Passage Research
2 Chronicles 5 — Sermon Preparation
The ark of the covenant is brought into the completed temple's inner sanctuary, and the cloud of God's glory fills the house so that the priests cannot stand to minister. Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 5, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 14
- verses
- 246 / 120
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
2 Chronicles 5 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָרוֹן | ʼârôwn | H727 | 9 | box |
| כֹּהֵן | kôhên | H3548 | 6 | officiating, priest |
| קֹדֶשׁ | qôdesh | H6944 | 5 | sacred, sanctity |
| שְׁלֹמֹה | Shᵉlômôh | H8010 | 4 | Shelomah |
| כְּרוּב | kᵉrûwb | H3742 | 3 | cherub, imaginary figure |
| שִׁיר | shîyr | H7891 | 3 | song, singing |
| חָצַר | châtsar | H2690 | 2 | trumpet, blow on that instrument |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 5, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The temple being built and furnished for God, we have here, I. Possession given to him, by bringing in the dedicated things (ver. 1), but especially the ark, the token of his presence, ver. 2-10. II. Possession taken by him, in a cloud, ver. 11-14. For if any man open the door of his heart to God he will come in, Rev. iii. 20. The Ark Placed in the Temple. (b. c. 1004.) 1 Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the Lord was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 5:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— 2 Chr 5:10
- Mount Horeb— 2 Chr 5:10
- Holy Place 2— 2 Chr 5:11
- City of David— 2 Chr 5:2
- Jerusalem— 2 Chr 5:2
- Zion— 2 Chr 5:2
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