2 Chronicles 6:1-11 (1 Kings 8:12-21). Solomon's Blessing 1, 2. These verses come from 1 Kings, the only important variation being, _But I have built_(Chron.), for _I have surety built_(1 Kin.). They seem to have been originally taken from some song.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Then said_ R.V. THEN SPAKE (as 1 Kin.). _Then_refers to the moment when Solomon perceived that the cloud had filled the House. _that_he _would dwell in the thick darkness_ No Divine declaration corresponding verbally with this occurs in the O.T., but cp. Exodus 20:21, _Moses drew near to the thick... [ Continue Reading ]
_who hath with his hands fulfilled_that _which he spake with his mouth to my father David_ R.V. WHICH SPAKE WITH HIS MOUTH UNTO DAVID MY FATHER, AND HATH WITH HIS HANDS FULFILLED IT. The A.V. has needlessly changed the order of the Hebrew.... [ Continue Reading ]
_neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel_ The Chronicler regards Saul as rejected rather than chosen; 1 Chronicles 10:13-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
_in the heart of David_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 17:1-2; 1 Chronicles 22:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
_thou shalt not build_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 22:8, note.... [ Continue Reading ]
_with the children of Israel_ In 1 Kings 8:21, _with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt_.... [ Continue Reading ]
(1 Kings 8:22-50). Solomon's Prayer The prayer is reproduced from 1 Kings with a few verbal changes and with the omission of v. 50 53. it is chiefly to the effect that future prayers made "in" or "towards this house" may be heard. The subjects of the different parts of the prayer are as follows: 2... [ Continue Reading ]
_which keepest covenant and_shewest _mercy_ R.V. WHO KEEPEST COVENANT AND MERCY (so 1 Kings).... [ Continue Reading ]
_yet so that_ R.V. IF ONLY. _walk in my law_ In 1 Kings 8:25, _walk before me_. The Chronicler characteristically introduces a reference to the Law of the Lord (the _tôrah_). In Samuel and Kings neither David nor Solomon ever mentions this.... [ Continue Reading ]
_dwell with men_ The Peshitta (a Jewish work) limits the sense and translates, _cause his Shekinah to dwell with_(al. _rest upon) his people Israel_. The words, _with men_, are absent from the Heb. text of 1 Kings, but appears in LXX. (A and B).... [ Continue Reading ]
_prayer … and … supplication_ "Supplication" as distinguished from "prayer" is _prayer for favour_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_which thy servant prayeth_ R.V. WHICH THEY SERVANT SHALL PRAY. Solomon refers in this ver. to future prayers, not (as in 2 Chronicles 6:19) to the prayer he is now praying.... [ Continue Reading ]
_from thy dwelling place_, even _from heaven_ Here, as in 2 Chronicles 6:18, Solomon refuses to regard the Temple as Jehovah's "dwelling place." Cp. 2 Chronicles 2:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
_and an oath be laid upon him_ Cp. Exodus 22:11. The oath means a _curse_which a man imprecates upon himself under certain conditions. _and the oath come_ R.V. AND HE COME AND SWEAR.... [ Continue Reading ]
_by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying tie righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness_ R.V. REQUITING THE WICKED, TO BRING HIS WAY UPON HIS OWN HEAD; AND JUSTIFYING THE RIGHTEOUS, TO GIVE HIM ACCORDING TO HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS.... [ Continue Reading ]
_be put to the worse_ R.V. BE SMITTEN DOWN (as in 1 Kings). _and shall return_ R.V. AND SHALL TURN AGAIN (as in 1 Kings) i.e. _repent_.... [ Continue Reading ]
_from the heavens_ R.V. FROM HEAVEN (as in 2 Chronicles 6:23).... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_dearth_ R.V. FAMINE (as in 1 Kings). _caterpillars_ Rather some kind of locust; see Driver on Joel 1:4. _in the cities of their land_ R.V. IN THE LAND OF THEIR CITIES (Heb. _gates_). The text is probably corrupt: read either, IN ANY ONE OF THEIR CITIES (cp. LXX.), or, BY MAKING A BREACH IN HIS GA... [ Continue Reading ]
_his man sore and his own grief_ R.V. HIS OWN PLAGUE AND HIS OWN SORROW. Cp. last note. _in this house_ R.V. TOWARD THIS HOUSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_thou only_ R.V. THOU, EVEN THOU ONLY.... [ Continue Reading ]
_but is come_ R.V. WHEN HE SHALL COME. _if they come_ R.V. WHEN THEY SHALL COME. _in this house_ R.V. TOWARD THIS HOUSE; cp. 2 Chronicles 6:29.... [ Continue Reading ]
_all people_ R.V. ALL THE PEOPLES. For this change see R.V. _Preface_, p. vi... [ Continue Reading ]
_maintain their cause_ Render with R.V. mg., MAINTAIN THEIR RIGHT.... [ Continue Reading ]
there is _no man which sinneth not_ Cp. Ecclesiastes 7:20. _deliver them_over _before_their _enemies_ R.V. DELIVER THEM TO THE ENEMY (as 1 Kings).... [ Continue Reading ]
_turn and pray_ R.V. TURN AGAIN, AND MAKE SUPPLICATION (cp. 1 Kings). _done amiss_ R.V. DONE PERVERSELY (as 1 Kings). The stronger word represents tie Heb. word the better.... [ Continue Reading ]
_If they return_ Cp. Leviticus 26:39-41; Deuteronomy 30:1-2 (passages anticipating captivity and also repentance in captivity).... [ Continue Reading ]
_their cause_ Render with R.V. mg. THEIR RIGHT (as in 2 Chronicles 6:35).... [ Continue Reading ]
_attent_ i.e. attentive. Cp. 2 Chronicles 7:15 (same English word for same Heb. word).... [ Continue Reading ]
(No parallel in 1 Kings). The Invocation The end of the prayer in 1 Kings 8:51-53 is quite different.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now therefore arise_ This whole ver. corresponds (with some variation of reading) with 2 Chronicles 6:8-9 of Psalms 132. _the ark of thy strength_ This appellation of the ark perhaps refers to its use in war; cp. 1Sa 4:3; 1 Samuel 4:6-7. with _salvation_ i.e. with victory. In Psalms 132:9, _with... [ Continue Reading ]
_turn not away_ Cp. Psalms 132:10. _remember the mercies of David_ i.e. _either_shew David's son the mercies thou didst shew to David himself (Isaiah 55:3), _or_(better), remember the good deeds ("mercies"; cp. 2 Chronicles 32:32) which David did, and reward his son.... [ Continue Reading ]