2 Chronicles 6:29whatever prayer and supplication be made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall know every man his own plague and his own sorrow, and shall spread forth his hands toward this house:
The setting
Jerusalem, Israel, ~950 BC. Solomon shifts from national disasters to personal ones - acknowledging that each individual has private struggles only they and God know about. People are spreading their hands toward the temple in personal desperation.
The emotion here: compassionate understanding of human frailty and individual suffering
The original word
nega' (נֶגַע) — plague, but also personal affliction or touch of suffering that marks someone
Why it matters
The gesture of spreading hands toward the temple became the standard Jewish prayer posture for the next 1,000 years
Read with care
What most readers miss in 2 Chronicles 6:29
Solomon recognizes that behind every public face is a private struggle that only God sees
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about general prayer, but Solomon is specifically talking about the prayers that come from our deepest, most private pain.
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Bible Genome reading
2 Chronicles 6:29 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
2 Chronicles 6:29 comes from the book of 2 Chronicles, written during the United Kingdom period. The setting is the Temple. These words are attributed to Solomon. The dominant emotion in this verse is seeking, with a comfort power of 70% and a tone that is reverent. It belongs to the prayer genre of biblical literature. Key themes include individual prayer, personal suffering, God's accessibility. Notable phrases: whatever prayer and supplication; know every man his own plague; his own sorrow. This verse is a prayer.
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