2 Chronicles 6:1-7

Solomon Blesses the People

1 ¹Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

2 But I have built you ²an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever. ”

3 Then the king turned around and blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood.

4 And he said, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying,

5 ‘Since the day that I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, that my name might be there, and I chose no man as prince over my people Israel;

6 ³but I have chosen Jerusalem that my name may be there, ⁴and I have chosen David to be over my people Israel. ’

7 ⁵Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 6:1-7 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.

Cross References

• 1. 6:1 For ver. 1-39, see 1 Kgs. 8:12-50; [Ex. 20:21; Heb. 12:18]
• 2. 6:2 [Ps. 135:21]
• 3. 6:6 ch. 12:13; Ps. 78:68
• 4. 6:6 1 Chr. 28:4; See 1 Sam. 16:11-13
• 5. 6:7 2 Sam. 7:2; 1 Chr. 17:1; 28:2