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King James Version
Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
Complete Jewish Bible
Now therefore, ADONAI, God of Isra'el, please let your word, which you spoke to your servant David, my father, be confirmed.
Berean Standard Bible
And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.
American Standard Version
Now therefore, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou spakest unto thy servant David.
World English Bible Messianic
Now therefore, LORD, the God of Israel, let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David.
Geneva Bible (1599)
And now, O Lord God of Israel, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid.
Young's Literal Translation
`And now, O Jehovah, God of Israel, is Thy word stedfast that Thou hast spoken to Thy servant, to David,
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Commentary on 2 Chronicles 6 verses 12–42
12 ¶ And he stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands:
13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and shewest mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him; and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that which thou hast promised him, saying, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified, which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David.
18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!
19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry and the prayer which thy servant prayeth before thee:
20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place whereof thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hearken unto the prayer which thy servant prayeth toward this place.
21 Hearken therefore unto the supplications of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall make toward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven; and when thou hearest, forgive.
22 If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house;
23 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 the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
24 And if thy people Israel be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee; and shall return and confess thy name, and pray and make supplication before thee in this house;
25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fathers.
26 When the heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray toward this place, and confess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost afflict them;
27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance.
28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillers; if their enemies besiege them in the cities of their land; whatsoever sore or whatsoever sickness there be:
29 Then what prayer or what supplication soever shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house:
30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and render unto every man according unto all his ways, whose heart thou knowest; (for thou only knowest the hearts of the children of men:)
31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32 Moreover concerning the stranger, which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house;
33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name.
34 If thy people go out to war against their enemies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name;
35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
37 Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
38 If they return to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity, whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, and toward the city which thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy name:
39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their supplications, and maintain their cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
40 Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.
41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.
42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.
Solomon had, in the foregoing verses, signed and sealed, as it were, the deed of dedication, by which the temple was appropriated to the honour and service of God. Now here he prays the consecration-prayer, by which it was made a figure of Christ, the great Mediator, through whom we are to offer all our prayers, and to expect all God's favours, and to whom we are to have an eye in every thing where we have to do with God. We have opened the particulars of this prayer (1 Kings 8) and therefore shall now only glean up some few passages in it which may be the proper subjects of our meditation.
I. Here are some doctrinal truths occasionally laid down. As, 1. That the God of Israel is a being of incomparable perfection. We cannot describe him; but this we know, there is none like him in heaven or in earth, Ch2 6:14. All the creatures have their fellow-creatures, but the Creator has not his peer. He is infinitely above all, and over all, God blessed for ever. 2. That he is, and will be, true to every word that he has spoken; and all that serve him in sincerity shall certainly find him both faithful and kind. Those that set God always before them, and walk before him with all their hearts, shall find him as good as his word and better; he will both keep covenant with them and show mercy to them, Ch2 6:14. 3. That he is a being infinite and immense, whom the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain, and to whose felicity nothing is added by the utmost we can do in his service, Ch2 6:18. He is infinitely beyond the bounds of the creation and infinitely above the praises of all intelligent creatures. 4. That he, and he only, knows the hearts of the children of men, Ch2 6:30. All men's thoughts, aims, and affections, are naked and open before him; and, however the imaginations and intents of our hearts may be concealed from men, angels, and devils, they cannot be hidden from God, who knows not only what is in the heart, but the heart itself and all the beatings of it. 5. That there is no such thing as a sinless perfection to be found in this life (Ch2 6:36): There is no man who sinneth not; nay, who doeth good and sinneth not; so he writes, agreeable to what he here says, Ecc 7:20.
II. Here are some suppositions or cases put which are to be taken notice of. 1. He supposed that if doubts and controversies arose between man and man both sides would agree to appeal to God, and lay an oath upon the person whose testimony must decide the matter, Ch2 6:22. The religious reverence of an oath, as it was ancient, so, it may be presumed, it will continue as long as there are any remains of conscience and right reason among men. 2. He supposed that, though Israel enjoyed a profound peace and tranquillity, yet troublesome times would come. He did not think the mountain of their prosperity stood so strong but that it might be moved; nay, he expected sin would move it. 3. He supposed that those who had not called upon God at other times, yet, in their affliction, would seek him early and earnestly. "When they are in distress they will confess their sins, and confess thy name, and make supplication to thee." Trouble will drive those to God who have said to him, Depart, Ch2 6:24, Ch2 6:26, Ch2 6:28. 4. He supposed that strangers would come from afar to worship the God of Israel and to pay homage to him; and this also might reasonably be expected, considering what worthless things the gods of the nations were, and what proofs the God of Israel had given of his being Lord of the whole earth.
III. Here are petitions very pertinent. 1. That God would own this house, and have an eye to it, as the place of which he had said that he would put his name there, Ch2 6:20. He could not, in faith, have asked God to show such peculiar favour to this house above any other if he himself had not said that it should be his rest for ever. The prayer that will speed must be warranted by the word. We may with humble confidence pray to God to be well pleased with us in Jesus Christ, because he had declared himself well pleased in him - This is my beloved Son; but he says not now of any house, "This is my beloved place." 2. That God would hear and accept the prayers which should be made in or towards that place, Ch2 6:21. He asked not that God should help them whether they prayed for themselves or no, but that God would help them in answer to their prayers. Even Christ's intercessions do not supersede but encourage our supplications. He prayed that God would hear from his dwelling-place, even from heaven. Heaven in his dwelling-place still, not this temple; and thence help must come. When thou hearest forgive. Note, The forgiveness of our sins is that which makes way for all the other answers to our prayers, Removendo prohibens - The evil which it drives away it keeps away. 3. That God would give judgment according to equity upon all the appeals that should be made to him, Ch2 6:23, Ch2 6:30. This we may, in faith, pray for, for we are sure it shall be done. God sitteth on the throne judging right. 4. That God would return in mercy to his people when they repented, and reformed, and sought unto him, Ch2 6:25, Ch2 6:27, Ch2 6:38, Ch2 6:39. This we also may, in faith, pray for, building upon the repeated declarations God has made of his readiness to accepts penitents. 5. That God would bid the strangers welcome to this house, and answer their prayers (Ch2 6:33); for, if there be in duty, why should there not be in privilege one law for the stranger and for one born in the land? Lev 24:22. 6. That God would, upon all occasions, own and plead the cause of his people Israel, against all the opposers of it (Ch2 6:35): Maintain their cause; and again, Ch2 6:39. If they be the Israel of God, their cause is the cause of God, and he would espouse it. 7. He concludes this prayer with some expressions which he had learned of his good father, and borrowed from one of his psalms. We had then not in the Kings, but here we have them, Ch2 6:41, Ch2 6:42. The whole word of God is of use to direct us in prayer; and how can we express ourselves in better language to God than that of his own Spirit? But these words were of use, in a special manner, to direct Solomon, because they had reference to this very work that he was now doing. We have them, Psa 132:8-10. He prayer (Ch2 6:41), (1.) That God would take possession of the temple, and keep possession, that he would make it his resting-place: Thou and the ark; what will the ark do without the God of the ark-ordinances without the God of the ordinances? (2.) That he would make the ministers of the temple public blessings: Clothe them with salvation, that is, not only save them, but make them instrumental to save others, by offering the sacrifices of righteousness. (3.) That the service of the temple might turn abundantly to the joy and satisfaction of all the Lord's people: Let thy saints rejoice in goodness, that is, in the goodness of thy house, Psa 65:4. "Let all that come hither to worship, like the eunuch, go away rejoicing." He pleads two things, Ch2 6:42. [1.] His own relation to God: "Turn not away the face of thy anointed. Lord, thou hast appointed me to be king, and wilt not thou own me?" [2.] God's covenant with his father: Remember thy mercies of David thy servant - the piety of David towards God (so some understand it and so the word sometimes signifies), his pious care of the ark, and concern for it (see Psa 132:1, Psa 132:2, etc.), or the promises of God to David, which were mercies to him, his great support and comforts in all his troubles. We may plead, as Solomon does here, with an eye to Christ: - "We deserve that God should turn away our face, that he should reject us and our prayers; but we come in the name of the Lord Jesus, thy anointed, thy Messiah (so the word is), thy Christ, so the lxx. Him thou hearest always, and wilt never turn away his face. We have no righteousness of our own to plead, but, Lord, remember the mercies of David thy servant." Christ is God's servant (Isa 42:1), and is called David, Hos 3:5. "Lord, remember his mercies, and accept us on the account of them. Remember his tender concern for his Father's honour and man's salvation, and what he did and suffered from that principle. Remember the promises of the everlasting covenant, which free grace has made to us in Christ, and which are called the sure mercies of David," Isa 55:3 and Act 13:34. This must be all our desire and all our hope, all our prayer and all our plea; for it is all our salvation.
Matthew Henry (1662–1714) — Commentary on the Whole Bible. This section covers verses 12–42. Public domain.
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SUMMARY
King Solomon's earnest prayer at the dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem reaches a pivotal moment in 2 Chronicles 6:17 as he appeals to the LORD God of Israel to confirm and establish the divine promises previously made to his father, King David. This petition underscores Solomon's profound trust in God's unwavering faithfulness and highlights the enduring significance of the Davidic Covenant as the foundation of Israel's royal lineage and future hope, demonstrating a king's reliance on divine integrity for national stability and blessing.
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Literary Devices
Solomon's prayer in 2 Chronicles 6 is rich in literary devices, and verse 17 specifically employs several to enhance its impact and meaning. The most prominent is Apostrophe, as Solomon directly addresses God ("O LORD God of Israel"), a common rhetorical device in prayer and supplication that intensifies the sense of personal communion and earnest appeal. The verse is fundamentally a Petition or Supplication, a form of prayer where a humble and specific request is made to a higher power. This specific petition is also a profound Allusion to the foundational Davidic Covenant, referencing God's prior promises to David without explicitly detailing them, relying on the audience's familiarity with this pivotal theological concept. Furthermore, the repetition of the concept of God's "word" being "spoken" and then desired to be "verified" creates a subtle yet powerful Emphasis on the divine origin and the desired certainty of God's promises, underscoring the unwavering nature of God's truth and His ability to bring His declarations to fruition.
THEOLOGICAL AND THEMATIC CONNECTIONS
The profound theological truth embedded in 2 Chronicles 6:17 is the absolute trustworthiness of God's word and His unwavering commitment to His covenant promises. Solomon's prayer is not born of doubt, but of an expectant faith that God will bring to pass what He has declared. It highlights that true prayer often involves reminding God (and ourselves) of His own revealed character and promises, aligning our desires with His established will. The "word" spoken to David, the Davidic Covenant, is a cornerstone of Old Testament theology, promising an eternal dynasty and kingdom. Solomon's plea for its verification underscores its vital importance for the stability and future of Israel, demonstrating that God's faithfulness to His chosen king is intrinsically linked to His faithfulness to His chosen people. This verse serves as a powerful reminder that God's integrity is the bedrock upon which all faith and hope are built, affirming that He is not a God who promises and fails to deliver.
REFLECTION AND APPLICATION
Solomon's prayer for the verification of God's word offers a timeless model for our own spiritual lives. In a world of shifting sands and broken promises, 2 Chronicles 6:17 calls us to anchor our faith and our prayers in the unchanging, eternal promises of God. Just as Solomon confidently appealed to God's covenant with David, we are invited to bring our petitions before the Lord, reminding Him of His character and His revealed will in Scripture. This is not about manipulating God, but about aligning our hearts and desires with His, trusting that what He has spoken, He will surely perform. Reflecting on God's past faithfulness, both in biblical history and in our personal journeys, strengthens our assurance and emboldens us to pray with greater confidence for the future fulfillment of His divine purposes in our lives and in the world. Our prayers gain immense power when they are rooted in the certain knowledge that God's word is true and will never return to Him void, always accomplishing the purpose for which He sent it. This verse encourages us to live with an expectant faith, knowing that God is faithful to His every declaration.
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What is the significance of the "word" spoken to David that Solomon refers to?
Answer: The "word" spoken to David is the foundational Davidic Covenant, primarily recorded in 2 Samuel 7:12-16 and paralleled in 1 Chronicles 17:11-14. In this covenant, God solemnly promised David that his "house" (dynasty), "kingdom," and "throne" would be established forever. This was a pivotal promise for Israel, ensuring a perpetual line of kings from David's lineage. While aspects of the covenant had immediate implications for David and his direct successors (like Solomon), its ultimate fulfillment pointed to an eternal king and kingdom, which Christians understand to be fulfilled in Jesus Christ. Solomon's prayer is for the immediate and ongoing manifestation of this promise in his own reign and for future generations, recognizing its critical role in Israel's national identity and divine purpose.
Why does Solomon ask God to "verify" His word? Isn't God's word already true and unchangeable?
Answer: Solomon's request to "verify" God's word (from the Hebrew 'aman, meaning to be firm, reliable, or established) is not an expression of doubt in God's truthfulness. Instead, it is a fervent plea for the manifestation and establishment of that truth in their present reality. God's word is indeed eternally true and unchangeable (Psalm 119:89). However, Solomon is praying for God to actively bring His declared will to pass, to make it evident and secure for all to see. It is an act of faith and dependence, acknowledging that while God has promised, He is also the one who brings those promises to fruition. It's a prayer for the full and certain realization of the Davidic Covenant in the ongoing history of Israel, a desire to see God's faithfulness tangibly demonstrated.
How does this prayer relate to the dedication of the Temple?
Answer: Solomon's prayer, including this verse, is central to the Temple dedication because it connects the physical structure of the Temple to the enduring spiritual and dynastic promises of God. The Temple was built as a dwelling place for God's name and a center for worship, symbolizing God's presence among His people. However, the stability and future of Israel depended not just on a building, but on the continued faithfulness of God to His covenant with David, which guaranteed a righteous king to lead the nation. By praying for the verification of the Davidic Covenant, Solomon links the physical manifestation of God's presence (the Temple) with the ongoing spiritual and political reality of God's rule through David's line. It underscores that the Temple's significance was ultimately tied to God's faithfulness to His promises, particularly the promise of an eternal king, ensuring that the spiritual reality underpinned the physical structure.
CHRIST-CENTERED FULFILLMENT
The "word" spoken to David, which Solomon earnestly prays to be "verified," finds its ultimate and glorious fulfillment not in any earthly king or temporary dynasty, but in Jesus Christ. The Davidic Covenant, promising an eternal kingdom and throne, was a prophetic foreshadowing of God's grand plan for His Son. Jesus, born of the lineage of David according to the flesh (Matthew 1:1), is the true and eternal King whose kingdom will have no end (Luke 1:32-33). The "verification" Solomon sought is powerfully demonstrated in Christ's resurrection, which established Him as both Lord and Christ, the promised descendant of David who would sit on his throne forever (Acts 2:29-36). Through His sacrificial death and triumphant resurrection, Jesus fulfilled all the conditions and promises of the Davidic Covenant, inaugurating a spiritual kingdom that transcends earthly boundaries and time, a kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Romans 14:17). Thus, the plea in 2 Chronicles 6:17 points forward to the Lamb of God, the "Root and the Offspring of David," whose reign is everlasting and whose "word" is the very truth of God made manifest for all eternity (Revelation 22:16).