2 Chronicles 1:1-10

Solomon Worships at Gibeon

1 Now ¹Solomon the son of David established himself securely over his kingdom, and the LORD his God was with him and ²exalted him greatly.

2 Solomon spoke to all Israel, ³to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every leader in all Israel, the heads of the fathers' households.

3 Then Solomon and all the assembly with him went to ⁴the high place which was at Gibeon, ⁵for God's tent of meeting was there, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

4 However, David had brought up ⁶the ark of God from Kiriath-jearim ^[a]to ⁷the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

5 Now ⁸the bronze altar, which Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made, ^[b]was there before the tabernacle of the LORD, and Solomon and the assembly sought it out.

6 Solomon went up there before the LORD to the bronze altar which was at the tent of meeting, and ⁹offered a thousand burnt offerings on it.

7 ¹⁰In that night God appeared to Solomon and said to him, "Ask what I shall give you."

Solomon's Prayer for Wisdom

8 Solomon said to God, "You have dealt with my father David with great lovingkindness, and ¹¹have made me king in his place.

9 "Now, O LORD God, ¹²Your ^[c]promise to my father David is fulfilled, for You have made me king over ¹³a people as numerous as the dust of the earth.

10 "¹⁴Give me now wisdom and knowledge, ¹⁵that I may go out and come in before this people, for who can rule this great people of Yours?"

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2 Chronicles 1:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND CHRONICLES

This, and the preceding, were but one book originally, but divided into two because of the size of it, so that this is only a continuation of the former history; that ends at the death of David; this begins with the reign of Solomon, goes through that, and the reigns of all the kings of the house of David; of the kings of Judah only, after the separation of the ten tribes, quite down to the captivity of Judah in Babylon, and reaches to the deliverance of the Jews from thence by Cyrus, and contains an history of four hundred and seventy nine years. It treats not at all of the kings of Israel, after the separation, only of the kings of Judah, through whom the line of the Messiah was drawn; and though it omits several things recorded of them in the book of Kings, yet it gives abundance of anecdotes not to be met with there, which are of great use and advantage in history to know.

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This chapter relates, how that Solomon being confirmed in his kingdom, went to Gibeon to sacrifice 2Ch 1:1-6, that the Lord appeared there to him, and what passed between them, 2Ch 1:7-10 and that when he returned from thence to Jerusalem, he increased in splendour, wealth, and riches, 2Ch 1:13-17.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 15

1. 1 Kings 2:12, 46
2. 1 Chronicles 29:25
3. 1 Chronicles 28:1
4. 1 Kings 3:4
5. Exodus 36:8
6. 1 Chronicles 15:25-28
7. 2 Chronicles 6:2
8. Exodus 31:9; Exodus 38:1-7
9. 1 Kings 3:4
10. 1 Kings 3:5-14
11. 1 Chronicles 28:5
12. 2 Samuel 7:12-16
13. Genesis 13:16; Genesis 22:17; Genesis 28:14
14. 1 Kings 3:9
15. Numbers 27:17; 2 Samuel 5:2

Footnotes 3

[a]. Lit "where David had prepared for it"
[b]. Lit "he put"
[c]. Lit "word"