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2 Chronicles 7:11-13
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The Lord Gives Solomon a Promise and a Warning

11 After Solomon finished building the Lord’s temple and the royal palace and accomplished all his plans for the Lord’s temple and his royal palace,[a] 12 the Lord appeared to Solomon at night and said to him: “I have answered[b] your prayer and chosen this place to be my temple where sacrifices are to be made.[c] 13 When[d] I close up the sky[e] so that it doesn’t rain, or command locusts to devour the land’s vegetation,[f] or send a plague among my people,

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  1. 2 Chronicles 7:11 tn Heb “and all that entered the heart of Solomon to do in the house of the Lord and in his house he successfully accomplished.”
  2. 2 Chronicles 7:12 tn Heb “I have heard.”
  3. 2 Chronicles 7:12 tn Heb “temple of sacrifice.” This means the Lord designated the temple as the place for making sacrifices, and this has been clarified in the translation.
  4. 2 Chronicles 7:13 tn Or “if.”
  5. 2 Chronicles 7:13 tn Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
  6. 2 Chronicles 7:13 tn Heb “the land,” which stands here by metonymy for the vegetation growing in it.
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2 Chronicles 7:11-13
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The Lord Appears to Solomon(A)

11 When Solomon had finished(B) the temple of the Lord and the royal palace, and had succeeded in carrying out all he had in mind to do in the temple of the Lord and in his own palace, 12 the Lord appeared(C) to him at night and said:

“I have heard your prayer and have chosen(D) this place for myself(E) as a temple for sacrifices.

13 “When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain,(F) or command locusts to devour the land or send a plague among my people,

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