Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Chronicles 6:26
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CHAPTER 6 SOLOMON'S ADDRESS AND DEDICATORY PRAYER _ 1. Solomon's address to the congregation (2 Chronicles 6:1)_ 2. Solomon's dedicatory prayer (2 Chronicles 6:12) The report of Solomon's address is...
2 Chronicles 5:2 to 2 Chronicles 7:10. THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE (see notes on 1 Kings 8). The chief points of difference between the Chronicler's account and 1 Kings 8 are: (_a_) that in 2 Chronic...
_when thou dost afflict them_ Render (with R.V. mg. and Peshitta), BECAUSE THOU ANSWEREST THEM. Israel "confesses God's name" because God answers the prayer of penitence....
4. DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE (2 Chronicles 5:2 to 2 Chronicles 7:22) TEXT 2 Chronicles 5:2. Thus all the work that Solomon wrought for the house of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the thi
_THEN HEAR THOU FROM HEAVEN, AND DO, AND JUDGE THY SERVANTS, BY REQUITING THE WICKED, BY RECOMPENSING HIS WAY UPON HIS OWN HEAD; AND BY JUSTIFYING THE RIGHTEOUS, BY GIVING HIM ACCORDING TO HIS RIGHTEO...
SOLOMON'S PRAYER The first 39 vv. of this chapter repeat 1 Kings 8:12, the conclusion of the prayer, as given in 1 Kings 8:51, being omitted and three additional vv. being substituted. 5. NEITHER CHO...
SITUATION 3: NO RAIN BECAUSE OF *SIN When the *LORD brought the *Israelites into their country, he warned them about false gods. He told them not to serve other gods. If they did that, then he would...
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 6 SOLOMON BLESSES THE PEOPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 6:1-11 V1 Then Sol
בְּ הֵעָצֵ֧ר הַ שָּׁמַ֛יִם וְ לֹֽא ־יִהְיֶ֥ה
In the presence of the manifestation of glory the king pronounced a blessing on the people which merged into, or took the form of, a blessing offered to God, as he recounted the way of the divine guid...
I refer the Reader to the observations made on this prayer already in the Commentary on the 1 Kings 8:1. And only by way of enforcing what was there said, I would beseech the Reader, as he goeth over...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 7. Thus Solomon having prayed, and entreated Jehovah that His eyes should be open, and His ears attent to the prayers that should be offered to Him...
2 Chronicles 5:1....
1 Solomon hauing blessed the people, blesseth God. 12 Solomons prayer in the consecration of the Temple, vpon the brasen scaffold. 1 THEN [NOTE: 1 Kings 8:12, etc.] said Solomon, The LORD hath said...
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, droughts of this kind being expressly named as punishments of the Lord upon a disobedient people, BECAUSE THEY HAVE SINNED AGAINST THEE, YET, IF THEY...
Solomon's Dedicatory Prayer...
SOLOMON SPEAKS TO GOD AND TO THE PEOPLE (vv.1-11) Solomon began his inauguration address by first speaking to the Lord, reminding Him that He had said He would dwell in the dark cloud and that he ...
2 Chronicles 6:26 heavens H8064 up H6113 (H8736) rain H4306 sinned H2398 (H8799) pray H6419 (H8694) place
CONTENTS: Solomon's sermon and prayer. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: Those who set God before them and walk before Him with all their hearts, will find Him as good as His word and better. He...
2 Chronicles 6:41. _Thy saints._ וחסידיךְ _vakesidéka,_ thy merciful ones. Our Saviour describes the saints as showing mercy. Matthew 5:7. The Lord will show mercy to them again, and cause them to rej...
_When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain._ PERILS TO AGRICULTURE I. A rebuke to rationalism in natural evils. All meteorological phenomena are under God’s control. In all afflictive events...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 6:1 The account of Solomon’s prayer of dedication is very similar to the parallel account in 1 Kings 8:12, except that the Chronicler focuses on the Davidic co
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 6:26 HEAVEN IS SHUT UP... NO RAIN. See Deuteronomy 28:23;...
CRITICAL NOTES.] Close parallelism of this chapter and 1 Kings 8:12; 2 Chronicles 6:13 only important variation. _2 Chronicles 6:1 (cf._...
EXPOSITION The first thirty-nine verses of this chapter (less the thirteenth) correspond very closely with the thirty-eight verses of the parallel that run 1 Kings 8:12-11. For once also the two place...
Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness (2 Chronicles 6:1). Now Solomon, at this point, preached the sermon to the people. All of Israel, you remember, all the...
1 Kings 18:46; 2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Chronicles 33:13; Amos 4:4;...