◄ 2 Chronicles 6:12 ►
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Good News Translation
Then in the presence of the people Solomon went and stood in front of the altar and raised his arms in prayer. (

New Revised Standard Version
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, and spread out his hands.

New American Bible
Then he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel and stretched forth his hands.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he stood before the altar of the Lord, in presence of all the multitude of Israel, and stretched forth his hands.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he stood before the altar of the Lord, in presence of all the multitude of Israel, and stretched forth his hands.

he stood

1 Kings 8:22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord, in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards heaven,

2 Kings 11:14 She saw the king standing upon a tribunal, as the manner was, and the singers, and the trumpets near him, and all the people of the land rejoicing, and sounding the trumpets: and she rent her garments, and cried: A conspiracy, a conspiracy.

2 Kings 23:3 And the king stood upon the step: and he made a covenant with the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his ceremonies, with all their heart, and with all their soul, and to perform the words of this covenant, which were written in that book: and the people agreed to the covenant.

Psalm 29:1,2 A psalm for David, at the finishing of the tabernacle. Bring to the Lord, O ye children of God: bring to the Lord the offspring of rams. . . .

spread forth

Exodus 9:33 And when Moses was gone from Pharao out of the city, he stretched forth his hands to the Lord: and the thunders and the hail ceased, neither did there drop any more rain upon the earth.

Job 11:13 But thou hast hardened thy heart, and hast spread thy hands to him.

Psalm 28:2 Hear, O Lord, the voice of my supplication, when I pray to thee; when I lift up my hands to thy holy temple.

Psalm 63:4 Thus will I bless thee all my life long: and in thy name I will lift up my hands.

Psalm 68:31 Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.

Psalm 141:2 Let my prayer be directed as incense in thy sight; the lifting up of my hands, as evening sacrifice.

Psalm 143:6 I stretched forth my hands to thee: my soul is as earth without water unto thee.

1 Timothy 2:8 I will therefore that men pray in every place, lifting up pure hands, without anger and contention.

Context
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication
12And he stood before the altar of the Lord, in presence of all the multitude of Israel, and stretched forth his hands.13For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and had set it in the midst of the temple, which was five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high: and he stood upon it: then kneeling down in the presence of all the multitude of Israel, and lifting up his hands towards heaven,…
Cross References
1 Kings 8:22
And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord, in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards heaven,

2 Chronicles 6:11
And I have put in it the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with the children of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:13
For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, and had set it in the midst of the temple, which was five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high: and he stood upon it: then kneeling down in the presence of all the multitude of Israel, and lifting up his hands towards heaven,

2 Chronicles 6:11
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