2 Chronicles 7:12

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.

2 Chronicles 7:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 12-22. And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night
From hence, to the end of the chapter, much the same things are related as in ( 1 Kings 9:2-9 ) , (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:2), (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:3), (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:4), (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:5), (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:6), (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:7), (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:8), (See Gill on 1 Kings 9:9), excepting ( 2 Chronicles 7:13-15 ) which contain an answer to the particular requests made by Solomon in case of a famine or pestilence, that when the people of Israel should humble themselves in prayer and supplication, the Lord would be attentive to them, and forgive them, ( 2 Chronicles 6:26-30 ) and which is given as a specimen, and as encouragement to expect the same treatment in all other cases mentioned in Solomon's prayer, they so behaving.

2 Chronicles 7:12 In-Context

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,

14 and if My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.