretched arm—when they come and pray toward this temple,

33 then hear
from heaven, your dwelling place. Do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so
that all the peoples of the earth may know your name and fear you, as do your
own people Israel, and may know that this house I have built bears your Name.

34 “When your people go to war against their enemies, wherever you send them,
and when they pray to you toward this city you have chosen and the temple I
have built for your Name,

35 then hear from heaven their prayer and their
plea, and uphold their cause.

36 “When they sin against you—for there is no one who does not sin—and you
become angry with them and give them over to the enemy, who takes them captive
to a land far away or near;

37 and if they have a change of heart in the land
where they are held captive, and repent and plead with you in the land of
their captivity and say, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong and acted
wickedly’;

38 and if they turn back to you with all their heart and soul in
the land of their captivity where they were taken, and pray toward the land
you gave their ancestors, toward the city you have chosen and toward the
temple I have built for your Name;

39 then from heaven, your dwelling place,
hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your
people, who have sinned against you.

40 “Now, my God, may your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers
offered in this place.

41 “Now arise, Lord God, and come to your resting place,
you and the ark of your might.
May your priests, Lord God, be clothed with salvation,
may your faithful people rejoice in your goodness.

42 Lord God, do not reject your anointed one.
Remember the great love promised to David your servant.”