2 Chronicles 6:40-42

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42

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Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:41

Let thy saints rejoice in goodness - "In the abundance of the tithes and other goods which shall be given to the Levites, as their reward for keeping the ark, and singing before it." - Jarchi. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:42

Turn not away the face of thine anointed - "At least do me good; and if not for my sake, do it for thy own sake." - Jarchi. These two last verses are not in the parallel place in 1 Kings 8:22-53. There are other differences between the two places in this prayer, but they are not of much consequence. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:1-42

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 6:40-42

These three verses are wanting in the parallel, which has kept us four verses (50-53) not shown here. Our two 2 Chronicles 6:41 and 2 Chronicles 6:42 are doubly interesting, first, as almost an exact copy of the words of David ( Psalms 132:8-10 ); and secondly, as not an entirely exact copy, in some respects the form of word not being identical, though the signification is the same, and in other respects the clause being not identical, though still the meaning is essentially... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 6:40-42

A prayer for the Church of God. I. FOR ITS CONGREGATIONS . 1 . That God would make them his resting-place. "Arise, O Lord God, into thy resting-place" ( 2 Chronicles 6:41 ). Taken from the battle-cry of the nation when the ark set forward to search out a resting-place for them ( Numbers 10:33-36 ), the words imply a request that Jehovah Elohim, the covenant God of Israel, would make of the temple, and therefore of that which it symbolized, the Church of God, collectively... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 6:40-42

In Kings, a different conclusion takes the place of these verses. The document from which both writers copied contained the full prayer of dedication, which each givcs in a somewhat abbreviated form.2 Chronicles 6:41Thy resting place - i. e., the holy of holies. Solomon follows closely the words of David his father, spoken probably when he brought the ark into Jerusalem. See the marginal references.2 Chronicles 6:42Turn not away the face of thine anointed - i. e., make him not to hide his face... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Chronicles 6:40

2 Chronicles 6:40. Now, my God, &c. Solomon sums up all in beseeching God, that the prayers which should be presented there, for any blessing, of what sort soever it was, might be graciously accepted and answered by him. read more

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