2 Chronicles 6:14 - Exposition

No God like thee , etc. The quoting of Scripture and the utilizing of language in which the religious feeling of those who have gone before has expressed itself had plainly set in ( Exodus 15:11 , Exodus 15:12 ; Deuteronomy 7:9 ). The prayer which this verso opens occupies twenty-eight verses; it is the longest prayer recorded in Scripture. It consists of two verses (14, 15) of opening; then follow three petitions—first, that God would perpetuate the line of David ( 2 Chronicles 6:16 ); next, that he would have regard to the place where his Name is put ( 2 Chronicles 6:17-20 ); and thirdly, that he would hear the prayers addressed to him toward this place ( 2 Chronicles 6:21 ). Of this last subject, seven different cases are propounded —firstly, the case of the man wronged by his neighbour ( 2 Chronicles 6:22 , 2 Chronicles 6:23 ); secondly, of the people worsted by their enemies ( 2 Chronicles 6:24 , 2 Chronicles 6:25 ); thirdly, of the people suffering from drought ( 2 Chronicles 6:26 , 2 Chronicles 6:27 ); fourthly, of the people visited by death or special calamity ( 2 Chronicles 6:28-31 ); fifthly, of the stranger who comes to offer to pray ( 2 Chronicles 6:32 , 2 Chronicles 6:33 ); sixthly, of the people going to war by God's permission ( 2 Chronicles 6:34 , 2 Chronicles 6:35 ); seventhly, of the people in captivity ( 2 Chronicles 6:36-39 ). Then the prayer closes in 2 Chronicles 6:40-42 .