2 Chronicles 6 Footnotes
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6:6-7 The establishment of the house of David on the throne of Israel and the building of the temple are two important themes for the Chronicler, ones which he repeatedly stressed or highlighted in various ways. Here we have both themes in close proximity to one another.
6:24 Israel’s defeat by an enemy because of its sin was a recapitulation of the curses for breaking the Mosaic covenant, laid out in detail in Dt 28:15-68. Here, and in the verses that follow, Solomon was seeking forgiveness in advance of the sins that he knew Israel would commit, but only on the basis of repentance.
6:28 The geography of the Fertile Crescent placed Israel in the midst of trade and traffic from all over the known world. Along with that traffic came wealth, war, and disease.
6:30 God judges the individual and rewards or punishes on the basis of individual and personal responsibility.