fear
( See Scofield) - (Psalms 19:9).
Compare Kings (marginal references). Compare Kings (marginal references).
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 Chroni...
in the land. Hebrew "upon the face of the land". Figures of speech Pleonasm and Prosopopoeia. App-6.
That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, by requiting the wicked, by recompensing his way upon his own head; and by justifying...
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 omi...
To walk in thy ways. — An explanatory remark added by the chronicler.
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...
I refer the Reader to the observations made on this prayer already in the Commentary on the 1 Kings 8:1 . And only by way of enforcing what was ther...
2 Chronicles 5:1 .
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 ha...
12 And he stood before the altar of the L ORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands: 13 For Solomo...
No text from Poole on this verse.
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. L...
2 Chronicles 6:41 . Thy saints. וחסידיךְ vakesidéka, thy merciful ones. Our Saviour describes the saints as showing mercy. Matthew 5:7 . The Lo...
When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain. Perils to agriculture I. A rebuke to rationalism in natural evils. All meteorological phenome...
EXPOSITION The first thirty-nine verses of this chapter (less the thirteenth) correspond very closely with the thirty-eight verses of the parall...
Solomon's Dedicatory Prayer
that they may fear Thee, to walk in Thy ways, so long as they live in the land, sustained by the fruit on the face of the land, which Thou gavest un...
1 Samuel 12:24 ; Acts 9:31 ; Exodus 20:20 ; Job 28:28 ; Psalms 128:1 ; Psalms 130:4
31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.