Passage Research
2 Chronicles 6 — Sermon Preparation
Solomon addresses the assembly and offers a lengthy dedicatory prayer, asking God to hear every prayer offered toward this temple from Israel and foreigners alike. Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 42
- verses
- 741 / 190
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 3
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
2 Chronicles 6 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 14 | sky, aloft |
| שֵׁם | shêm | H8034 | 14 | appellation, honor |
| בָּנָה | bânâh | H1129 | 11 | build |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 14 | people, tribe |
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 12 | hear, tell |
| פָּלַל | pâlal | H6419 | 8 | judge, intercede |
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 11 | servant |
How preachers through history handled this text
3 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“VI Solomon declares his intent in building the house, ver. 1-11. His prayer of dedication, ver. 12-42. 1. Thick darkness - He has indeed made darkness his pavilion. But let this house be the residence of that darkness. It is in the upper world that he dwells in light, such as no eye can approach. 9. But thy son, &c. - Thus one sows, and another reaps. And let not the wisest of men, think it any disparagement to pursue the good designs which those that went before them had laid. 14. O Lord, &c. …”
— John Wesley, Wesley's Notes on the Whole Bible, on 2 Chronicles 6:1–42 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt— 2 Chr 6:5
- Jerusalem— 2 Chr 6:6
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