Text: 2 Chronicles 6:26
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 28:23-24
Subject: Drought as covenant curse
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Solomon's third petition addresses drought: "When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You" (2 Chr 6:26). This directly invokes Deuteronomy 28:23-24's covenant curse where the sky becomes bronze and rain turns to dust. Solomon's prayer acknowledges drought as divine discipline for covenant violation but provides the remedy of repentance and prayer directed toward the temple. The petition assumes the Deuteronomic cause-and-effect theology while adding the temple as the focal point for seeking divine restoration of the land's fertility.