“ Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. ”
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...
offered . sacrificed. Hebrew. zebach. App-43.
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. The king and all the people offered sacrifices - They presented the victims to the priests, and they and the Levites slew them, an...
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices. Whether the individual worshippers slaughtered their own cattle, or a...
Solomon's Sacrifices, and the Lord's Promises This chapter reproduces with some additions portions of 1 Kings 8:62-66 ; and 1 Kings 9:1 ; 1 Kings 9:9 .
Then . — And. Offered sacrifices. — Were sacrificing a sacrifice. LXX., θύοντες θύματα. Vulg., “immolabant.”
As the ceremonies had begun with sacrifice and song, so they closed, and it is quite easy to realize how "joyful and glad of heart" the people were as they dispersed. Had only the king and people rem...
How grateful is praise from a poor sinner to the Lord, when the Lord had pardoned his sin, and received him into favor. It is really beautiful to behold the joy of Solomon and his people upon this oc...
Ver. 4,5. Then the king and all the people ,.... Of these two verses, 1 Kings 8:62 , 1 Kings 8:63 .
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. Ver. 4. Then the king, &c. ] See 1 Kings 8:62 .
Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices They had offered sacrifices before; but now they renewed them, and offered more, in acknowledgment of these new assurances of God's love to them....
GOD'S GLORIOUS ANSWER (vv.1-3) God wonderfully demonstrated His approval of the temple and of Solomon's prayer by sending fire from heaven to consume the burnt offering and the sacrifices (spoke...
God's Gracious Answer to Solomon. B. C. 1004. 1 Now when Solomon had made an end of pray...
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CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter, parallel with 1 Kings 8:62 ; 1 Kings 9:9 , records acceptance of consecrated temple by fire ( 2 Chronicles 7:1-10 ); and answer given by the Lord to Solomon ( 2 Chron...
2 Chronicles 7:3 . The fire came down. This is noted in 1 Kings 8 ., and twice here, as in 2 Chronicles 5:13-14 , to designate the holy temple as the house of God. The fire descended in answer t...
Now when Solomon had made an end of praying, the fire came down from heaven. God among His people I. Prayer for God to come. This prayer was marked-- 1. By its publicity. (1) Public praye...
EXPOSITION This chapter is occupied with three subjects. First, the description of Heaven's acceptance of the dedicated temple by fire ( 2 Chronicles 7:1-14 ). Secondly, the sacrifices and...
The Sacrifices and the Double Festival
2 Chronicles 7:4