2 Chronicles 6:33 meaning and explanation

then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

2 Chronicles 6:33, Berean Standard Bible

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Solomon is praying at the dedication of the temple in Jerusalem, and in this verse he asks God to hear the foreigner who comes from a distant land to pray toward this house. The request is striking because the outsider has no claim on Israel's covenant, yet Solomon asks that God answer him fully.

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