2 Chronicles 6:12

12 Before the entire congregation of Israel, Solomon took his position at the Altar of God and stretched 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 "And now you see the promise completed. God has done what he said he would do; I have succeeded David my father and now rule Israel; and I have built a temple to honor God, the God of Israel,

11 and have secured a place for the Chest that holds the Covenant of God, the covenant he made with the people of Israel."

12 Before the entire congregation of Israel, Solomon took his position at the Altar of God and stretched out his hands.

13 Solomon had made a bronze dais seven and a half feet square and four and a half feet high and placed it inside the court; that's where he now stood. Then he knelt in full view of the whole congregation, stretched his hands to heaven,

14 and prayed: