2 Chronicles 7:11

The LORD’s Response to Solomon

11 When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace, ¹

2 Chronicles 7:11 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 7:11

Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord
With which begins ( 1 Kings 11:1 ) , (See Gill on 1 Kings 11:1).

2 Chronicles 7:11 In-Context

9 On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more.

10 On the twenty-third day of the seventh month, Solomon sent the people away to their homes, joyful and glad of heart for the good things that the LORD had done for David, for Solomon, and for His people Israel.

11 When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,

12 the LORD appeared to him at night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice.

13 If I close the sky so there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send a plague among My people,

Cross References

• 1. (1 Kings 9:1–9)