"Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's…" — 2 Chronicles 6:32

2 Chronicles 6:32 · KJV

“Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; {toward...: or, in this place}”

— 2 Chronicles 6:32

Verse 31

That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. {so long...: Heb. all the days which} {in the land: Heb. upon the face of the land}

Verse 33

Then hear thou from the heavens, {even} from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as {doth} thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. {this...: Heb. thy name is called upon this house}

2 Chronicles 6 — Context

Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)

That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers. {so long...: Heb. all the days which} {in the land: Heb. upon the face of the land}

Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; {toward...: or, in this place}

If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;

Cross References

Isaiah 56:3-7

Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I {am} a dry tree.

1 Kings 8:41-43

Moreover concerning a stranger, that {is} not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country for thy name's sake;

Matthew 8:10-11

When Jesus heard {it}, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

Zechariah 14:16-17

And it shall come to pass, {that} every one that is left of all the nations which came against Jerusalem shall even go up from year to year to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, and to keep the feast of tabernacles.

Acts 10:1-4

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian {band},

John 12:20

And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:

Ephesians 2:12-13

That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:

Exodus 3:19-20

And I am sure that the king of Egypt will not let you go, no, not by a mighty hand. {no...: or, but by strong hand}