12. The Lord appeard to Solomon. This was his second revelation to Solomon (I Kgs 9:2), the first having been at Gibeon (II Chr 1:3-13). 13. If I shut up heaven, etc. God thus specially answered Solomon’s earlier petitions (vv. 15, 16; cf. 6:22-39). 14. If my people ... shall humble themselves ... and turn from their wicked ways; then will I ... heal their land. This great verse, the best known in all Chronicles, expresses as does no other in Scripture God’s requirement for national blessing, whether
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