CHAPTER VI _Solomon's prayer at the dedication of the temple_, 1-42. NOTES ON CHAP. VI Verse 2 Chronicles 6:1. _THE LORD HATH SAID THAT HE WOULD DWELL_] Solomon, seeing the cloud descend and fill the house, immediately took for granted that the Lord had accepted the place, and was now present. Wh... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 6:10. _FOR THE NAME OF THE LORD_] "For the name of the WORD of the Lord God of Israel." - _Targum_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 6:14. _THAT WALK BEFORE THEE WITH ALL THEIR HEARTS_] "With all the will of their souls and with all the affection of their hearts."-_Targum_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 6:18. _BUT WILL GOD IN VERY DEED DWELL WITH MEN_] "But who could have imagined, who could have thought it credible, that God should place his majesty among men dwelling upon earth? Behold, the highest heavens, the middle heavens, and the lowest heavens, cannot bear the glory of th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 6:22. _IF A MAN SIN AGAINST HIS NEIGHBOUR_] For the SEVEN _cases_ put here by Solomon in his prayer, see the notes on 1 Kings 8:31-11.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 6:36. _FOR THERE IS NO MAN WHICH SINNETH NOT_] See this case largely considered in _Clarke's note on "_1 Kings 8:46_"_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 37. IF _THEY BETHINK THEMSELVES_] "If thy fear should return into their hearts." - _Targum_. The whole of this prayer is amply considered in the parallel place, 1 Kings 8:22-11, where see the notes.... [ Continue Reading ]
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_.... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]