John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 7:4-5
Then the king and all the people ,.... Of these two verses; see Gill on 1 Kings 8:62 ; see Gill on 1 Kings 8:63 . read more
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John Gill
John Gill
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 7:6
And the priests waited on their offices ,.... Performed them, some in offering sacrifices, others in blowing trumpets, as it may be explained from the latter part of the verse: the Levites also with instruments of music of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord ; under a divine direction, on which the Levites played to the songs of praise offered to the Lord, and by which they made music sacred to him: because his mercy endureth for ever ; which, as it was the... 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 7:4
The king and all the people offered sacrifices - They presented the victims to the priests, and they and the Levites slew them, and sprinkled the blood: or perhaps the people themselves slew them; and, having caught the blood, collected the fat, etc., presented them to the priests to be offered as the law required. read more
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 7:5
Twenty and two thousand oxen , etc. - The amount of all the victims that had been offered during the seven days of the feast of tabernacles, and the seven days of the feast of the dedication. 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
Adam Clarke
Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 7:10
On the three and twentieth day - This was the ninth day of the dedication of the temple; but in 1 Kings 8:66 ; it is called the eighth day. "The meaning is this," says Jarchi: "he gave them liberty to return on the eighth day, and many of them did then return: and he dismissed the remainder on the ninth, what is called here the twenty-third, reckoning the fourteen days for the duration of the two feasts; in all, twenty-three." The Targum paraphrases this verse thus: "The people... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 7:1-7
The acceptance of Solomon's prayer. I. THE ANSWERING GOD . ( 2 Chronicles 7:1 , 2 Chronicles 7:2 .) By himself set forth ( Isaiah 65:24 ; Jeremiah 33:3 ), by his people recognized ( Psalms 65:2 ; Psalms 99:8 ; Isaiah 58:9 ), and by Christ revealed ( Matthew 7:7-11 ; Matthew 18:19 ; John 16:23 ) as a Hearer of prayer, Jehovah responded to the intercession of Israel's king by a twofold sign. 1 . By fire from heaven. "The God that answereth by fire," said... read more
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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