Text: 2 Chronicles 6:34-35
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 12:11
Subject: Prayer toward the temple during warfare
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Solomon's sixth petition addresses the scenario of Israel going out to battle and praying "toward this city that You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name" (2 Chr 6:34-35). The directional prayer toward the temple connects to Deuteronomy 12:11's concept of the place God chooses for His Name. Solomon extends the Deuteronomic centralization principle beyond physical presence at the temple to include directional prayer from distant battlefields, establishing the practice of praying toward Jerusalem that became normative in later Judaism (cf. Dan 6:10).