Text: 2 Chronicles 6:24
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 28:23-24
Subject: Defeat in battle as covenant curse
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Solomon's second petition addresses military defeat "because they have sinned against You" (2 Chr 6:24), directly applying the Deuteronomic covenant curse of Deuteronomy 28:23-24, which threatens that the heavens will become bronze and the earth iron if Israel disobeys. Solomon's prayer assumes the Deuteronomic framework of blessings and curses but adds a remedy: if the defeated people repent, pray, and turn toward the temple, God will forgive and restore them. This petition transforms Deuteronomy's absolute curses into a dynamic of sin-repentance-restoration centered on the temple.