E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Chronicles 6:20
upon = toward. read more
歷代志下 6:19-21 Rcuvts
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Chronicles 6:12-42
3. Solomon’s prayer 6:12-42In his prayer, Solomon explained the significance of God coming to indwell His temple. God had come to empower, to have fellowship, and to judge, if necessary. God was present among His people, and He would hear their prayers when they obediently called out to Him.Solomon acknowledged that God had fulfilled some of the promises of the Davidic Covenant already (2 Chronicles 6:15), but he also saw that there were others yet unfulfilled. He called on God to grant them (2... 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 6:19
(19) Have respect therefore.—But turn thou unto. The Authorised Version follows the LXX. and Vulg., ἐπιβλέψῃ); “ut respicias.”Before thee.—Kings adds, “to-day.” So LXX., Syriac, Arabic here. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 6:20
(20) Upon.—Unto or toward. “Day and night” (as in Psalms 1:2); Kings, “night and day” (as in Isaiah 27:3); for which the chronicler has substituted a more usual phrase. The Syriac and Arabic follow Kings.Prayeth.—Shall pray, scil., at any time.Toward this place.—The margin is wrong, though supported by the Syriac, Arabic, and Vulg. The Temple of Jerusalem was, and is, the Kebla of the Jew. (Comp. Daniel 6:10, and 2 Chronicles 6:34 infr., which is a kind of paraphrase of this expression.) read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Chronicles 6:21
(21) Supplications.—Tahănûnîm, a word chiefly poetic and late, which nowhere appears in Kings, and only here in Chronicles. Kings has the older synonym tĕhinnâh.Hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven.—Yea thou—thou shalt hear from the place of thy dwelling, from the heavens. For “from,” in both places, Kings has “unto,” an unusual pregnant construction, which is probably original. 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
John Calvin
Geneva Study Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:20
6:20 That thine {e} eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.(e) That you may declare in effect that you have a continual care over this place. read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42
Construction of the temple (2:1-7:22)With the help of King Hiram of Tyre, Solomon prepared materials and arranged a workforce to build the planned temple (2:1-18; see notes on 1 Kings 5:1-18). Construction went on for seven years, until the temple, its furniture, its courtyard, and all other articles and decorations connected with it were completed according to plan (3:1-5:1; see notes on 1 Kings 6:1-7:51). The temple was then dedicated to God (5:2-7:22; see notes on 1 Kings 8:1-9:9). read more