2 Chronicles 6:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. ”

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Kings (marginal references). Compare Kings (marginal references).
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then (a) said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. (a) After he had seen the glory of the Lord in the cloud.
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 5:2 to 2 Chronicles 7:10 . The Dedication of the Temple (see notes on 1 Kings 8). The chief points of difference between the Chronicler's account and 1 Kings 8 are: ( a ) that in 2...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

said. The first thirty-nine verses repeat 1 Kings 8:12-50 , with one or two complementary items, 1 Kings 8:51-61 being omitted, and three verses added. The LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. The Lord hath said that he would dwell - Solomon, seeing the cloud descend and fill the house, immediately took for gr...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The Lord hath said, &c.— Thou hast promised, O Lord, that thou wouldest dwell. Houbigant.
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. This introduction to Solomon's address was evide...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Solomon's Prayer The first 39 vv. of this chapter repeat 1 Kings 8:12-50 , the conclusion of the prayer, as given in 1 Kings 8:51-61 , being omitted and three additional vv. being substituted....
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

VI. 2. KING SOLOMON BLESSES HIS PEOPLE AND HIS GOD ( 2 Chronicles 6:1-11 .) (Comp. 1 Kings 8:12-21 .) This section also is in verbal agreement with the parallel account, with a few slight excepti...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the presence of the manifestation of glory the king pronounced a blessing on the people which merged into, or took the form of, a blessing offered to God, as he recounted the way of the divine gui...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This chapter is so closely connected with the former, that it may be considered but as a continuation of the same subject. The cloud which filled the house, as an intimation of the divine p...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 5:1 .
2 Chronicles 6:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. Ver. 1. Then said Solomon. ] See 1 Kings 8:12,14 , &c.
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord hath said he would dwell in the thick darkness He has made darkness his pavilion; but let this house be the residence of that darkness. For it is in the upper world that he dwells in lig...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

SOLOMON SPEAKS TO GOD AND TO THE PEOPLE (vv.1-11) Solomon began his inauguration address by first speaking to the Lord, reminding Him that He had said He would dwell in the dark cloud and that h...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon's Prayer to God. B. C. 1004. 1 Then said Solomon, The L ORD hath said that he w...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 6 Solomon blesseth the people, and praiseth God. 2 Chronicles 6:1-11 . His excellent prayer, wherein he showeth the right use of the temple 2 Chronicles 6:12-42 . This wh...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.] Close parallelism of this chapter and 1 Kings 8:12-50 ; 2 Chronicles 6:13 only important variation. 2 Chronicles 6:1 (cf. Leviticus 16:1 ), darkness , not cloud, but of hol...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 6:41 . Thy saints. וחסידיךְ vakesidéka, thy merciful ones. Our Saviour describes the saints as showing mercy. Matthew 5:7 . The Lord will show mercy to them again, and cause them t...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness. God dwelling in darkness His dwelling in darkness has a symbolical meaning. It tells us of the darkness in which...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The first thirty-nine verses of this chapter (less the thirteenth) correspond very closely with the thirty-eight verses of the parallel that run 1 Kings 8:12-11 . For once also the t...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then said Solomon, The Lord hath said that He would dwell in the thick darkness, Leviticus 16:2 . As St. Paul expresses it: He dwells in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath se...
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:12-21 ; Deuteronomy 4:11 ; Exodus 20:21 ; Exodus 24:15-18 ; Hebrews 12:18 ; Leviticus 16:2 ; Nahum 1:3 ; Psalms 18:8-11 ; Psalms 97:2
2 Chronicles 6:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thick darkness — He has indeed made darkness his pavilion. But let this house be the residence of that darkness. It is in the upper world that he dwells in light, such as no eye can approach.

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Chronicles 6:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 6:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Chronicles 6:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Chronicles 6:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Chronicles 6:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 6:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes