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Matthew Henry

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

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 6:22-39

The sevenfold illustration. I. THE OATH OF PURGATION . ( 2 Chronicles 6:22 , 2 Chronicles 6:23 .) 1 . The case supposed. ( 2 Chronicles 6:22 .) 2 . The prayer offered. ( 2 Chronicles 6:23 .) II. THE PRAYER OF THE CAPTIVE . (Verses 24, 25.) 1 . The instance selected. That of God's ancient people 2 . The request presented. III. THE CRY OF THE FAMISHED . (Verses 26, 27.) 1 . The distress pictured. Solomon imagines a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:24-35

God and the nation. Solomon takes his place and his part on this great occasion as the sovereign of the nation; he prays for the people of the land in the double sense of representing them and of interceding for them. It is the Hebrew nation that was then "before God," and is now before us. We therefore think of— I. NATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY . That is assumed throughout. It is not stated in so many words, but the idea of it pervades the whole prayer. The people of Israel were not at... 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

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 6:33

2 Chronicles 6:33. May know that this house is called by thy name That it is truly the house of the Almighty Jehovah. Solomon knew that the goodness of God was so immense, that the extending it, how much soever, toward other people, neither would nor could lessen the exercise of it toward Israel. read more

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