John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42
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2 Chronicles 6:19-21 Niv
John Gill
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 6:18-21
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
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:20
This house …. the place whereof;… this place (so Exodus 29:43 ; Deuteronomy 12:5 ; Deuteronomy 14:23 ; Deuteronomy 15:20 ; Deuteronomy 16:2 ). read more
Spence, H. D. M., etc.
The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:21
The supplications of thy servant . "The great thought of Solomon now is that the centre and core of all worship is prayer" (Professor Dr. James G. Murphy, in 'Handbook for Bible Classes: Chronicles'). Toward this place (see other instances of this expression, Psalms 5:7 ; Psalms 28:2 ; Psalms 138:2 ; Jonah 2:4 ; Daniel 6:10 ). From thy dwelling-place . 1 Kings 8:30 has, "hear to thy dwelling-place, to heaven," by probably the mere error of a copyist. read more
Albert Barnes
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:1-39
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Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 6:21
2 Chronicles 6:21. Hearken to the supplication of thy people, &c. He asks not that God would help them without their praying for themselves, but that God would help them in answer to their prayers. Even Christ’s intercession does not supersede, but encourages our supplications. read more
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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