## II Chronicles Chapter 6

###### II Chronicles 6:1
[II Chronicles 6:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:1)

אָ֖ז אָמַ֣ר שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה יְהֹוָ֣ה אָמַ֔ר לִשְׁכּ֖וֹן בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then said Shelomo, The Lord has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then, [(when he saw the cloud)] Solomon said: [(Now I see that the Shechinah is in the house that I have built)], (for) the L rd said that He would dwell [there] in mist [(and cloud, viz. Leviticus 16:2)].


###### II Chronicles 6:2
[II Chronicles 6:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:2)

וַאֲנִ֛י בָּנִ֥יתִי בֵית־זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ וּמָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I have built a house of habitation for Thee, and a place for Thee to dwell in for ever.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I have built a house for You to inhabit and an abode for Your dwelling forever [(the mounds being banned with the Temple's initiation and the Shechinah dwelling in no other place)].


###### II Chronicles 6:3
[II Chronicles 6:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:3)

וַיַּסֵּ֤ב הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶת־פָּנָ֔יו וַיְבָ֕רֶךְ אֵ֖ת כׇּל־קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְכׇל־קְהַ֥ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עוֹמֵֽד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Yisra᾽el: (and all the congregation of Yisra᾽el stood:)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the king turned his face and blessed the entire congregation of the children of Israel. And the entire congregation of the children of Israel stood.


###### II Chronicles 6:4
[II Chronicles 6:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:4)

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר בָּר֤וּךְ יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁר֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר בְּפִ֔יו אֵ֖ת דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑י וּבְיָדָ֥יו מִלֵּ֖א לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and he said, Blessed is the Lord God of Yisra᾽el, who has with his hands fulfilled that which he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said: Blessed is the L rd, the G d of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to David my father [(that He would give him a son who would build the Temple)], and fulfilled it with His [(gracious)] hand, saying [(to David)]:


###### II Chronicles 6:5
[II Chronicles 6:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:5)

מִן־הַיּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצֵ֣אתִי אֶת־עַמִּי֮ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרַ֒יִם֒ לֹא־בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי בְעִ֗יר מִכֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִבְנ֣וֹת בַּ֔יִת לִהְי֥וֹת שְׁמִ֖י שָׁ֑ם וְלֹא־בָחַ֣רְתִּֽי בְאִ֔ישׁ לִהְי֥וֹת נָגִ֖יד עַל־עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Miżrayim I chose no city among all the tribes of Yisra᾽el to build a house in, that my name might be there; nor did I choose any man to be a ruler over my people Yisra᾽el:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
"From the day that I took out My people Israel from Egypt, I chose no city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where My name would be, and I did not choose a man to be prince over My people Israel.


###### II Chronicles 6:6
[II Chronicles 6:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:6)

וָֽאֶבְחַר֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם לִהְי֥וֹת שְׁמִ֖י שָׁ֑ם וָאֶבְחַ֣ר בְּדָוִ֔יד לִהְי֖וֹת עַל־עַמִּ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
but I have chosen Yerushalayim, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
But I chose Jerusalem for My name to be there, and I chose David to be over My people Israel."


###### II Chronicles 6:7
[II Chronicles 6:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:7)

וַיְהִ֕י עִם־לְבַ֖ב דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֑י לִבְנ֣וֹת בַּ֔יִת לְשֵׁ֥ם יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the L rd, the G d of Israel.


###### II Chronicles 6:8
[II Chronicles 6:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:8)

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהֹוָה֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֔י יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָיָה֙ עִם־לְבָ֣בְךָ֔ לִבְנ֥וֹת בַּ֖יִת לִשְׁמִ֑י הֱֽטִיב֔וֹתָ כִּ֥י הָיָ֖ה עִם־לְבָבֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But the Lord said to David my father, Since it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thy heart:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L rd said to David my father: Since it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart,


###### II Chronicles 6:9
[II Chronicles 6:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:9)

רַ֣ק אַתָּ֔ה לֹ֥א תִבְנֶ֖ה הַבָּ֑יִת כִּ֤י בִנְךָ֙ הַיּוֹצֵ֣א מֵחֲלָצֶ֔יךָ הוּא־יִבְנֶ֥ה הַבַּ֖יִת לִשְׁמִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet thou shalt not build the house; but thy son who shall come out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
but you shall not build the house. Rather, your son, who will issue from your loins, he will build the house for My name.


###### II Chronicles 6:10
[II Chronicles 6:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:10)

וַיָּ֣קֶם יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶת־דְּבָר֖וֹ אֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֵּ֑ר וָאָק֡וּם תַּ֩חַת֩ דָּוִ֨יד אָבִ֜י וָאֵשֵׁ֣ב**׀** עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל כַּֽאֲשֶׁר֙ דִּבֶּ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה וָאֶבְנֶ֣ה הַבַּ֔יִת לְשֵׁ֥ם יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The Lord has performed his word which he has spoken: for I am risen up in the place of David my father, and I sit on the throne of Yisra᾽el, as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord God of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And the L rd fulfilled His word that He spoke, and I arose in the place of David my father, and I sat on the throne of Israel as the L rd spoke, and I built the house for the name of the L rd, the G d of Israel.


###### II Chronicles 6:11
[II Chronicles 6:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:11)

וָאָשִׂ֥ים שָׁם֙ אֶת־הָ֣אָר֔וֹן אֲשֶׁר־שָׁ֖ם בְּרִ֣ית יְהֹוָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּרַ֖ת עִם־בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And in it I have put the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, that he made with the children of Yisra᾽el.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I made there [a place for] the ark wherein was the covenant of the L rd [i.e., the tablets of the covenant] which He had made with the children of Israel.


###### II Chronicles 6:12
[II Chronicles 6:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:12)

וַֽיַּעֲמֹ֗ד לִפְנֵי֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהֹוָ֔ה נֶ֖גֶד כׇּל־קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּפְרֹ֖שׂ כַּפָּֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the congregation of Yisra᾽el, and spread out his hands:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he stood before the altar of the L rd, facing all the congregation of Israel, and he spread out his hands.


###### II Chronicles 6:13
[II Chronicles 6:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:13)

כִּֽי־עָשָׂ֨ה שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה כִּיּ֣וֹר נְחֹ֗שֶׁת וַֽיִּתְּנֵ֘הוּ֮ בְּת֣וֹךְ הָעֲזָרָה֒ חָמֵ֨שׁ אַמּ֜וֹת אׇרְכּ֗וֹ וְחָמֵ֤שׁ אַמּוֹת֙ רׇחְבּ֔וֹ וְאַמּ֥וֹת שָׁל֖וֹשׁ קוֹמָת֑וֹ וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד עָלָ֗יו וַיִּבְרַ֤ךְ עַל־בִּרְכָּיו֙ נֶ֚גֶד כׇּל־קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂ כַּפָּ֖יו הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
for Shelomo had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Yisra᾽el, and spread out his hands towards heaven,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
(For Solomon had made a copper laver, which he had placed within the [Temple] court, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high. And he stood upon it and knelt on his knees opposite all the congregation of Israel, and he spread out his hands to heaven.)


###### II Chronicles 6:14
[II Chronicles 6:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:14)

וַיֹּאמַ֗ר{פ}
יְהֹוָ֞ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֵין־כָּמ֣וֹךָ אֱלֹהִ֔ים בַּשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּבָאָ֑רֶץ שֹׁמֵ֤ר הַבְּרִית֙ וְֽהַחֶ֔סֶד לַעֲבָדֶ֕יךָ הַהֹלְכִ֥ים לְפָנֶ֖יךָ בְּכׇל־לִבָּֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and said, O Lord God of Yisra᾽el, there is no God like Thee in the heaven, or on the earth; who keepest covenant and troth with Thy servants, who walk before Thee with all their hearts:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And he said: L rd, G d of Israel, there is none like You, O G d, in the heavens and on the earth, keeper [(for fulfillment)] of the covenant and the lovingkindness [(promised)] to Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts,


###### II Chronicles 6:15
[II Chronicles 6:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:15)

אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמַ֗רְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ֙ דָּוִ֣יד אָבִ֔י אֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ ל֑וֹ וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר בְּפִ֛יךָ וּבְיָדְךָ֥ מִלֵּ֖אתָ כַּיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou who hast kept with Thy servant David my father that which Thou hast promised him; and hast spoken with Thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with Thy hand, as it is this day.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
who has kept for Your servant, David my father, what You spoke to him. You spoke it with Your mouth and fulfilled it with Your hand as of this day.


###### II Chronicles 6:16
[II Chronicles 6:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:16)

וְעַתָּ֞ה יְהֹוָ֣ה**׀** אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל שְׁ֠מֹ֠ר לְעַבְדְּךָ֨ דָוִ֤יד אָבִי֙ אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבַּ֤רְתָּ לּוֹ֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹא־יִכָּרֵ֨ת לְךָ֥ אִישׁ֙ מִלְּפָנַ֔י יוֹשֵׁ֖ב עַל־כִּסֵּ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל רַ֠ק אִם־יִשְׁמְר֨וּ בָנֶ֜יךָ אֶת־דַּרְכָּ֗ם לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ בְּת֣וֹרָתִ֔י כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר הָלַ֖כְתָּ לְפָנָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now therefore, O Lord God of Yisra᾽el, keep with Thy servant David my father that which Thou didst promise him, saying, There shall never fail thee a man before me to sit upon the throne of Yisra᾽el; if only thy sons take heed to their way to walk in my Tora, as thou hast walked before me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now, O L rd, G d of Israel, keep for Your servant David my father what You spoke to him, saying: There will not be cut off for you from before Me a man sitting on the throne of Israel — only if your sons watch their ways, to walk in My Torah as you walked before Me.


###### II Chronicles 6:17
[II Chronicles 6:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:17)

וְעַתָּ֕ה יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יֵֽאָמֵן֙ דְּבָ֣רְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּ֖רְתָּ לְעַבְדְּךָ֥ לְדָוִֽיד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now then, O Lord God of Yisra᾽el, let Thy word be verified, which Thou hast spoken to Thy servant David.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now, O L rd, G d of Israel, let Your word be confirmed, which You spoke to Your servant David.


###### II Chronicles 6:18
[II Chronicles 6:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:18)

כִּ֚י הַֽאֻמְנָ֔ם יֵשֵׁ֧ב אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָאָדָ֖ם עַל־הָאָ֑רֶץ הִ֠נֵּ֠ה שָׁמַ֜יִם וּשְׁמֵ֤י הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ לֹ֣א יְכַלְכְּל֔וּךָ אַ֕ף כִּֽי־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנִֽיתִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But will God indeed dwell with mankind on earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee: how much less this house which I have built!

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For, indeed, will G d dwell with man on the earth? Behold, the heavens and the heavens cannot contain You — how much more so [can You not be contained] by this house that I have built!


###### II Chronicles 6:19
[II Chronicles 6:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:19)

וּפָנִ֜יתָ אֶל־תְּפִלַּ֧ת עַבְדְּךָ֛ וְאֶל־תְּחִנָּת֖וֹ יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהָ֑י לִשְׁמֹ֤עַ אֶל־הָֽרִנָּה֙ וְאֶל־הַתְּפִלָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַבְדְּךָ֖ מִתְפַּלֵּ֥ל לְפָנֶֽיךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Have consideration therefore to the prayer of Thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken to the cry and the prayer which Thy servant prays before Thee:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And [yet] You will turn to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O L rd my G d, to listen to the song and to the prayer which Your servant intones before You,


###### II Chronicles 6:20
[II Chronicles 6:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:20)

לִהְיוֹת֩ עֵינֶ֨יךָ פְתֻח֜וֹת אֶל־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַ֔יְלָה אֶ֨ל־הַמָּק֔וֹם אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתָּ לָשׂ֥וּם שִׁמְךָ֖ שָׁ֑ם לִשְׁמ֙וֹעַ֙ אֶל־הַתְּפִלָּ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִתְפַּלֵּ֣ל עַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶל־הַמָּק֖וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that Thy eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place of which Thou hast said that Thou wouldst put Thy name there; to hearken to the prayer which Thy servant prays towards this place.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
that Your eyes be open to this house day and night to the place whereof You spoke to place Your name there, to listen to the prayer that Your servant will pray in this place.


###### II Chronicles 6:21
[II Chronicles 6:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:21)

וְשָׁ֨מַעְתָּ֜ אֶל־תַּחֲנוּנֵ֤י עַבְדְּךָ֙ וְעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִֽתְפַּלְל֖וּ אֶל־הַמָּק֣וֹם הַזֶּ֑ה וְ֠אַתָּ֠ה תִּשְׁמַ֞ע מִמְּק֤וֹם שִׁבְתְּךָ֙ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֖ וְסָלָֽחְתָּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hearken therefore to the supplications of Thy servant, and of Thy people Yisra᾽el, which they shall make towards this place: hear from Thy dwelling place, from heaven; and when Thou hearest, forgive.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And You will listen to the supplication of Your servant and of Your people Israel, who will pray in this place. And You will hear from the place of Your dwelling, in the heavens. You will hear and You will forgive.


###### II Chronicles 6:22
[II Chronicles 6:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:22)

אִם־יֶחֱטָ֥א אִישׁ֙ לְרֵעֵ֔הוּ וְנָשָׁא־ב֥וֹ אָלָ֖ה לְהַאֲלֹת֑וֹ וּבָ֗א אָלָ֛ה לִפְנֵ֥י מִֽזְבַּחֲךָ֖ בַּבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before Thy altar in this house;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If a man sin against his friend [(by living with his wife)], and a curse be imposed upon him to curse him [("Just as the bitter waters search her out they search him out")], and the oath come before Your altar in this house [viz. Numbers 5:18-19],


###### II Chronicles 6:23
[II Chronicles 6:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:23)

וְאַתָּ֣ה**׀** תִּשְׁמַ֣ע מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ וְשָׁפַטְתָּ֣ אֶת־עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ לְהָשִׁ֣יב לְרָשָׁ֔ע לָתֵ֥ת דַּרְכּ֖וֹ בְּרֹאשׁ֑וֹ וּלְהַצְדִּ֣יק צַדִּ֔יק לָ֥תֶת ל֖וֹ כְּצִדְקָתֽוֹ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then hear from heaven, and do, and judge Thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying the righteous, by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then You shall hear from heaven, and You will do and judge Your servants, to incriminate the wicked one, to bring down his way upon his head [(Numbers 5:27): "And her belly will swell, etc."], and to vindicate the righteous one [(Ibid. 28): "And she will be absolved and she will sow seed."]


###### II Chronicles 6:24
[II Chronicles 6:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:24)

וְֽאִם־יִנָּגֵ֞ף עַמְּךָ֧ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל לִפְנֵ֥י אוֹיֵ֖ב כִּ֣י יֶחֶטְאוּ־לָ֑ךְ וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ וְהוֹד֣וּ אֶת־שְׁמֶ֔ךָ וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֧וּ וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֛וּ לְפָנֶ֖יךָ בַּבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And if Thy people Yisra᾽el be smitten before the enemy, because they have sinned against Thee; and they return and confess Thy name, and pray and make supplication before Thee in this house;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If Your people Israel are smitten before the foe for having sinned against You, and they return (to You) and praise Your name [(a man being obligated to bless the L rd for the evil as well as for the good)], and they make supplication before You in this house,


###### II Chronicles 6:25
[II Chronicles 6:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:25)

וְאַתָּה֙ תִּשְׁמַ֣ע מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔ לְחַטַּ֖את עַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַהֲשֵֽׁיבוֹתָם֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תָּה לָהֶ֖ם וְלַאֲבֹתֵיהֶֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then hear from the heavens, and forgive the sin of Thy people Yisra᾽el, and bring them back to the land which Thou didst give to them and to their fathers.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then You shall hear from heaven and You will forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and You will return them to the land which You gave to them and to their fathers.


###### II Chronicles 6:26
[II Chronicles 6:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:26)

בְּהֵעָצֵ֧ר הַשָּׁמַ֛יִם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶ֥ה מָטָ֖ר כִּ֣י יֶחֶטְאוּ־לָ֑ךְ וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֞וּ אֶל־הַמָּק֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ וְהוֹד֣וּ אֶת־שְׁמֶ֔ךָ מֵחַטָּאתָ֥ם יְשׁוּב֖וּן כִּ֥י תַעֲנֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against Thee; if they pray toward this place, and confess Thy name, and turn from their sin, when Thou dost afflict them;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If the heavens are held back and there not be rain because of their having sinned to You, and they pray from this place and praise Your name and repent of their sin so that You answer them,


###### II Chronicles 6:27
[II Chronicles 6:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:27)

וְאַתָּ֣ה**׀** תִּשְׁמַ֣ע הַשָּׁמַ֗יִם וְסָ֨לַחְתָּ֜ לְחַטַּ֤את עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙ וְעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל כִּ֥י תוֹרֵ֛ם אֶל־הַדֶּ֥רֶךְ הַטּוֹבָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵֽלְכוּ־בָ֑הּ וְנָֽתַתָּ֤ה מָטָר֙ עַֽל־אַרְצְךָ֔ אֲשֶׁר־נָתַ֥תָּה לְעַמְּךָ֖ לְנַחֲלָֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then hear from heaven, and forgive the sin of Thy servants, and Thy people Yisra᾽el, that Thou teach them the good way, in which they should walk; and send rain upon Thy land, which Thou hast given to Thy people for an inheritance.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then You shall hear in heaven and You will forgive the sin of Your servants and Your people Israel. For You will teach them the good way whereupon they should walk, and You will give rain upon Your land that You gave to Your people as an inheritance.


###### II Chronicles 6:28
[II Chronicles 6:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:28)

רָעָ֞ב כִּֽי־יִהְיֶ֣ה בָאָ֗רֶץ דֶּ֣בֶר כִּֽי־יִ֠הְיֶ֠ה שִׁדָּפ֨וֹן וְיֵֽרָק֜וֹן אַרְבֶּ֤ה וְחָסִיל֙ כִּ֣י יִֽהְיֶ֔ה כִּ֧י יָצַר־ל֛וֹ אֹיְבָ֖יו בְּאֶ֣רֶץ שְׁעָרָ֑יו כׇּל־נֶ֖גַע וְכׇֽל־מַחֲלָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If there should be dearth in the land, if there should be pestilence, if there should be blight, or mildew, locust, or caterpillar; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatever sore or whatever sickness there be:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If there be famine in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, mildew, locust, or blight; if their foe besiege them at the gates of their land; any plague, any illness,


###### II Chronicles 6:29
[II Chronicles 6:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:29)

כׇּל־תְּפִלָּ֣ה כׇל־תְּחִנָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִֽהְיֶה֙ לְכׇל־הָ֣אָדָ֔ם וּלְכֹ֖ל עַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר יֵדְע֗וּ אִ֤ישׁ נִגְעוֹ֙ וּמַכְאֹב֔וֹ וּפָרַ֥שׂ כַּפָּ֖יו אֶל־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then whatever prayer or whatever supplication shall be made by any man, or by all Thy people Yisra᾽el, (for everyone shall know his own trouble and his own grief,) and he spread out his hands towards this house:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
any prayer, any supplication which will be made by any man and by all of Your people Israel (each man knowing his plague and his pain), and he spreads out his hands to this house,


###### II Chronicles 6:30
[II Chronicles 6:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:30)

וְ֠אַתָּ֠ה תִּשְׁמַ֨ע מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם מְכ֤וֹן שִׁבְתֶּ֙ךָ֙ וְסָ֣לַחְתָּ֔ וְנָתַתָּ֤ה לָאִישׁ֙ כְּכׇל־דְּרָכָ֔יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּדַ֖ע אֶת־לְבָב֑וֹ כִּ֤י אַתָּה֙ לְבַדְּךָ֣ יָדַ֔עְתָּ אֶת־לְבַ֖ב בְּנֵ֥י הָאָדָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then hear from heaven Thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render to every man, whose heart Thou knowst, according to all his ways, (for Thou alone knowst the hearts of the children of men:)

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then You will hear from heaven, the abode of Your dwelling, and You will forgive. And You will act, and You will give to the man according to all of his ways in Your knowledge of his heart. For You alone know the hearts of all the sons of men.


###### II Chronicles 6:31
[II Chronicles 6:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:31)

לְמַ֣עַן יִירָא֗וּךָ לָלֶ֙כֶת֙ בִּדְרָכֶ֔יךָ כׇּ֨ל־הַיָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־הֵ֥ם חַיִּ֖ים עַל־פְּנֵ֣י הָאֲדָמָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תָּה לַאֲבֹתֵֽינוּ׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that they may fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, so long as they live on the land which Thou didst give to our fathers.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
So that they fear You to walk in Your ways all the days that they live upon the land that You gave to our fathers.


###### II Chronicles 6:32
[II Chronicles 6:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:32)

וְגַ֣ם אֶל־הַנׇּכְרִ֗י אֲ֠שֶׁ֠ר לֹ֥א מֵעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ הוּא֒ וּבָ֣א**׀** מֵאֶ֣רֶץ רְחוֹקָ֗ה לְמַ֨עַן שִׁמְךָ֤ הַגָּדוֹל֙ וְיָדְךָ֣ הַחֲזָקָ֔ה וּֽזְרוֹעֲךָ֖ הַנְּטוּיָ֑ה וּבָ֥אוּ וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֖וּ אֶל־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Likewise concerning the stranger who is not of Thy people Yisra᾽el, but is come from a far country for Thy great name’s sake, and Thy mighty hand, and Thy outstretched arm; if they come and pray in this house;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And also the stranger, who is not of Your people Israel, and who comes from a distant land for the sake of Your great name and strong hand and outstretched arm, who will come and pray in this house,


###### II Chronicles 6:33
[II Chronicles 6:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:33)

וְאַתָּ֞ה תִּשְׁמַ֤ע מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יִקְרָ֥א אֵלֶ֖יךָ הַנׇּכְרִ֑י לְמַ֣עַן יֵדְעוּ֩ כׇל־עַמֵּ֨י הָאָ֜רֶץ אֶת־שְׁמֶ֗ךָ וּלְיִרְאָ֤ה אֹֽתְךָ֙ כְּעַמְּךָ֣ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְלָדַ֕עַת כִּֽי־שִׁמְךָ֣ נִקְרָ֔א עַל־הַבַּ֥יִת הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר בָּנִֽיתִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then hear from the heavens, from Thy dwelling place, and do according to all for which the stranger calls to Thee; that all peoples of the earth may know Thy name, and fear Thee, as do Thy people Yisra᾽el, and may know that this house which I have built is called by Thy name.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
You will hear in heaven, the abode of Your dwelling, and You will do according to all that the stranger calls to You [(as opposed to verse 30: "and You will give to the man (an Israelite) according to all of his ways," a Jew being ready to attribute non-materialization of his prayers to his own deficiencies; a stranger, only to the non-existence of a Hearer)], so that all the peoples of the land know Your name, to fear You as (do) Your people Israel, and to know that Your name is called upon this house that I have built.


###### II Chronicles 6:34
[II Chronicles 6:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:34)

כִּֽי־יֵצֵ֨א עַמְּךָ֤ לַמִּלְחָמָה֙ עַל־אֹ֣יְבָ֔יו בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁלָחֵ֑ם וְהִתְפַּֽלְל֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ דֶּ֣רֶךְ הָעִ֤יר הַזֹּאת֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֣רְתָּ בָּ֔הּ וְהַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר־בָּנִ֥יתִי לִשְׁמֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If Thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that Thou shalt lend them, and they pray to Thee towards this city which Thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for Thy name;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If Your people go out to war against their enemy, whithersoever You send them, and they pray to You by way of [i.e., turning to] this city [(Jerusalem)] that You have chosen and (to) the Temple that I have built for Your name,


###### II Chronicles 6:35
[II Chronicles 6:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:35)

וְשָֽׁמַעְתָּ֙ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָ֖ם וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּתָ֑ם וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִשְׁפָּטָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then hear from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then You will hear from heaven their prayers and their supplications, and You will do their judgment [(against their enemies)].


###### II Chronicles 6:36
[II Chronicles 6:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:36)

כִּ֣י יֶחֶטְאוּ־לָ֗ךְ כִּ֣י אֵ֤ין אָדָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־יֶחֱטָ֔א וְאָנַפְתָּ֣ בָ֔ם וּנְתַתָּ֖ם לִפְנֵ֣י אוֹיֵ֑ב וְשָׁב֧וּם שׁוֹבֵיהֶ֛ם אֶל־אֶ֥רֶץ רְחוֹקָ֖ה א֥וֹ קְרוֹבָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
If they sin against Thee, (for there is no man who does not sin) and Thou art angry with them, and deliver them over to the enemy, and they carry them away captives to a land far off or near;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
If they sin against You (for there is no man who does not sin), and You be wroth with them and deliver them to the enemy, and their captors take them to a land far or near,


###### II Chronicles 6:37
[II Chronicles 6:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:37)

וְהֵשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ אֶל־לְבָבָ֔ם בָּאָ֖רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נִשְׁבּוּ־שָׁ֑ם וְשָׁ֣בוּ**׀** וְהִֽתְחַנְּנ֣וּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּאֶ֤רֶץ שִׁבְיָם֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר חָטָ֥אנוּ הֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ וְרָשָֽׁעְנוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
yet if they take thought in the land where they are carried captive, and turn and pray to Thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
and they return to their hearts in the land where they were taken captive, and they return and they make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying: "We have sinned, we have transgressed, and we have acted wickedly,"


###### II Chronicles 6:38
[II Chronicles 6:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:38)

וְשָׁ֣בוּ אֵלֶ֗יךָ בְּכׇל־לִבָּם֙ וּבְכׇל־נַפְשָׁ֔ם בְּאֶ֥רֶץ שִׁבְיָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־שָׁב֣וּ אֹתָ֑ם וְהִֽתְפַּֽלְל֗וּ דֶּ֤רֶךְ אַרְצָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר נָתַ֣תָּה לַאֲבוֹתָ֔ם וְהָעִיר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּחַ֔רְתָּ וְלַבַּ֖יִת אֲשֶׁר־בָּנִ֥יתִי לִשְׁמֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
if they return to Thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they have been carried away captives, and pray towards their land, which Thou didst give to their fathers, and towards the city which Thou hast chosen, and towards the house which I have built for Thy name:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
and they return to You with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, where they were taken captive, and they pray to You by way of Your land which You have given to their fathers, and the city which You have chosen, and towards the house which I have built for Your name,


###### II Chronicles 6:39
[II Chronicles 6:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:39)

וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֨ מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֜יִם מִמְּכ֣וֹן שִׁבְתְּךָ֗ אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָם֙ וְאֶת־תְּחִנֹּ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם וְעָשִׂ֖יתָ מִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם וְסָלַחְתָּ֥ לְעַמְּךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטְאוּ־לָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
then hear from the heavens, from Thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive Thy people who have sinned against Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
then You will hear from heaven, from the abode of Your dwelling, their prayers and their supplications, and You will do their judgment. And You will forgive Your people who have sinned to You.


###### II Chronicles 6:40
[II Chronicles 6:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:40)

עַתָּ֣ה אֱלֹהַ֗י יִֽהְיוּ־נָ֤א עֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ פְּתֻח֔וֹת וְאׇזְנֶ֖יךָ קַשֻּׁב֑וֹת לִתְפִלַּ֖ת הַמָּק֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now, my God, let Thy eyes, I pray Thee, be open, and Thy ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Now, my G d, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.


###### II Chronicles 6:41
[II Chronicles 6:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:41)

וְעַתָּ֗ה קוּמָ֞ה יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ לְֽנוּחֶ֔ךָ אַתָּ֖ה וַאֲר֣וֹן עֻזֶּ֑ךָ כֹּהֲנֶ֜יךָ יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהִים֙ יִלְבְּשׁ֣וּ תְשׁוּעָ֔ה וַחֲסִידֶ֖יךָ יִשְׂמְח֥וּ בַטּֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into Thy resting place, Thou, and the ark of Thy strength: let Thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with victory, and let thy pious ones rejoice in goodness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And now, arise, O L rd G d to [(repose Your Shechinah upon)] Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. Your priests, O L rd G d, shall clothe themselves in salvation, and Your saints will rejoice in the good [(that flows from You)].


###### II Chronicles 6:42
[II Chronicles 6:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/II%20Chronicles/r/6:42)

יְהֹוָ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֔ים אַל־תָּשֵׁ֖ב פְּנֵ֣י מְשִׁיחֶ֑ךָ זׇכְרָ֕ה לְחַֽסְדֵ֖י דָּוִ֥יד עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord God, do not turn away the face of Thy anointed: remember the faithful love of David Thy servant.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd G d, do not turn back the face of Your anointed one. Remember the lovingkindness of David your servant.