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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

2 Chronicles 6:32-33 → Deuteronomy 12:11

Allusion

Later text

2 Chronicles 6:32-33BSB

And as for the foreigner who is not of Your people Israel but has come from a distant land because of Your great name and Your mighty hand and outstretched arm—when he comes and prays toward this temple, then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.

Earlier text

Deuteronomy 12:11BSB

then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.

Significance

Solomon's fifth petition envisions a foreigner (nokhri) who comes "from a distant land because of Your great Name" and prays toward the temple (2 Chr 6:32-33). This petition connects to Deuteronomy 12:11's centralization principle—the place where God's Name dwells—but extends it beyond Israel. Solomon's prayer envisions the temple attracting gentile worshipers who come because of God's reputation (shem gadol), transforming the exclusively Israelite worship site of Deuteronomy 12 into a beacon for the nations. The petition asks God to hear from heaven "so that all peoples of the earth may know Your Name."

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme

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