2 Chronicles 2:6 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

Solomon's wisdom was given him, not merely for speculation, to entertain himself (though it is indeed a princely entertainment), nor merely for conversation, to entertain his friends, but for action; and therefore to action he immediately applies himself. Observe, I. His resolution within himself concerning his business (2 Chron. 2:1): He determined to build, in the first place, a house for the name of the Lord. It is fit that he who is the first should be served?first a temple and then a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:6

But who is able to build him an house ,.... Suitable to the greatness of his majesty, especially as he dwells not in temples made with hands: seeing the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain him ? see 1 Kings 8:27 , who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrifice before him ? since God was an immense and infinite Being, be would have Hiram to understand that he had no thought of building an house, in which he could be circumscribed and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 2:6

Seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens - "For the lower heavens, the middle heavens, and the upper heavens cannot contain him, seeing he sustains all things by the arm of his power. Heaven is the throne of his glory, the earth his footstool; the deep, and the whole world, are sustained by the spirit of his Word, [ מימריה ברוח beruach meqmereih ]. Who am I, then, that I should build him a house?" - Targum. Save only to burn sacrifice - It is not under the hope... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

A great project: the building of a temple. I. THE PROJECT CONCEIVED . ( 2 Chronicles 2:1 .) A project: 1 . Not new, but old. Not taken up by Solomon for the first time, but one his father David had years before meditated, though not permitted to execute it, because he had been "a man of war, and had shed blood '( 1 Chronicles 28:3 ). 2 . Not self-devised, but delegated, Not assumed out of vanity or from purely political motives, but handed down to him in circumstances... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

This chapter, in a homiletic point of view, invites attention to Those methods (or some of them) of religious enterprise which go to ensure success and to issue in real usefulness. For we may notice here— I. THE REPEATED RECORD , ON THE PART OF SOLOMON , OF HIS RESOLUTION OR DETERMINATION . "Solomon determined." The enterprise "of building a house to the Name of the Lord" had been set before him. He knew it had been in his father's mind. He had heard it in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:2-10

Human labour. Concerning the work in which we are engaged as men of action and production, we have here four suggestions. I. THE AMPLITUDE OF MATERIAL WITH WHICH GOD HAS SUPPLIED US . We have mention made ( 2 Chronicles 2:7 ) of different metals—gold, silver, brass, iron; and this enumeration is far from being exhaustive. We have reference ( 2 Chronicles 2:8 ) to different trees; and these are only a reminder of all the kinds of timber to be had in the forests... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:4-6

The acceptableness of the imperfect. The letter which Solomon wrote to Hiram was one that contained more than a business proposal; it was something beyond the opening of a negotiation; it included some valuable truth which not only may have benefited the then King of Tyro, but may be of real value to us at this date and this distance. For it intimated— I. THE INESTIMABLE ADVANTAGE OF THE REVEALED RELIGION OVER CONTEMPORARY FAITHS . "Great is our God above all gods"... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:5-6

The contents of these verses beg some special observation, in the first place, as having been judged by the writer of Chronicles matter desirable to be retained and put in his work. To find a place for this subject amid his careful selection, and rejection in many cases, of the matter at his command, is certainly a decision in harmony with his general design in this work. Then, again, they may be remarked on as spoken to another king, who, whether it were to be expected or no, was, it is... read more

Albert Barnes

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

Save only to burn sacrifice before him - Solomon seems to mean that to build the temple can only be justified on the human - not on the divine - side. “God dwelleth not in temples made with hands;” He cannot be confined to them; He does in no sort need them. The sole reason for building a temple lies in the needs of man: his worship must he local; the sacrifices commanded in the Law had of necessity to be offered somewhere. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 2:6

2 Chronicles 2:6. But who is able to build him a house No house, be it ever so great, can be a habitation for him. Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him Nor does he, like the gods of the nations, dwell in temples made with hands. When, therefore, I speak of building a great house for the great God, let none be so foolish as to imagine that I mean to include or comprehend God within it, for he is infinite. Who am I, then, that I should build him a house He... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:6

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 2:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:1-18

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:2-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:4-6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 2:5-6

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

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 2:6

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