Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
Pray toward
The city
Bible References
Return
Deuteronomy 30:2
and when you you and your descendants, that is will have returned to him and obeyed all the commands that I'm giving you today with all your heart and soul,
Jeremiah 29:12
When you call out to me and come and pray to me, I'll hear you.
Hosea 14:1
"Return, Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have fallen due to your own iniquity.
Joel 2:12
"Yet even now," declares the LORD, "Turn back to me with your whole heart, with fasting, tears, and mourning.
Pray toward
2 Chronicles 33:11
so the LORD brought in the army commanders who worked for the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh with hooks, bound him in bronze chains, and took him off to Babylon.
Daniel 9:3
"So I turned my attention to the Lord God, seeking him in prayer and supplication, accompanied with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes.
The city
2 Chronicles 6:34
"When your people go out to war against their enemies, no matter what way you send them, and they pray to you in the direction of this city that you have chosen and in the direction of the Temple that I have built for your name,
Daniel 6:10
When Daniel learned that the written document had been signed, he went to an upstairs room in his house that had windows opened facing Jerusalem. Three times a day he would kneel down, pray, and give thanks to his God, just as he had previously done.