2 Chronicles 6:12
And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
KJV
Stetit ergo coram altari Domini ex adverso universæ multitudinis Israël, et extendit manus suas.
Vulgate
Καὶ ἔστη κατέναντι τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου Κυρίου ἔναντι πάσης ἐκκλησίας Ἰσραήλ, καὶ διεπέτασεν τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ·
LXX
And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands
ASV
וַֽ/יַּעֲמֹ֗ד לִ/פְנֵי֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח יְהוָ֔ה נֶ֖גֶד כָּל קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ/יִּפְרֹ֖שׂ כַּפָּֽי/ו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּפְרֹ֥שׂ
yprsh
verb · 67×
כַּ֥ף
kp
noun · 191×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
מִּזְבֵּ֖חַ
mzbch
noun · 402×
נֶ֣גֶד
ngd
preposition · 148×
עֹמְדִ֖ים
'mdym
verb · 526×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קְהַ֣ל
qhl
noun · 123×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Kgs 8:22 — And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven:
- 1Kgs 8:54 — And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread
- 1Tim 2:8 — I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
- 2Kgs 11:14 — And when she looked, behold, the king stood by a pillar, as the manner was, and the princes and the trumpeters by the king, and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew with trumpets: and Athalia
- 2Kgs 23:3 — And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the LORD, to walk after the LORD, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul,
- Exod 9:33 — And Moses went out of the city from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his hands unto the LORD: and the thunders and hail ceased, and the rain was not poured upon the earth.
- Isa 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
- Job 11:13 — If thou prepare thine heart, and stretch out thine hands toward him;
- Ps 28:2 — Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry unto thee, when I lift up my hands toward thy holy oracle.
- Ps 29:1 — Give unto the LORD, O ye mighty, give unto the LORD glory and strength.
- Ps 63:4 — Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name.
- Ps 68:31 — Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.
- Ps 141:2 — Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
- Ps 143:6 — I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.