2 Chronicles 6:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Then he stood before the altar of the Lord in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel and stretched forth his hands.

Cross References

2 Kings 11:14

When she saw the king standing by the column, as was the custom, and the captains and trumpeters near the king, and all the people of the land rejoicing and blowing trumpets, Athaliah tore her garments and cried out, “Treason, treason!”

2 Kings 23:3

The king stood by the column and made a covenant in the presence of the Lord to follow the Lord and to observe his commandments, statutes, and decrees with his whole heart and soul, and to re-establish the words of the covenant written in this book. And all the people stood by the covenant. Josiah’s Religious Reform.

2 Chronicles 6:11

I have placed there the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with the Israelites.” Solomon’s Prayer.

2 Chronicles 6:13

Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, which he had placed in the middle of the courtyard. Having ascended it, Solomon knelt in the presence of the whole assembly of Israel and stretched forth his hands toward heaven.

Job 11:13

If you set your heart aright and stretch out your hands toward him,

Psalm 141:2

Let my prayer be incense before you; my uplifted hands an evening offering.

Psalm 143:6

I stretch out my hands toward you, my soul to you like a parched land. Selah

Psalm 28:2

Hear the sound of my pleading when I cry to you for help when I lift up my hands toward your holy place.

Psalm 63:4

For your love is better than life; my lips shall ever praise you!

Psalm 68:31

Roar at the wild beast of the reeds, the herd of mighty bulls, the calves of the peoples; trampling those who lust after silver scatter the peoples that delight in war.

Exodus 9:33

When Moses had left Pharaoh and gone out of the city, he extended his hands to the Lord. The thunder and the hail ceased, and the rain no longer poured down upon the earth.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the Lord, heeds his servant’s voice? Whoever walk in darkness, without any light, Yet trust in the name of the Lord and rely upon their God!

1 Timothy 2:8

It is my wish, then, that in every place the men should pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or argument.