2 Chronicles 6:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread forth his hands.

American Standard Version (1901)

And he stood before the altar of Jehovah in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands

Common English Bible

Solomon stood before the LORD’s altar in front of the entire Israelite assembly and spread out his hands.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Then he stood before the altar of the Lord, facing the entire multitude of Israel, and he extended his hands.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he stood before the altar of the Lord, in presence of all the multitude of Israel, and stretched forth his hands.

2 Chronicles 6:12 Cross References

2 Kings 11:14

when she looked, there was the king standing by the pillar, according to custom, with the captains and the trumpeters beside the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Athaliah tore her clothes and cried, “Treason! Treason!”

2 Kings 23:3

The king stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the Lord, to follow the Lord, keeping his commandments, his decrees, and his statutes, with all his heart and all his soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. All the people joined in the covenant.

2 Chronicles 6:11

There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the people of Israel.”

2 Chronicles 6:13

Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had set it in the court, and he stood on it. Then he knelt on his knees in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

Job 11:13

“If you direct your heart rightly, you will stretch out your hands toward him.

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be counted as incense before you and the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.

Psalm 143:6

I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah

Psalm 28:2

Hear the voice of my supplication, as I cry to you for help, as I lift up my hands toward your most holy sanctuary.

Psalm 63:4

So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name.

Psalm 68:31

Let bronze be brought from Egypt; let Cush hasten to stretch out its hands to God.

Exodus 9:33

So Moses left Pharaoh, went out of the city, and stretched out his hands to the Lord; then the thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down on the earth.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the Lord and obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light, yet trusts in the name of the Lord and relies upon his God?

1 Timothy 2:8

I desire, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands without anger or argument,