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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — II Chronicles
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 68,450 words · 407 reading sections
2 Chronicles 1:1
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible. 2 Chronicles 1:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND CHRONICLES This, and the preceding, were but one book originally, but divided into two because of the size of it, so that this is only a continuation of the former history; that ends at the death of David; this begins with the reign …
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2 Chronicles 1:2 Ver. 2. Then Solomon spake unto all Israel,.... To their representatives about going to Gibeon to sacrifice, as the next words show: so Jarchi and Kimchi observe: to the captains of thousands, and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every governor in all Israel, the chief of the fathers; whom he had c…
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2 Chronicles 1:3 Ver. 3. So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon,.... They agreed to his motion, and went with him thither, see 1Ki 3:4 for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the Lord had made in the wilderness: by the Lord'…
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2 Chronicles 1:4 Ver. 4. But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjathjearim,.... See 2Sa 6:2.…
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2 Chronicles 1:5 Ver. 5. Moreover, the brasen altar that Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, had made,.... According to the pattern given by Moses, at the direction of God, Ex 38:1, he put before the tabernacle of the congregation; either David, or rather Solomon; though it seems best to read the words as in the…
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2 Chronicles 1:6 Ver. 6. And Solomon went up thither,.... To the high place at Gibeon: to the brasen altar before the lord; where he used to be, and accept the sacrifices of his people, though the ark, the symbol of his presence, was not there: which was at the tabernacle of the congregation; that is, which altar wa…
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2 Chronicles 1:7 Ver. 7. In that night did God appear unto Solomon,.... From hence to the end of 2Ch 1:12 it is the same with 1Ki 3:5. See Gill on "1Ki 3:5" See Gill on "1Ki 3:6" See Gill on "1Ki 3:7" See Gill on "1Ki 3:8" See Gill on "1Ki 3:9" See Gill on "1Ki 3:10" See Gill on "1Ki 3:11" See Gill on "1Ki 3:12" See G…
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2 Chronicles 1:13 Ver. 13. Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon,.... Or rather without the supplement, the words may be read as in the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, Solomon came from the high places; having sacrificed there, so Vatablus; l being put for m, as R. Jonah obser…
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2 Chronicles 1:17 Ver. 17. See Gill on "2Ch 1:13" John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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2 Chronicles 2:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 2 Solomon intending to build a temple for God, and a palace for himself, sent to Hiram, king of Tyre, to furnish him with materials and workmen, 2Ch 2:1, to which Hiram returned an agreeable answer, 2Ch 2:11, and for this service Solomon numbered all the strangers in Isra…
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2 Chronicles 2:2 Ver. 2. And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men,.... Of whom, and the difference of the last number in this text from 1Ki 5:15, see the notes there. See Gill on "1Ki 5:15". See Gill on "1Ki 5:16".…
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2 Chronicles 2:3 Ver. 3. And Solomon sent to Huram king of Tyre,.... The same with Hiram, 1Ki 5:1 and from whence it appears, that Huram first sent a letter to Solomon to congratulate him on his accession to the throne, which is not taken notice of here: as thou didst deal with my father, and didst send him cedars to…
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2 Chronicles 2:4 Ver. 4. Behold, I build an house to the name of the Lord my God,.... Am about to do it, and determined upon it, see 2Ch 2:1, to dedicate it to him; to set it apart for sacred service to him: and to burn before him sweet incense; on the altar of incense: and for the continual shewbread; the loaves o…
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2 Chronicles 2:5 Ver. 5. And the house which I build is great,.... Not so very large, though that, with all apartments and courts belonging to it, he intended to build, was so; but because magnificent in its structure and decorations: for great is our God above all gods; and therefore ought to have a temple to exceed…
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2 Chronicles 2:6 Ver. 6. But who is able to build him an house,.... Suitable to the greatness of his majesty, especially as he dwells not in temples made with hands: seeing the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain him? see 1Ki 8:27, who am I then, that I should build him an house, save only to burn sacrific…
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2 Chronicles 2:7 Ver. 7. Send now therefore a man cunning to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron,.... There being many things relating to the temple about to be built, and vessels to be put into it, which were to be made of those metals: and in purple, and crimson, and blue; used in making the vail…
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2 Chronicles 2:8 Ver. 8. Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees, out of Lebanon,.... Of the two first of these, and which Hiram sent, see 1Ki 5:10. The algum trees are the same with the almug trees, 1Ki 10:11 by a transposition of letters; these could not be coral, as some Jewish writers think, which gro…
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2 Chronicles 2:9 Ver. 9. Even to prepare me timber in abundance,.... Since he would want a large quantity for raftering, cieling, wainscoting, and flooring the temple: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great; as to its structure and ornaments.…
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2 Chronicles 2:10 Ver. 10. Behold, I will give to thy servants, the hewers that cut timber, twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat,.... Meaning, not what was beaten out of the husk with the flail, as some; nor bruised or half broke for pottage, as others; but ground into flour, as R. Jonah {d} interprets it; or rath…
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2 Chronicles 2:11 Ver. 11. Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon,.... In which letter he told him he had considered the contents of his, and would grant him all that he desired, see 1Ki 5:8 because the Lord hath loved his people; he hath made thee king over them; which are much the…
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2 Chronicles 2:12 Ver. 12. Huram said, moreover, blessed be the Lord God of Israel, that made heaven and earth,.... Huram seems to have had some good notions of the divine Being, not only as the God of the people of Israel, in a peculiar sense, but as the Former and Maker of all things: who hath given to David the ki…
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2 Chronicles 2:13 Ver. 13. And now I have sent a cunning man, endued with understanding,.... In such things as Solomon required he should, 2Ch 2:7 of Huram my father's; a workman of his, whom he employed, and so might be depended upon as a good artificer; though rather Huram is the artificer's name, and Abi, we rend…
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2 Chronicles 2:14 Ver. 14. The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan,.... Here follows an account of the descent of the artificer, and of his skill in working; of what seeming disagreement there may be in this account, with that in 1Ki 7:14, See Gill on "1Ki 7:14".…
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2 Chronicles 2:15 Ver. 15. Now therefore, the wheat, and the barley, the oil, and the wine, which my lord hath spoken of,.... In his letter to him, 2Ch 2:10 as for the phrase "my lord", which some think is used, because Hiram was tributary to Solomon, it may only be a respectful way of speaking: let him send unto his…
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2 Chronicles 2:16 Ver. 16. And we will cut wood out of Lebanon, as much as thou shall need,.... Both cedar and fir, 1Ki 5:8, and we will bring it to thee in floats by sea to Joppa; a port in the Mediterranean sea, the same that Jonah went down to, See Gill on "1Ki 5:9", and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem; in la…
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2 Chronicles 2:17 Ver. 17. And Solomon numbered all the strangers that were in the land of Israel,.... Which, according to Kimchi, were the remains of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, and Jebusites, see 2Ch 8:8, yet not idolaters, or they would not have been suffered by David and Solomon to have dwelt in the land, …
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2 Chronicles 2:18 Ver. 18. And he set threescore and ten thousand of them,.... Which is repeated from 2Ch 2:2, to show how the above number of strangers were disposed of; 70,000 of them bearers of burdens, 80,000 of them hewers of wood, and 3,600 overseers of the workmen, in all 153,600; an emblem of the Gentiles empl…
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2 Chronicles 3:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 3 & 4 These two chapters give an account of the building of the temple, of the materials, parts, and form of it, and of things belonging to it, and which agrees with 1Ki 6:1 see the notes there; only here, 1Ch 3:1, mention is made of the particular place where it was buil…
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2 Chronicles 3:17 Ver. 17. See Gill on "2Ch 3:1". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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2 Chronicles 4:22 Ver. 22 See Gill on "2Ch 3:1". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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2 Chronicles 5:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 5 & 6 The words with which chapter five begins are the same with 1Ki 7:51, and what is contained in that and chapter six is much the same with 1Ki 8:1 on which see the notes; the blessing of Solomon on the people of Israel, which is there, is here omitted, and two verses …
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2 Chronicles 5:14 Ver. 14. See Gill on "2Ch 5:1". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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2 Chronicles 6:42 Ver. 42. See Gill on "2Ch 5:1" John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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2 Chronicles 7:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 7 In this chapter is an account of the Lord's acceptance of the sacrifices offered at the dedication of the temple by fire, to the great surprise and encouragement of the people, 2Ch 7:1, and of the feast kept on that account, and the feast of tabernacles, 2Ch 7:8, and of…
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2 Chronicles 7:2 Ver. 2. And the priests could not enter into the house of the Lord,.... They went in to carry the ark thither, but not being able to stand to minister, they came out, and could not reenter: because the glory of the Lord had filled the Lord's house; both the holy place, and the holy of holies, see 1Ki…
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2 Chronicles 7:3 Ver. 3. And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down,.... From heaven upon the sacrifice, and consumed it, which was all visible to the eye; or it may be this was a distinct fire from the former, since it seems to have come down upon the house, and so may denote a bright, shining, gl…
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2 Chronicles 7:4 Ver. 4,5. Then the king and all the people,.... Of these two verses, See Gill on "1Ki 8:62", See Gill on "1Ki 8:63".…
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2 Chronicles 7:6 Ver. 6. And the priests waited on their offices,.... Performed them, some in offering sacrifices, others in blowing trumpets, as it may be explained from the latter part of the verse: the Levites also with instruments of music of the Lord, which David the king had made to praise the Lord; under a div…
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2 Chronicles 7:7 Ver. 7-10. Moreover, Solomon hallowed the middle of the court,.... From hence, to the end of 2Ch 7:10 is the same with 1Ki 8:64. See Gill on "1Ki 8:64", See Gill on "1Ki 8:65", See Gill on "1Ki 8:66", only mention is made in 2Ch 7:9 of the dedication of the altar, as if distinct from the dedication of…
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2 Chronicles 7:11 Ver. 11. Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord,.... With which begins 1Ki 11:1, See Gill on "1Ki 11:1".…
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2 Chronicles 7:12 Ver. 12-22. And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night,.... From hence, to the end of the chapter, much the same things are related as in 1Ki 9:2, See Gill on "1Ki 9:2", See Gill on "1Ki 9:3", See Gill on "1Ki 9:4", See Gill on "1Ki 9:5", See Gill on "1Ki 9:6", See Gill on "1Ki 9:7", See Gill on "1Ki …
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2 Chronicles 7:22 Ver. 22. See Gill on "2Ch 7:12". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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2 Chronicles 8:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 8 This chapter contains much the same, with a little variation, as what is related in 1Ki 9:10. Ver. 1. And it came to pass at the end of twenty years,.... See Gill on "1Ki 9:10".…
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2 Chronicles 8:2 Ver. 2. That the cities which Huram had restored to Solomon,.... Which Solomon first gave to him, but he not liking them, returned them to him, 1Ki 9:12, Solomon built them; or rebuilt them, being very much out of repair, which might be one reason of Huram's not accepting them: and caused the childr…
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2 Chronicles 8:3 Ver. 3. And Solomon went to Hamathzobah,.... In an hostile manner, which is the only instance of any warlike expedition of Solomon's. This was Coelesyria, which though subdued in the times of David, perhaps rebelled, and now Solomon went forth to reduce it: and prevailed against it; took it.…
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2 Chronicles 8:4 Ver. 4. And built Tadmor in the wilderness,.... Of which See Gill on "1Ki 9:18" and all the storehouses which he built in Hamath; a country in Syria, which he made himself master of, and where he laid up store of provision and ammunition to keep it, should any attempt be made to rescue it out of his …
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2 Chronicles 8:5 Ver. 5. Also he built Bethhoron the upper, and Bethhoron the nether,.... Only mention is made of the latter in 1Ki 9:17, fenced cities, with walls, gates, and bars; fortified cities in the tribe of Ephraim.…
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2 Chronicles 8:6 Ver. 6-12. And Baalath,.... See 1Ki 9:18. From hence, to the end of 2Ch 8:11, it is the same with 1Ki 9:19. See Gill on "1Ki 9:19". See Gill on "1Ki 9:20". See Gill on "1Ki 9:21". See Gill on "1Ki 9:22". See Gill on "1Ki 9:23". See Gill on "1Ki 9:24".…
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2 Chronicles 8:12 Ver. 12. Then Solomon offered burnt offerings to the Lord,.... Meaning not barely at the time he rebuilt the above cities, for it was his constant practice: on the altar of the Lord, which he had built before the porch; the brasen altar, which was at the entrance into the temple, within the court; o…
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2 Chronicles 8:13 Ver. 13. Even after a certain rate every day, according to the commandment of Moses,.... The daily sacrifice, morning and evening, Ex 29:38, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons; when there were additional sacrifices, Nu 28:9, &c. and on the solemn feasts three times in the year, [even] in the fea…
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2 Chronicles 8:14 Ver. 14. And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service,.... The twenty four courses which served weekly in their turns, 1Ch 24:1 and the Levites to their charges, to praise and minister before the priests, as duty of every day required; who…
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2 Chronicles 8:15 Ver. 15. And they departed not from the commandment of the king unto the priests and Levites,.... The priests and Levites departed not from it, not from the commandment of Solomon, according to the order of David, but in all things obeyed it: concerning any matter; which related to the office of eit…
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2 Chronicles 8:16 Ver. 16. Now all the work of Solomon was prepared unto the day of the foundation of the house of the Lord, and until it was finished,.... The materials were prepared, and the money for the expenses; and even the very stones and timber were made fit for the building, so that there was nothing to retar…
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2 Chronicles 8:17 Ver. 17-18. Then went Solomon to Eziongeber,.... Being now at leisure to look after his navy, to carry on merchandise; and of this, and the following verse, and the reconciliation of them with 1Ki 9:26, See Gill on "1Ki 9:26", See Gill on "1Ki 9:27", See Gill on "1Ki 9:28".…
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2 Chronicles 8:18 Ver. 18. See Gill on "2Ch 8:17". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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2 Chronicles 9:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 9 & 10 The ninth chapter is the same with 1Ki 10:1 excepting 2Ch 9:26, which agrees with 1Ki 4:21, the same with 1Ki 11:41, only in 2Ch 9:29 it is more largely expressed that the acts of Solomon's reign were written in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the prophecy o…
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2 Chronicles 9:31 Ver. 31. See Gill on "1Ki 11:43" John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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2 Chronicles 10:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 10 This chapter is not only in sense the same, but is expressed almost in the selfsame words as First Kings chapter twelve, verses one through nineteen, so there needs not anything to be added to the notes there, which the reader is referred to. Ver. 1. See Gill on "1Ki…
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2 Chronicles 10:19 Ver. 19. See Gill on "1Ki 12:19". John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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2 Chronicles 11:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 11 In this chapter are related the preparations Rehoboam made to regain the ten tribes that revolted from him, but was forbid making the attempt by a prophet of the Lord, which he paid a regard unto, 2Ch 11:1, the fortification of several cities in Judah and Benjamin for…
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