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2Ch 6:26 — When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; [yet] if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

the heaven		Lev 26:19; Deu 11:17; Deu 28:23; 1Ki 17;18; Luk 4:25
there is no rain		Isa 50:1,2; Isa 5:6; Eze 14:13; Amo 4:4-9; Rev 11:6
if they pray		Jer 14:1-9; Joe 1:13-20; Joe 2:15-17
turn		Pro 28:13; Eze 18:27-32
thou dost		2Ch 33:12,13; Hsa 5:15; Hsa 6:1

Correlating Passages

the heaven

	Lev 26:19	And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:
	Deu 11:17	And [then] the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and [lest] ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD giveth you.
	Deu 28:23	And thy heaven that [is] over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee [shall be] iron.
	1Ki 17:1	And Elijah the Tishbite, [who was] of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, [As] the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
	1Ki 17:2	And the word of the LORD came unto him, saying,
	1Ki 17:3	Get thee hence, and turn thee eastward, and hide thyself by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.
	1Ki 17:4	And it shall be, [that] thou shalt drink of the brook; and I have commanded the ravens to feed thee there.
	1Ki 17:5	So he went and did according unto the word of the LORD: for he went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, that [is] before Jordan.
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	1Ki 18:1	And it came to pass [after] many days, that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto Ahab; and I will send rain upon the earth.
	1Ki 18:2	And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab. And [there was] a sore famine in Samaria.
	1Ki 18:3	And Ahab called Obadiah, which [was] the governor of [his] house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
	1Ki 18:4	For it was [so], when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
	1Ki 18:5	And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
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	Luk 4:25	But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;

there is no rain

	Isa 50:1	Thus saith the LORD, Where [is] the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors [is it] to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away.
	Isa 50:2	Wherefore, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no water, and dieth for thirst.
	Isa 5:6	And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.
	Eze 14:13	Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it:
	Amo 4:4	Come to Bethel, and transgress; at Gilgal multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices every morning, [and] your tithes after three years:
	Amo 4:5	And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim [and] publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.
	Amo 4:6	And I also have given you cleanness of teeth in all your cities, and want of bread in all your places: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
	Amo 4:7	And also I have withholden the rain from you, when [there were] yet three months to the harvest: and I caused it to rain upon one city, and caused it not to rain upon another city: one piece was rained upon, and the piece whereupon it rained not withered.
	Amo 4:8	So two [or] three cities wandered unto one city, to drink water; but they were not satisfied: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
	Amo 4:9	I have smitten you with blasting and mildew: when your gardens and your vineyards and your fig trees and your olive trees increased, the palmerworm devoured [them]: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
	Rev 11:6	These have power to shut heaven, that it rain not in the days of their prophecy: and have power over waters to turn them to blood, and to smite the earth with all plagues, as often as they will.

if they pray

	Jer 14:1	The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth.
	Jer 14:2	Judah mourneth, and the gates thereof languish; they are black unto the ground; and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up.
	Jer 14:3	And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, [and] found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.
	Jer 14:4	Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
	Jer 14:5	Yea, the hind also calved in the field, and forsook [it], because there was no grass.
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	Joe 1:13	Gird yourselves, and lament, ye priests: howl, ye ministers of the altar: come, lie all night in sackcloth, ye ministers of my God: for the meat offering and the drink offering is withholden from the house of your God.
	Joe 1:14	Sanctify ye a fast, call a solemn assembly, gather the elders [and] all the inhabitants of the land [into] the house of the LORD your God, and cry unto the LORD,
	Joe 1:15	Alas for the day! for the day of the LORD [is] at hand, and as a destruction from the Almighty shall it come.
	Joe 1:16	Is not the meat cut off before our eyes, [yea], joy and gladness from the house of our God?
	Joe 1:17	The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.
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	Joe 2:15	Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
	Joe 2:16	Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
	Joe 2:17	Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where [is] their God?

turn

	Pro 28:13	He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh [them] shall have mercy.
	Eze 18:27	Again, when the wicked [man] turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
	Eze 18:28	Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
	Eze 18:29	Yet saith the house of Israel, The way of the Lord is not equal. O house of Israel, are not my ways equal? are not your ways unequal?
	Eze 18:30	Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn [yourselves] from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
	Eze 18:31	Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
	Eze 18:32	For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn [yourselves], and live ye.

thou dost

	2Ch 33:12	And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers,
	2Ch 33:13	And prayed unto him: and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the LORD he [was] God.
	Hsa 5:15	I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
	Hsa 6:1	Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

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Scott, Thomas. "2 Chronicles 6:26," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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