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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 6:1-11

2. Solomon’s address 6:1-11Solomon repeated some of the promises in the Davidic Covenant publicly. His completion of the temple fulfilled part of what God had promised. Complete fulfillment required Solomon’s continued faithfulness to God (1 Chronicles 28:9). Unfortunately, Solomon was not completely faithful, so some of those promises remained unfulfilled. Another Son of David would fulfill them later.God had previously dwelt in the thick cloud on Mount Sinai (Exodus 20:21), as well as among... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42

Solomon’s PrayerThe first 39 vv. of this chapter repeat 1 Kings 8:12-50, the conclusion of the prayer, as given in 1 Kings 8:51-61, being omitted and three additional vv. being substituted.5. Neither chose I any man] Saul, though chosen, was subsequently rejected: 1 Samuel 15:26.13. For Solomon had made, etc.] This is not mentioned in 1 Kings 8.41. Now therefore arise, etc.] The same words occur in Psalms 132:8, Psalms 132:9. Be clothed with.. goodness] i.e. enjoy victory and prosperity.42.... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 6:5

(5) My people out of the land of Egypt.—Kings, “My people Israel out of Egypt.” (Comp 2 Chronicles 5:10.) The Syr. and Arab. have Israel here also.Neither chose I any man to be a ruler (nâgîd) over my people Israel.—Neither this sentence nor the following is found in the parallel passage, where the second half of 2 Chronicles 6:6 forms the last clause of the preceding verse (1 Kings 8:16). The Syriac and Arabic here follow Kings as often. There is nothing in the language against the supposition... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 6:6

(6) But (and) I have chosen Jerusalem.—Some MSS. omit this verse. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42

The Blessing of Unrealized Aims 2 Chronicles 6:8 According to the old story, our own Queen Mary is reported to have said to her courtiers that after her death they would find the word Calais graven upon her heart so long had she brooded upon the loss of that French sea-coast town. Had you examined King David's heart you would have found graven upon it the picture of a temple. That temple had been David's dream. In vision he had for years seen it crowning the crest of Zion. Night and day he... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42

CHAPTER 6 Solomon’s Address and Dedicatory Prayer 1. Solomon’s address to the congregation (2 Chronicles 6:1-11 ) 2. Solomon’s dedicatory prayer (2 Chronicles 6:12-42 ) The report of Solomon’s address is the same as recorded in 1 Kings 8:12-21 . The opening statement of this chapter has been well characterized as a pregnant expression of the king’s realization of the mystery of the Being of Jehovah, the all-creative God, as well as the condescension displayed in His self-limitation to... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42

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 (Solomon) had built this exalted house for the Lord to dwell in. Then he turned to address the whole assembly of Israel, the people standing at attention. We are told he blessed them, but the way he did this was by saying, "Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His hands what... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42

SOLOMON ’S REIGN HIS PRAYER AND ITS ANSWER (2 Chronicles 1:1-3 ) With verses three and four compare 1 Chronicles 16:0 , and especially 1 Chronicles 16:37-40 . The tabernacle at Gibeon was the legal place for worship, but the threshing-floor on Matthew Moriah was chosen by David for the reason given (1 Chronicles 21:29 ). A comparison with the corresponding place in 1 Kings will show how this account is abbreviated as the matter was not necessary to the author’s purpose. HIS POWER AND... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42

Solomon's Dedicatory Prayer 2 Chronicles 6:0 "Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness" ["gloom of clouds" (Exodus 20:21 ; Deuteronomy 4:11 ; Psa 18:9 )] ( 2Ch 6:1 ). THAT is the true conception of God at a given point in our spiritual education. Clouds and darkness are round about him, righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne: the light is darkness. Thus we are in the Christian sense agnostics. Our brightest thinking hardly... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:3-11

Observe, Solomon first turns to the people, as if by an enumeration of the divine mercies he aimed to raise their souls into an holy flame of devotion, before that he fell upon his knees to present himself and the people before God. Do we not feel our minds irresistibly led to contemplate the Lord Jesus in this? How doth our glorious High Priest and king go in and out before his people, in all the ordinances of worship? And how doth he, by the sweet influences of his grace, raise up our souls... read more