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CHAPTER VI
_Solomon's prayer at the dedication of the temple_, 1-42.
NOTES ON CHAP. VI
Verse 2 Chronicles 6:1. _THE LORD HATH SAID THAT HE WOULD DWELL_]
Solomon, seeing the cloud descend and fill...
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Compare Kings (marginal references).
Compare Kings (marginal references)....
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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...
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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...
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SAID. The first thirty-nine verses repeat 1 Kings 8:12, with one or
two complementary items, 1 Kings 8:51 being omitted, and three verses
added.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
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THE LORD HATH SAID, &C.— _Thou hast promised, O Lord, that thou
wouldest dwell._ Houbigant....
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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
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_THEN SAID SOLOMON, THE LORD HATH SAID THAT HE WOULD DWELL IN THE
THICK DARKNESS._
The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. This
introduction to Solomon's address was evidently s...
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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...
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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
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VI.
2. KING SOLOMON BLESSES HIS PEOPLE AND HIS GOD
(2 Chronicles 6:1.) (Comp. 1 Kings 8:12.)
This section also is in verbal agreement with the parallel account,
with a few slight exceptions.
(1) THE T...
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אָ֖ז אָמַ֣ר שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה יְהוָ֣ה אָמַ֔ר
לִ שְׁכּ
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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...
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Then (a) said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the
thick darkness.
(a) After he had seen the glory of the Lord in the cloud....
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_Cloud: literally, "darkness." (Haydock) --- The promise had been made
to Moses, Exodus xvi. 10., and xl 32. (Calmet) --- God thus manifested
his presence. (Worthington)_...
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In the opening of this chapter, I beg to refer the Reader to the
history, as we have it almost literally the same, 1 Kings 8:1. Reader!
what a blessed dispensation are we brought under! Jesus sweetly...
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CONTENTS
This chapter is so closely connected with the former, that it may be
considered but as a continuation of the same subject. The cloud which
filled the house, as an intimation of the divine pr...
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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...
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2 Chronicles 5:1....
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Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick
darkness.
Ver. 1. _Then said Solomon._] See 1 Kings 8:12,14, &c....
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_The Lord hath said he would dwell in the thick darkness_ He has _made
darkness_ his pavilion; but let this house be the residence of that
darkness. For it is in the upper world that he dwells in ligh...
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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...
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Solomon's Dedicatory Address...
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Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that He would dwell in the thick
darkness, Leviticus 16:2. As St. Paul expresses it: He dwells in the
light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen...
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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 ...
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2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 6 Solomon blesseth the people, and praiseth God.
2 CHRONICLES 6:1. His excellent prayer, wherein he showeth the right
use of the temple 2 CHRONICLES 6:12. This whole chapter, for...
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2 Chronicles 6:1 Solomon H8010 spoke H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 said H559
(H8804) dwell H7931 (H8800) cloud...
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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...
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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...
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_Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that He would dwell in the
thick darkness._
GOD DWELLING IN DARKNESS
His dwelling in darkness has a symbolical meaning. It tells us of the
darkness in which Div...
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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
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CRITICAL NOTES.] Close parallelism of this chapter and 1 Kings 8:12; 2
Chronicles 6:13 only important variation.
_2 Chronicles 6:1 (cf._...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 8:12; Deuteronomy 4:11; Exodus 20:21; Exodus 24:15;...
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Thick darkness — He has indeed made darkness his pavilion. But let
this house be the residence of that darkness. It is in the upper world
that he dwells in light, such as no eye can approach....