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2 Chronicles 6:31

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 2 Chronicles 6:31 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
2 Chronicles 6:31 — American Standard Version

Context — 2 Chronicles 6

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
28If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting or mildew, locust or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague or whatsoever sickness there be;
29what prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all thy people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house:
30then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling-place and forgive, and render unto every man according to all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of the children of men;)
31that they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32Moreover concerning the foreigner, that is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come from a far country for thy great name`s sake, and thy mighty hand, and thine outstretched arm; when they shall come and pray toward this house:
33then hear thou from heaven, even from thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the foreigner calleth to thee for; that all the peoples of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and that they may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
34If thy people go out to battle against their enemies, by whatsoever way thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Compare Kings (marginal references). Compare Kings (marginal references). return to 'Top of Page'”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“fear thee: Exo 20:20; Sa1 12:24; Job 28:28; Psa 128:1, Psa 130:4; Act 9:31 so long: etc. Heb. all the days which they live upon the face of the land 2 Chronicles 6:32”
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