2 Chronicles 6:41

_NOW THEREFORE ARISE, O LORD GOD, INTO THY RESTING PLACE, THOU, AND THE ARK OF THY STRENGTH: LET THY PRIESTS, O LORD GOD, BE CLOTHED WITH SALVATION, AND LET THY SAINTS REJOICE IN GOODNESS._ Arise, O Lord God, into thy resting-place. These words are not found in the record of this prayer in the First Book of Kings; but they occur in the 132nd Psalm, which is generally believed to have been composed by David, or rather by Solomon, in reference to this occasion. "Arise," is a very suitable expression to be used when the ark was to be removed from the tabernacle in Zion to the temple on mount Moriah. "Into thy resting place" - the temple-so called (Isaiah 66:1) because it was a fixed and permanent mansion (Psalms 132:14). THE ARK OF THY STRENGTH - the abode by which thy glorious

Verse 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_....

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 6:41 THY 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 6:42 TURN NOT AWAY THE FACE OF THINE ANOINTED - i. e., make him not to hide his face through shame at having his prayers rejected (compare the 1 Kings 2:16 note)....

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 places are in closer accord in the original than might be augured from our English Version. Our thirteenth verse is not found in the parallel, and this fact, with the phenomenon of its presence here, will be considered under the verse when we reach it. The chapter consists of: _first, _Solomon's remarks addressed to his people (1 Kings 8:1); and _secondly_, the prayer and intercession he offers to God (1 Kings 8:14-11)....

2 Chronicles 5:1....

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 the same as recorded in 1 Kings 8:12. The opening statement of this chapter has been well characterized as a pregnant expression of the king's realization of the mystery of the Being of Jehovah, the all-creative God, as well as the condescension displayed in His self-limitation to dwell amongst men. (See Exodus 19:9; Exod

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 Chronicles 5:4 the Levites are the bearers of the Ark (_cf._ 1 Chronicles 15:2; 1 Chronicles 15:26 f.) instead of the priests as in 1 Kings 8:3; (_b_) that in...

ARISE. The following words are found in Psalms 68:1; Psalms 132:8; Psalms 132:9, by which Solomon connects his own work with David's. SAINTS. gracious ones. Hebrew "men of grace": i.e. those who are the subjects of Jehovah's saving grace. GOODNESS. prosperity, well-being, blessedness....

(No parallel in 1 Kings). The Invocation The end of the prayer in 1 Kings 8:51-53 is quite different....

DISCOURSE: 398 DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE 2 Chronicles 6:41. _Arise, O Lord God, into thy resting-place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness_. THE fuller account of the dedication of Solomon’s Temple is given us in the 8th chapter of the First Book of Kings. But in this place we have a most interesting part of Solomon’s prayer, which in the former place is omitted. The piety and the pathos of these concluding sentences are worthy of the highest admiration. If we were to confine our notice of them to that particular occasion, they would be found replete with instruction: but, knowing as we do the figurative nature of that whole dispensation, we must of necessity point out the bearing of these words upon our own times, and upon the Christian Church: and for that purpose we w