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2 Chronicles 7 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 7, 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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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

2 Chronicles 7 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
שְׁלֹמֹה Shᵉlômôh H8010 9 Shelomah
עַם ʻam H5971 7 people, tribe
זֶבַח zebach H2077 4 slaughter, flesh
דָּוִד Dâvid H1732 5 David
שָׁחָה shâchâh H7812 3 depress, prostrate
קָדַשׁ qâdash H6942 3 be, make
כָּבוֹד kâbôwd H3519 3 weight, splendor

How preachers through history handled this text

2 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 7, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“In this chapter we have God's answer to Solomon's prayer. I. His public answer by fire from heaven, which consumed the sacrifices (ver. 1), with which the priests and people were much affected, ver. 2, 3. By that token of God's acceptance they were encouraged to continue the solemnities of the feast for fourteen days, and Solomon was encouraged to pursue all his designs for the honour of God, ver. 4-11. II. His private answer by word of mouth, in a dream or vision of the night, ver. 12-22. Most of these things we had before, 1 Kings viii. …”

— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 2 (Joshua to Esther), on 2 Chronicles 7:1–30 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Egypt — 2 Chr 7:22
  • Brook of Egypt — 2 Chr 7:8
  • Lebo-hamath — 2 Chr 7:8

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