2 Chronicles 6:42

_O LORD GOD, TURN NOT AWAY THE FACE OF THINE ANOINTED: REMEMBER THE MERCIES OF DAVID THY SERVANT._ TURN NOT AWAY THE FACE OF THINE ANOINTED - i:e., of me, who by thy promise and appointment have been installed as king and ruler of Israel. The words are equivalent in meaning to this: Do not reject my present petitions; do not send me from thy throne of grace dejected in countenance and disappointed in heart. REMEMBER THE MERCIES OR DAVID THY SERVANT - i:e., the mercies promised to David; and in consideration of that promise, hear and answer my prayer (cf. Psalms 132:10)....

Verse 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 8:22-11. There are other differences between the two places in this prayer, but they are not of much consequence....

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...

THINE ANOINTED. Hebrew Messiah. THE MERCIES OF DAVID. Genitive of Relation (App-17). the mercies, or lovingkindnesses, shown and assured to David (Psalms 89:49)....

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

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 things that David his father had dedicated, even the silver, and the gold, and all the vessels, and put them in the treasuries of the house of God. 2. Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers-' houses of the children of Israel, unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the city of David, which is Zion. 3. And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king at the feast, which was in the sevent