2 Chronicles 6:3 - Exposition

Reading between the lines, this verse shows us that the face of Solomon had been turned to the symbol of God's presence, while he addressed to him the words of our second verse, since he now faces round to the assembly of the congregation. What words Solomon used in thus blessing the whole congregation are not given either here or in the parallel. The impression one takes is that the blessing was, in fact, wrapt up tacitly in all that Solomon recounts, when he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel , etc. ( 2 Chronicles 6:4 ). However, it is not impossible that, with the variation of the tense in verse 59, the verses of 1 Kings 8:55-61 may contain the substance of it, if not itself.