Text: 2 Chronicles 6:34-35
OT Text Referred to: Deuteronomy 12:5
Subject: Prayer toward the chosen city in battle
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: Solomon's warfare petition instructs Israel to pray "toward this city that You have chosen" (2 Chr 6:34), echoing Deuteronomy 12:5's directive to "seek the place the LORD your God will choose." The Chronicler presents Solomon's prayer as confirming Jerusalem as the specific fulfillment of Deuteronomy's anticipated "chosen place." For soldiers on distant campaigns, the chosen city becomes their prayer qiblah—the directional focus of worship—extending the centralization principle beyond physical pilgrimage to include the spiritual orientation of prayer from any location.