2 Chronicles 6:1-7

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.

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2 Chronicles 6:1-7 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 4

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

Footnotes 2

[a]. Lit "turned his face about"
[b]. Lit "with"