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2 Chronicles 6:41 Explained in Context
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Verse 41. 41Now 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 salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence: “Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “The prayer closes with rest, priests, saints, and Davidic mercies.”
Read It With
- 2 Chronicles 6:40–42
Read 2 Chronicles 6:41 with 6:40–42. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the causes, responses, and outcome summarized here: Solomon asks God to attend prayer, enter the resting place with the ark, clothe priests with salvation, give faithful people joy, and remember mercies to David.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “The prayer closes with rest, priests, saints, and Davidic mercies,” 2 Chronicles 6:41 advances the thought unit through its next action, speech, or consequence through the wording “Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let….” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: Chronicles closes with language resonant with Psalms and David's temple preparations, binding king, priests, congregation, and covenant memory. 2 Chronicles 6:32–39 has just established this prior movement: Solomon asks God to hear a foreigner drawn by God's reputation, to sustain just warfare, and to forgive exiles who confess and turn toward land, city, and house. Together those details explain why “The prayer closes with rest, priests, saints, and Davidic mercies” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 2 Chronicles 6:40–42 together
Why these verses belong together: 2 Chronicles 6:40–42 forms the complete movement “The prayer closes with rest, priests, saints, and Davidic mercies”: Solomon asks God to attend prayer, enter the resting place with the ark, clothe priests with salvation, give faithful people joy, and remember mercies to David.
Verse 40. 40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
Verse 41. 41 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 salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
Verse 42. 42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
What Remains True
Worship and wisdom remain accountable to covenant, labor, outsiders, resources, and God's freedom; sacred scale never makes royal power or a building immune from review. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Solomon asks God to attend prayer, enter the resting place with the ark, clothe priests with salvation, give faithful people joy, and remember mercies to David. In 2 Chronicles 6:41, the concrete line “Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let…” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let….” When worship, buildings, wealth, or leadership are involved, disclose labor and money, welcome outsiders without stigma, preserve covenant limits, and refuse to measure God's presence by scale or spectacle. This response follows from the unit's own movement: Solomon asks God to attend prayer, enter the resting place with the ark, clothe priests with salvation, give faithful people joy, and remember mercies to David.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 2 Chronicles 6:40–42, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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NET Bible Full Notes: 2 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 2 Chronicles 6:40–42, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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