2 Chronicles 6:42
Good News Translation
LORD God, do not reject the king you have chosen. Remember the love you had for your servant David."

New Revised Standard Version
O LORD God, do not reject your anointed one. Remember your steadfast love for your servant David.”

Contemporary English Version
Always remember the love you had for your servant David, so that you will not reject your chosen kings.

New American Bible
LORD God, do not reject the plea of your anointed, remember the devotion of David, your servant.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.

turn not.

1 Kings 2:16 Now therefore, I ask one petition of thee; turn not away my face. And she said to him: Say on.

thine anointed

1 Kings 1:34 And let Sadoc, the priest, and Nathan, the prophet, anoint him there king over Israel: and you shall sound the trumpet, and shall say: God save king Solomon.

Psalm 2:2 The kings of the earth stood up, and the princes met together, against the Lord, and against his Christ.

Isaiah 61:1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord hath anointed me: he hath sent me to preach to the meek, to heal the contrite of heart, and to preach a release to the captives, and deliverance to them that are shut up.

remember

Psalm 132:1 A gradual canticle. O Lord, remember David, and all his meekness.

Isaiah 55:3 Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.

Acts 13:34 And to shew that he raised him up from the dead, not to return now any more to corruption, he said thus: I will give you the holy things of David, faithful.

the mercies Or, as Dr.

Context
Solomon's Prayer of Dedication
41Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, put on salvation, and thy saints rejoice in good things. 42O Lord God, turn not away the face of thy anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Cross References
Psalm 89:24
And my truth and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.

Psalm 89:28
I will keep my mercy for him for ever: and my covenant faithful to him.

Psalm 132:10
For thy servant David's sake, turn not away the face of thy anointed.

Isaiah 55:3
Incline your ear and come to me: hear and your soul shall live, and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the faithful mercies of David.

2 Chronicles 6:41
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