2 CHRONICLES 6:30 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“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:)”
'then whatever prayer, whatever plea is made by anyone among your people Israel, each knowing the affliction of his own heart, and spreading his hands toward this house — The prayer personalizes the preceding catalogue: individuals, aware of their own 'affliction of their own heart' (יִשּׁוֹמַר כָּל־אָדָם אֶת־נַגַע לִבּוֹ), will spread hands toward the temple. The phrase 'each knowing the affliction of his own heart' emphasizes personal knowledge: individuals recognize their own spiritual/moral condition. The gesture of 'spreading his hands toward this house' (וּפָרַש אֶת־כַּפָּיו אֶל־הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה) recalls Solomon's own prayer posture. The prayer becomes paradigmatic: as Solomon spread hands before the altar, so will future sufferers spread hands toward the temple from distance. The houses becomes the focal point through which individual suffering connects to divine mercy.
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