2 Chronicles 6:12

12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands.

2 Chronicles 6:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 5:12

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).

2 Chronicles 6:12 In-Context

10 The LORD therefore hath performed His word that He hath spoken; for I have risen up in the place of David my father and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

11 And in it have I put the ark wherein is the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel."

12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands.

13 For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold of five cubits long and five cubits broad and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven

14 and said, "O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like Thee in the heaven nor in the earth, who keepest covenant and showest mercy unto Thy servants who walk before Thee with all their hearts--