2 Chronicles 6:11-21

11 "There I have set the ark ¹in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with the sons of Israel."

Solomon's Prayer of Dedication

12 Then he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands.

13 ²Now Solomon had made a bronze platform, five cubits long, five cubits wide and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and he stood on it, ³knelt on his knees in the presence of all the assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward heaven.

14 He said, "O LORD, the God of Israel, ⁴there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, ⁵keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart;

15 ⁶who has kept with Your servant David, my father, that which You have promised him; indeed You have spoken with Your mouth and have fulfilled it with Your hand, as it is this day.

16 "Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, keep with Your servant David, my father, that which You have promised him, saying, '⁷You shall not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your sons take heed to their way, to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.'

17 "Now therefore, O LORD, the God of Israel, let Your word be confirmed which You have spoken to Your servant David.

18 "But ⁸will God indeed dwell with mankind on the earth? Behold, ⁹heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You; how much * less this house which I have built.

19 "Yet have regard to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to listen to the cry and to the prayer which Your servant prays before You;

20 that Your ¹⁰eye may be open toward this house day and night, toward ¹¹the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place.

21 "Listen to the supplications of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place; hear from Your dwelling place, from heaven; ¹²hear and forgive.

Read Chapter Compare

2 Chronicles 6:11-21 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 12

1. 2 Chronicles 5:7, 10
2. Nehemiah 8:4
3. 1 Kings 8:54
4. Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 3:24
5. Deuteronomy 7:9
6. 1 Chronicles 22:9, 10
7. 1 Kings 2:4; 2 Chronicles 7:18
8. Psalms 113:5, 6
9. 2 Chronicles 2:6; Isaiah 66:1; Acts 7:49
10. Psalms 33:18; Psalms 34:15
11. Deuteronomy 12:11
12. Isaiah 43:25; Isaiah 44:22; Micah 7:18

Footnotes 4

[a]. Lit "spoken to"
[b]. Lit "spoken to"
[c]. Lit "There shall not be cut off to you a man from before Me"
[d]. Lit "heaven of heavens"