"That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place."
        
    
            
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                        Compare Kings (marginal references).
Compare Kings (marginal references).... 
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                        CHAPTER 6 SOLOMON'S ADDRESS AND DEDICATORY PRAYER
_ 1. Solomon's address to the congregation (2 Chronicles 6:1)_
2. Solomon's dedicatory prayer (2 Chronicles 6:12)
The report of Solomon's address is... 
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                        2 Chronicles 5:2 to 2 Chronicles 7:10. THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE
(see notes on 1 Kings 8). The chief points of difference between the
Chronicler's account and 1 Kings 8 are: (_a_) that in 2 Chronic... 
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                        UPON. toward.... 
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                        _which thy servant prayeth_ R.V. WHICH THEY SERVANT SHALL PRAY.
Solomon refers in this ver. to future prayers, not (as in 2 Chronicles
6:19) to the prayer he is now praying.... 
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                        4. DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE (2 Chronicles 5:2 to 2 Chronicles 7:22)
TEXT
2 Chronicles 5:2. Thus all the work that Solomon wrought for the house
of Jehovah was finished. And Solomon brought in the th... 
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                        _THAT THINE EYES MAY BE OPEN UPON THIS HOUSE DAY AND NIGHT, UPON THE
PLACE WHEREOF THOU HAST SAID THAT THOU WOULDEST PUT THY NAME THERE; TO
HEARKEN UNTO THE PRAYER WHICH THY SERVANT PRAYETH TOWARD THI... 
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                        SOLOMON'S PRAYER
The first 39 vv. of this chapter repeat 1 Kings 8:12, the conclusion
of the prayer, as given in 1 Kings 8:51, being omitted and three
additional vv. being substituted.
5. NEITHER CH... 
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                        2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE
SOLOMON RULES *ISRAEL
 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 1 TO 9
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 6
SOLOMON BLESSES THE PEOPLE – 2 CHRONICLES 6:1-11
V1 Then Solomon spoke. ‘The... 
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                        UPON. — _Unto_ or _toward._ “Day and night” (as in Psalms 1:2);
Kings, “night and day” (as in Isaiah 27:3); for which the
chronicler has substituted a more usual phrase. The Syriac and Arabic
follow K... 
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                        לִ הְיֹות֩ עֵינֶ֨יךָ פְתֻחֹ֜ות אֶל
־הַ בַּ֤יִת הַ זֶּה֙ יֹומָ֣ם וָ
לַ֔יְלָה אֶל ־הַ֨... 
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                        In the presence of the manifestation of glory the king pronounced a
blessing on the people which merged into, or took the form of, a
blessing offered to God, as he recounted the way of the divine
guid... 
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                        That thine (e) eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon
the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name
there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward... 
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                        I refer the Reader to the observations made on this prayer already in
the Commentary on the 1 Kings 8:1. And only by way of enforcing what
was there said, I would beseech the Reader, as he goeth over... 
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                        THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 1 THROUGH 7.
Thus Solomon having prayed, and entreated Jehovah that His eyes should
be open, and His ears attent to the prayers that should be offered to
Him... 
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                        2 Chronicles 5:1.... 
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                        1 Solomon hauing blessed the people, blesseth God.
12 Solomons prayer in the consecration of the Temple, vpon the brasen
scaffold.
1 THEN [NOTE: 1 Kings 8:12, etc.] said Solomon, The LORD hath said... 
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                        Solomon's Dedicatory Prayer... 
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                        SOLOMON SPEAKS TO GOD AND TO THE PEOPLE 
(vv.1-11)
Solomon began his inauguration address by first speaking to the Lord,
reminding Him that He had said He would dwell in the dark cloud and
that he ... 
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                        TOWARDS THIS PLACE:
Or, in this place... 
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                        No text from Poole on this verse.... 
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                        2 Chronicles 6:20 eyes H5869 open H6605 (H8803) temple H1004 day H3119
night H3915 place H4725 said H559 (H8804) put H7760 (H8800) name H8034
hear H8085 (H8800) prayer H8605 servant H5650 prays H6419... 
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                        CONTENTS: Solomon's sermon and prayer.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: Those who set God before them and walk before Him with all
their hearts, will find Him as good as His word and better. He... 
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                        2 Chronicles 6:41. _Thy saints._ וחסידיךְ _vakesidéka,_ thy
merciful ones. Our Saviour describes the saints as showing mercy.
Matthew 5:7. The Lord will show mercy to them again, and cause them to
rej... 
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                        2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 6:1 The account of Solomon’s
prayer of dedication is very similar to the parallel account in 1
Kings 8:12, except that the Chronicler focuses on the Davidic covenant... 
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                        CRITICAL NOTES.] Close parallelism of this chapter and 1 Kings 8:12; 2
Chronicles 6:13 only important variation.
_2 Chronicles 6:1 (cf._ Leviticus 16:1), _darkness_, not cloud, but of
holy of holies,... 
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                        EXPOSITION
The first thirty-nine verses of this chapter (less the thirteenth)
correspond very closely with the thirty-eight verses of the parallel
that run 1 Kings 8:12-11. For once also the two plac... 
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                        Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick
darkness (2 Chronicles 6:1).
Now Solomon, at this point, preached the sermon to the people. All of
Israel, you remember, all the... 
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                        1 Kings 8:29; 1 Kings 8:30; 2 Chronicles 16:9; 2 Chronicles 6:6; 2
Kings 19:16; Colossians 2:9; Daniel 6:10; Deuteronomy 26:2; Nehemiah
1:6;...