2 Chronicles 6:5-15

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 ¹I have chosen Jerusalem that My name might be there, and I ²have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'

7 "³Now 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 ⁴in 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 ⁵Now 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, ⁶knelt 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, ⁷there is no god like You in heaven or on earth, ⁸keeping covenant and showing lovingkindness to Your servants who walk before You with all their heart;

15 ⁹who 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.

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2 Chronicles 6:5-15 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 9

1. 2 Chronicles 12:13
2. 1 Chronicles 28:4
3. 1 Kings 5:3; 1 Chronicles 28:2
4. 2 Chronicles 5:7, 10
5. Nehemiah 8:4
6. 1 Kings 8:54
7. Exodus 15:11; Deuteronomy 3:24
8. Deuteronomy 7:9
9. 1 Chronicles 22:9, 10

Footnotes 6

[a]. Lit "with"
[b]. Lit "with"
[c]. Lit "with"
[d]. Lit "will come forth from your loins"
[e]. Lit "spoke"
[f]. Lit "spoken to"