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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 7:1-11

Here is, I. The gracious answer which God immediately made to Solomon's prayer: The fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifice, 2 Chron. 7:1. In this way God testified his acceptance of Moses (Lev. 9:24), of Gideon (Jdg. 6:21), of David (1 Chron. 21:26), of Elijah (1 Kgs. 18:38); and, in general, to accept the burnt-sacrifice is, in the Hebrew phrase, to turn it to ashes, Ps. 20:3. The fire came down here, not upon the killing of the sacrifices, but the praying of the prayer. 1.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 7:7-10

Moreover, Solomon hallowed the middle of the court ,.... From hence, to the end of 2 Chronicles 7:10 is the same with 1 Kings 8:64 . See Gill on 1 Kings 8:64 , 1 Kings 8:65 , 1 Kings 8:66 , only mention is made in 2 Chronicles 7:9 of the dedication of the altar, as if distinct from the dedication of the house, and hallowing the middle of the court, see Numbers 7:10 in imitation of which the Heathens dedicated their altars, in which they used ashes and water, as Pausanias F25 ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 7:8

The entering in of Hamath - "From the entrance of Antioch to the Nile of Egypt." - Targum. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 7:1-22

The testimony by fire, and the vouchsafed glory of the Lord. This chapter invites attention to four subjects, no one of which is entirely fresh, but each one of which owns to fresh impressiveness by virtue of position, particularity of description, and the more touching associations which now surround it. Attention, then, may be called first of all and chiefly to— I. THE MARVEL OF THE DESCENDING FIRE FROM HEAVEN . It is remarkable that the parallel ( 1 Kings 8:1-66 .)... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 7:8

Also at the same time … the feast ; i.e. the Feast of Tabernacles, which occupied the seven days from the fifteenth to the twenty-second of the month Tisri ( Leviticus 23:33 ). Thus fourteen days ( 1 Kings 8:65 )were occupied by the two feasts, that of the temple consecration and that of Tabernacles, while on the fifteenth day of feasting, viz. the twenty-third of the month Tisri, or Ethanim (the seventh month), the people went home. The entering in of Hamath unto the river of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 7:8-11

Sunshine. A very happy time it was when the temple was opened at Jerusalem. It may be said that the city of God and the people of God dwelt in the sunshine of his presence and his favour. It was a protracted period of sacred joy and gladdening prosperity. I. SOLEMNITIES AND FESTIVITIES ARE FITTINGLY ASSOCIATED . "At the same time" i.e. in close conjunction with the solemn rites that were observed within the temple, "Solomon kept the feast seven days, and all Israel with... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 7:8-11

A great festival. I. THE OCCASION . 1 . The dedication of the altar. Probably a part is here put for the whole. The writer means by the dedication of the altar the dedication of the whole temple. That this should have been followed by a feast was appropriate, since 2 . The Feast of Tabernacles. It would seem that the solemnities connected with the dedication were commenced seven days at least before the fifteenth of Tisri, the date of the Feast of Tabernacles, and that on... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 7:9

Solemn assembly . The word thus translated in the Authorized Version occurs (including both its but very slightly differing forms) eleven times. Five of these times the margin offers, probably unnecessarily, the optional rendering of "restraint." It may be that the root involves this idea, and certainly the word is especially used for the seventh or closing day of Passover, and eighth or closing day of Tabernacles; but other occasions of its use seem to negative this as an essential element... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 7:8

Solomon kept the feast - i. e., Solomon kept at this same time, not the Feast of the Dedication only, but also the Feast of tabernacles. The former lasted seven days, from the 8th of Tisri to the 15th, the latter also seven days, from the 15th to the 22nd. On the day following the people were dismissed 2 Chronicles 7:10. read more

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