2 Chronicles 6:1-11

Solomon's Dedication

1 ¹Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.

2 "I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever."

3 Then the king faced * about and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing.

4 He said, "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it with His hands, saying,

5 'Since the day that I brought My people from the land of Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that My name might be there, nor did I choose any man for a leader over My people Israel;

6 but ²I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I ³have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'

7 "⁴Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

8 "But the LORD said to my father David, 'Because * it was in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart.

9 'Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will be born * to you, he shall build the house for My name.'

10 "Now the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; for I have risen in the place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.

11 "There I have set the ark ⁵in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with the sons of Israel."

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2 Chronicles 6:1-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 21

This chapter respects the priests, the sons of Aaron, and forbids their mourning for the dead, unless in some cases, Le 21:1-6; or their marriage with an whore or a divorced woman, Le 21:7,8; and the daughters of any of them to commit fornication, which is made punishable with death, Le 21:9; and it contains particular laws for the high priest to observe, who was not to mourn for any, even for his parents, Le 21:10,11; nor to go out of the sanctuary, Le 21:12; nor to marry any woman but a virgin, Le 21:13-15; and it also directs, that none of the priests having any blemish in them should be employed in divine service, though they might eat of the holy things, Le 21:16-24.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 5

1. 1 Kings 8:12-50
2. 2 Chronicles 12:13
3. 1 Chronicles 28:4
4. 1 Kings 5:3; 1 Chronicles 28:2
5. 2 Chronicles 5:7, 10

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit "turned his face about"
[b]. Lit "with"
[c]. Lit "with"
[d]. Lit "with"
[e]. Lit "will come forth from your loins"
[f]. Lit "spoke"