2 Chronicles 6:34

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2 Chronicles 6:32–36 · Berean Standard Bible

32 And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple,

33 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.

34 When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to You in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

35 then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

36 When they sin against You—for there is no one who does not sin—and You become angry with them and deliver them to an enemy who takes them as captives to a land far or near,

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2 Chronicles 14:11

Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”

2 Chronicles 14:12

So the LORD struck down the Cushites before Asa and Judah, and the Cushites fled.

2 Chronicles 20:4

So the people of Judah gathered to seek the LORD, and indeed, they came from all the cities of Judah to seek Him.

Deuteronomy 20:1

When you go out to war against your enemies and see horses, chariots, and an army larger than yours, do not be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, is with you.

Deuteronomy 20:2

When you are about to go into battle, the priest is to come forward and address the army,

Deuteronomy 20:3

saying to them, “Hear, O Israel, today you are going into battle with your enemies. Do not be fainthearted or afraid; do not be alarmed or terrified because of them.

Deuteronomy 20:4

For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”

Joshua 1:2

“Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel.

Joshua 1:3

I have given you every place where the sole of your foot will tread, just as I promised to Moses.

Joshua 1:4

Your territory shall extend from the wilderness and Lebanon to the great River Euphrates—all the land of the Hittites—and west as far as the Great Sea.

Joshua 1:5

No one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.

1 Kings 8:44

When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,

1 Kings 8:45

then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.

Numbers 31:2

“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”

Numbers 31:3

So Moses told the people, “Arm some of your men for war, that they may go against the Midianites and execute the LORD’s vengeance on them.

Numbers 31:4

Send into battle a thousand men from each tribe of Israel.”

Numbers 31:5

So a thousand men were recruited from each tribe of Israel—twelve thousand armed for war.

Numbers 31:6

And Moses sent the thousand from each tribe into battle, along with Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, who took with him the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for signaling.

Joshua 8:1

Then the LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid or discouraged. Take the whole army with you, and go up and attack Ai. See, I have delivered into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.

Joshua 8:2

And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”

Joshua 8:3

So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night

Joshua 8:4

with these orders: “Pay attention. You are to lie in ambush behind the city, not too far from it. All of you must be ready.

Joshua 8:5

Then I and all the troops with me will advance on the city. When they come out against us as they did the first time, we will flee from them.

Joshua 8:6

They will pursue us until we have drawn them away from the city, for they will say, ‘The Israelites are running away from us as they did before.’ So as we flee from them,

Joshua 8:7

you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.

Joshua 8:8

And when you have taken the city, set it on fire. Do as the LORD has commanded! See, I have given you orders.”

Judges 1:1

After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”

Judges 1:2

“Judah shall go up,” answered the LORD. “Indeed, I have delivered the land into their hands.”

1 Samuel 15:3

Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

1 Samuel 15:18

and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’

2 Chronicles 14:9

Then Zerah the Cushite came against them with an army of 1,000,000 men and 300 chariots, and they advanced as far as Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 14:10

So Asa marched out against him and lined up in battle formation in the Valley of Zephathah near Mareshah.

2 Chronicles 18:31

When the chariot commanders saw Jehoshaphat, they said, “This is the king of Israel!” So they turned to fight against him, but Jehoshaphat cried out, and the LORD helped him. God drew them away from him.

2 Chronicles 20:6

and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.

2 Chronicles 20:7

Our God, did You not drive out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel and give it forever to the descendants of Abraham Your friend?

2 Chronicles 20:8

They have lived in the land and have built in it a sanctuary for Your Name, saying,

2 Chronicles 20:9

‘If disaster comes upon us—whether sword or judgment, plague or famine—we will stand before this temple and before You, for Your Name is in this temple. We will cry out to You in our distress, and You will hear us and save us.’

2 Chronicles 20:10

And now, here are the men of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, whom You did not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt; but Israel turned away from them and did not destroy them.

2 Chronicles 20:11

See how they are repaying us by coming to drive us out of the possession that You gave us as an inheritance.

2 Chronicles 20:12

Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”

2 Chronicles 20:13

Meanwhile all the men of Judah, with their wives and children and little ones, were standing before the LORD.

2 Chronicles 32:20

In response, King Hezekiah and the prophet Isaiah son of Amoz cried out to heaven in prayer,

2 Chronicles 32:21

and the LORD sent an angel who annihilated every mighty man of valor and every leader and commander in the camp of the king of Assyria. So he withdrew to his own land in disgrace. And when he entered the temple of his god, some of his own sons struck him down with the sword.

2 Chronicles 6:6

But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there, and I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

1 Kings 8:13

I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

Isaiah 14:32

What answer will be given to the envoys of that nation? “The LORD has founded Zion, where His afflicted people will find refuge.”

Daniel 6:10

Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.