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Illustrative ancientIsraelite soldiersonhillpath pauseinprayer facingJerusalemcityandcanonicaltemple distant, woodshields bronzespears laidnearby safely, leather linenclothing, earlymorninglight. No combat noworSolomon.
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2 Chronicles 6:34-35

Prayer before Going to Battle

Solomon’s Prayer for the House · 2 Chronicles 6

Story guide: Soldiers pray before departure, illustrating the king’s petition concerning battle.

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34If your people go out to battle against their enemies by the way that you send them, and they pray to you toward this city that you have chosen and the house that I have built for your name,

35then hear from heaven their prayer and their plea for favor, and maintain their cause.

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