E. Solomon’s Successes chs. 8-9This section of the text is similar to 1 Chronicles 18-21. Those chapters showed how God kept His promises to David that the Chronicler recorded in 1 Chronicles 17:8-12. These chapters (8-9) show how God kept His promise to Solomon in 2 Chronicles 1:12 and 2 Chronicles 7:17-18. read more
2. Solomon’s religious success 8:12-16Solomon was faithful to perform what the Mosaic Law required in ritual worship. In this he succeeded, though in his heart he departed from the Lord. The Chronicler gave him credit where credit was due and did not draw attention to his failings."This verse [2 Chronicles 8:16] represents an important literary mark in the story of the Chronicler, concluding the long section that began at 2 Chronicles 2:1. A similar phrase to ’so the temple of the LORD was... read more
Solomon’s Buildings. His Trade with OphirThis chapter reproduces the substance of 1 Kings 9:10, 1 Kings 9:28 but describes some additional buildings.2. Had restored] If the reference is to the cities which Solomon gave to Hiram, it seems best to assume that they had been merely pledged as security for money which Solomon borrowed and afterwards repaid: 1 Kings 9:14.3. Hamath-zobah] Perhaps a Hamath in Zobah (a country E. of the Sea of G-alilee, in the region of the modern Haurân).4. Tadmor] the... read more
(c) REGULATION OF THE TEMPLE WORSHIP(2 Chronicles 8:12-16).This whole section corresponds to the single verse, 1 Kings 9:25, which the chronicler has paraphrased in 2 Chronicles 8:12-13, and extended by the addition of further details in 2 Chronicles 8:14-15.(12) Then.—After the consecration of the Temple.Offered.—Not once, but habitually; according to the prescriptions of the Mosaic Law (2 Chronicles 8:13).On the altar . . . which he had built.—And apparently no longer at Gibeon (2 Chronicles... read more
5. Solomon’s Prosperity and Activities CHAPTER 8 1. The fortifications of cities (2 Chronicles 8:1-6 ) 2. The subjection of the strangers (2 Chronicles 8:7-10 ) 3. The removal of the daughter of Pharaoh (2 Chronicles 8:11 ) 4. The perfected service (2 Chronicles 8:12-16 ) 5. The expedition to Ophir (2 Chronicles 8:17-18 ) The activities of the King included the fortification of certain cities. (See 1 Kings 9:0 .) First the cities are mentioned which Huram restored to Solomon. These... read more
FURTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF SOLOMON (vv.1-18) After Solomon had completed the building of the temple and his own house, he rebuilt the cities that Hiram had given him and settled some of the children of Israel there (vv.1-2). Solomon also gave Hiram some cities, though Hiram was not pleased with them (1 Kings 9:12-13). While we read of no wars in Solomon's time because his reign symbolises that of the Lord Jesus in the age to come, yet verse 3 tells us that Solomon went to Hamath Zobah and... read more
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
2 Chronicles 8:0 1. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years [the twenty years date from the commencement of the temple in the fourth year of Solomon's reign, seven years having been devoted to the construction of the temple, and thirteen to the building of the royal palace. (See 1 Kings 6:37-38 : 1 Kings 7:1 ; and 1Ki 9:10 )], wherein Solomon had built the house of the Lord, and his own house, 2. That the cities which Huram had restored [literally, which Huram gave] to Solomon [ 1Ki... read more
The most interesting part to be noticed in these verses is what is said of the every-day offering. Never, from the. first institution of sacrifices was this omitted. The lamb of the morning, and the lamb of the evening. What a wonderful thought! that three o'clock in the afternoon which was the ninth hour in the Jews reckoning, should have been held so sacred for the evening sacrifice, because that was the hour which had been appointed before all worlds for the offering of the body of Jesus on... read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 8:12
SOLOMON'S OFFERING THE COMMANDED SACRIFICES"Then Solomon offered burnt-offerings unto Jehovah on the altar of Jehovah which he had built before the porch, even as the duty of every day required, offering according to the commandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the set feasts, three times in the year, even in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles."There are some uncertainties here. There seems to be an implied... read more