John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42
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2 Chronicles 6:18
John Gill
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:18
But will God in very deed dwell with men - "But who could have imagined, who could have thought it credible, that God should place his majesty among men dwelling upon earth? Behold, the highest heavens, the middle heavens, and the lowest heavens, cannot bear the glory of thy majesty, (for thou art the God who sustainest all the heavens, and the earth, and the deep, and all that is in them), nor can this house which I have built contain Thee." - Targum. read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42
The dedication, and Solomon's prayer. The ark once within the most holy place, the whole temple seems to wait expectant for its own solemn offering and dedication, to that heaven from which its pattern came, to its own supreme Architect, of whose wisdom it was designed, and of whose inspiration of the mind and heart of so many, its beautiful and costly materials had been ungrudingly given and skilfully wrought. The picture photographed so faithfully in this chapter does not fail of... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:12-21
The dedication of the temple: 3. The consecration prayer. I. THE PERSON OF THE SUPPLIANT . Solomon. 1 . Royal. That Solomon should have prayed was not surprising, considering the example and training he must have received from his father, and remembering the solemn and impressive spectacle he had witnessed. It is difficult to shake off habits formed within the soul by ancestral piety and early training; while, if a sense of God's nearness and a realization of God's... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:18
Dwell with men ( Psalms 132:14 ). Heaven and the heaven of heavens. Solomon's conception of the infinite God comes plainly to view here ( 2 Chronicles 2:6 ; Deuteronomy 10:14 ; Psalms 139:5-12 ; Psalms 148:4 ; Isaiah 66:1 ; Acts 7:4-9 ; Acts 17:24 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:18
Will God in very deed dwell with men? I. REASON SAYS , NO ! 1 . The greatness of God forbids it. The heaven of heavens cannot contain him; how much less any house which man might build, or, even man's heart, which at the best is narrow and mean! The insignificance of man in comparison with the transcendent majesty of the Supreme has always been a difficulty in the way of accepting the religion of the Bible. 2 . The sinfulness of man opposes it. Had the thing itself—the... read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:18-21
God in the sanctuary. These elevated and eloquent words suggest to us what is— I. A FALSE THOUGHT OF GOD IN RELATION TO THE SANCTUARY . It may be, and probably is, imagined by the idolatrous that the temple of their deity contains the object of their worship; that it is his residence and home; that it suffices for him. Solomon had no such false thought about Jehovah; he knew that "the heaven of heavens could not contain him," and "how much less the house that he had... read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:1-39
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:12-41
Solomon had, in the foregoing verses, signed and sealed, as it were, the deed of dedication, by which the temple was appropriated to the honour and service of God. Now here he prays the consecration-prayer, by which it was made a figure of Christ, the great Mediator, through whom we are to offer all our prayers, and to expect all God's favours, and to whom we are to have an eye in every thing where we have to do with God. We have opened the particulars of this prayer (1 Kgs. 8:12-53) and... read more