2 Chronicles 5:1.
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...
maintain: or vindicate.
Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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...
Maintain their cause. — Do ( i.e., accomplish) their right. Vulg., “avenge” (them).
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...
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...
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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...
If Thy people go out to war. The lawfulness of war I shall take these words as a political maxim and moral precept comprehending these two prop...
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
then hear Thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication and maintain their cause, giving them the victory over their enemies.
Daniel 9:17-19 ; Isaiah 37:21-36 ; Jeremiah 5:28 ; Psalms 9:3 ; Psalms 9:4
35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.e