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2 Chronicles 5 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Matthew Henry 3 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“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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