2 Chronicles 6:29-42 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:28-31

(See Le 2 Chronicles 26:16 -26; Deuteronomy 28:22-52 , Deuteronomy 28:59 ; Deuteronomy 20:9 .) In the cities of their land . This, to represent correctly the Hebrew, should read, in the land of their gates. Reference probably is being made to the fact that law and justice and judgment were administered "in the gate of the city" ( Deuteronomy 16:18 ; Deuteronomy 21:19 ; Joshua 20:4 ). Thou only knowest (so 1 Chronicles 28:9 ). That they may fear thee (so Psalms 130:4 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:29-31

God and the individual soul. Not only during the time of national calamity ( 2 Chronicles 6:28 ), though especially then, do families and individual men find themselves in sore need of Divine succour. There is never any considerable congregation which does not include at least a few hearts that come up in hope of comfort and relief from Heaven. I. THE BURDEN WHICH IS BORNE BY EACH HUMAN HEART . With our complex nature, and our many human relationships, we lie open... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:32-33

The stranger … c ome from a far country for thy great Name's sake. These two verses, with every clause in them, must be felt most refreshing by every reader; but they ought also to be particularly observed, as both corrective of a common but strictly erroneous impression as to exclusiveness and a genius of bigotry inhering in the setting apart of the Jewish race for a certain purpose in the Divine government and counsel, and also as revealing very significantly that that setting apart was ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:34-35

The different supposition of these verses, compared with 2 Chronicles 6:24 , 2 Chronicles 6:25 , is plain. Here we are reminded how right it is to implore a blessing before we go out to our allotted labour, or even on some specially and divinely appointed enterprise. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:36-39

The matter of these verses is given fuller in the parallel ( 1 Kings 8:46-53 ). The prayer is remarkable all the more as the last of the whole series, and one so sadly ominous! The last clause of 2 Chronicles 6:36 , carrying the expression far off , as the alternative of near, throws its lurid glare of unwelcome suggestion on all the rest. No man which sinneth not . The words need the summoning of no biblical parallels, for these are so numerous. But out of the rest emphasis may be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:36-39

Departure and return. It seems a melancholy thing that, at this hour of sacred joy and triumph, Solomon should have been under the necessity of contemplating national unfaithfulness, Divine displeasure, a return of the people of God to ignominious captivity and all its consequent distress. But he felt that it was necessary, and the issue abundantly justified his forecast. I. DEPARTURE FROM GOD . In the case of Israel, departure from the Lord their God meant either 1 . A... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:40-42

These three verses are wanting in the parallel, which has kept us four verses (50-53) not shown here. Our two 2 Chronicles 6:41 and 2 Chronicles 6:42 are doubly interesting, first, as almost an exact copy of the words of David ( Psalms 132:8-10 ); and secondly, as not an entirely exact copy, in some respects the form of word not being identical, though the signification is the same, and in other respects the clause being not identical, though still the meaning is essentially... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:40-42

A prayer for the Church of God. I. FOR ITS CONGREGATIONS . 1 . That God would make them his resting-place. "Arise, O Lord God, into thy resting-place" ( 2 Chronicles 6:41 ). Taken from the battle-cry of the nation when the ark set forward to search out a resting-place for them ( Numbers 10:33-36 ), the words imply a request that Jehovah Elohim, the covenant God of Israel, would make of the temple, and therefore of that which it symbolized, the Church of God, collectively... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:1-39

Compare Kings (marginal references).Compare Kings (marginal references). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:40-42

In Kings, a different conclusion takes the place of these verses. The document from which both writers copied contained the full prayer of dedication, which each givcs in a somewhat abbreviated form.2 Chronicles 6:41Thy resting place - i. e., the holy of holies. Solomon follows closely the words of David his father, spoken probably when he brought the ark into Jerusalem. See the marginal references.2 Chronicles 6:42Turn not away the face of thine anointed - i. e., make him not to hide his face... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:28-31

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:29-31

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:32-33

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:34-35

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:36-39

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:36-39

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:40-42

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:40-42

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:1-39

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:40-42

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