2 Chronicles 7:1-3 (not in 1 Kings). The Sacrifices consumed by Fire from Heaven 1. _the fire came down from heaven_ Cp. 1 Chronicles 21:26, note. _consumed the burnt offering_ Cp. Leviticus 9:24; 1 Kings 18:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the priests could not enter_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 5:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
_And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down_ R.V. AND ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL LOOKED ON, WHEN THE FIRE CAME DOWN. _praised the Lord_ R.V. GAVE THANKS UNTO THE LORD; cp. 2 Chronicles 5:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
(1 Kings 8:62-66). The Great Feast of Dedication 5. _twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep_ These high numbers appear also in 1 Kings.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the priests waited on their offices_ R.V. THE PRIESTS STOOD, ACCORDING TO THEIR OFFICES. This ver. does not appear in 1 Kings. _instruments of musick of the Lord_ R.V. mg., INSTRUMENTS FOR THE SONG OF THE LORD. Cp. 1 Chronicles 23:5; Amos 6:5. _the priests sounded trumpets_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 5:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
_the fat_ Specially mentioned as the choice part of the sacrificial victim, a part never to be eaten but always to be burnt. Leviticus 3:16-17. _peace offerings_ See note on 1 Chronicles 16:1. _the brasen altar which Solomon had made_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 4:1; 1 Kings 9:25. _the meat offerings_ R.V.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Also at the same time Solomon kept the feast_ R.V. SO SOLOMON HELD THE FEAST AT THAT TIME. _from the entering in of Hamath_ See note on 1 Chronicles 13:5. _the river of Egypt_ R.V. THE BOOK OF EGYPT, i.e. not the Nile, but the stream called _Shihor of Egypt_in 1 Chronicles 13:5 (see note).... [ Continue Reading ]
_a solemn assembly_ R.V. mg., A CLOSING FESTIVAL. Cp. Numbers 29:35; Deuteronomy 16:8. _seven days, and … seven days_ Cp. 1 Kings 8:65.... [ Continue Reading ]
_into their tents_ R.V. UNTO THEIR TENTS (as 1 Kings 8:66). The Hebrew word (_ohel_) here approaches in meaning the corresponding Arabic word (_ahl_), which denotes _household_or _one's own people_, e.g. in the phrase _ahlu "linjil_, "the household of the Gospel," i.e. "the Christians" a phrase foun... [ Continue Reading ]
(1 Kings 9:1-9). The Night vision in answer to Solomon's Prayer 12. _appeared … by night_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 1:7. _a house of sacrifice_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 2:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
_to devour the land_ LXX. _to devour the trees_; cp. Exodus 10:15; Joel 1:6-7.... [ Continue Reading ]
These vv. have no parallel in 1 Kings.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now … in this place_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 6:40.... [ Continue Reading ]
_sanctified_ R.V. HALLOWED (as 1 Kings 9:3). _for ever_ Cp. 2 Chronicles 30:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
_shalt observe_ R.V. WILT KEEP (as 1 Kings 9:4).... [ Continue Reading ]
_sanctified_ R.V. HALLOWED (cf. 2 Chronicles 7:16).... [ Continue Reading ]
_which is high_ Reader, WHICH WAS HIGH. The past tense is used by a kind of anticipation, as though the Speaker spoke from a later standpoint than the age of Solomon.... [ Continue Reading ]
_it shall be answered_ Render, MEN SHALL SAY.... [ Continue Reading ]