2 Chronicles 6:12

Solomon’s Prayer to Dedicate the Temple

12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh before all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

2 Chronicles 6:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:12

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:12 In-Context

10 Now Yahweh has fulfilled his word that he spoke. I have risen in the place of David my father and am seated on the throne of Israel as Yahweh has spoken. I have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

11 And I have there the ark [in] which [is] the covenant of Yahweh that he {made} with the {Israelites}."

12 Then Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh before all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

13 (For Solomon had made a platform of bronze five cubits long and five cubits wide and three cubits high, and placed it in the midst of the outer court.) And he stood upon it, then knelt down on his knees before the whole assembly of Israel and spread out his hands to heaven.

14 And he said, "O Yahweh, God of Israel, there is none like you, a God in the heavens and on the earth, keeping the covenant and loyal love with your servants who walk before you with all their heart,