2 CHRONICLES 6:36 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;”
'then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and maintain their cause — God's response: 'hear from heaven their prayer and their plea' (שְׁמַע־מִן־הַשׁמַיִם אֶת־תְּפִלָּתָם וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּתָם וַעֲשֵׂה מִשְׁפָּטָם) and 'maintain their cause' (וַעֲשֵׂה מִשְׁפָּטָם, make/do their judgment). God becomes Israel's advocate in warfare: hearing prayer, God supports the nation's military cause. The theological move: warfare becomes subject to prayer and divine favor. Military success depends not merely on strategy or strength but on covenant relationship maintained through prayer.
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