Teks -- 2 Chronicles 6:38 (NET)

6:38 When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner and direct their prayers toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per frasa)

JFB: 2Ch 6:38 - If they return to thee . . . in the land of their captivity . . . and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers

These words gave rise to the favorite usage of the ancient as well as modern Jews, of turning in prayer toward Jerusalem, in whatever quarter of the world they might be, and of directing their faces toward the temple when in Jerusalem itself or in any part of the holy land (1Ki 8:44).

TSK: 2Ch 6:38 - return // pray toward // the city

return : Deu 30:2-6; Jer 29:12-14; Hos 14:1-4; Joe 2:12, Joe 2:13

pray toward : 2Ch 33:11-13; Dan 9:3, Dan 9:4

the city : 2Ch 6:34; Dan 6:10

Tafsiran/Catatan -- Catatan Kata/Frasa (per Ayat)

Haydock: 2Ch 6:38 - Name

Name. Hence arose the custom of turning towards Jerusalem and the temple, when the Jews poured for their supplications, in any country, 3 Kings viii. 44.

Gill: 2Ch 6:1-42

See Introduction to Chapter 5