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2 Chronicleschapter 6

42 verses · Ezra, by tradition · 450 to 400 BC · History

Original Language

2 Chronicles 6— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about 2 Chronicles 6. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

4 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 4 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

The LORD said He would dwell in thick darkness1

2 Chronicles 6:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

אָ֖זʾazthenH227אָמַ֣רʾamarhe saidH559שְׁלֹמֹ֑הshelomohSolomonH8010יְהוָ֣הyahwehYahwehH3068אָמַ֔רʾamarhe has saidH559לִשְׁכּ֖וֹןlishkonto dwellH7931בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃baarafelin <the> thick darknessH6205

Rashi on II Chronicles 6:1

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
Then Solomon said Since the House is full of smoke, I now know that the Shechinah is resting in the thick darkness therein, for so is His wont, as it is written (Exod.:18): “and Moses drew near to the thick darkness wherein God appeared.

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

2 Chronicles 6:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

כִּֽי־ki-forH3588עָשָׂ֨הʾasahhe had madeH6213שְׁלֹמֹ֜הshelomohSolomonH8010כִּיּ֣וֹרkiyora platform ofH3595נְחֹ֗שֶׁתnechoshetbronzeH5178וַֽיִּתְּנֵהוּ֮vaiyitenehuand he had put itH5414בְּת֣וֹךְbetokhin [the] middle ofH8432הָעֲזָרָה֒haazarahthe precinctH5835חָמֵ֨שׁchamesh[was] fiveH2568אַמּ֜וֹתʾamotcubitsH520אָרְכּ֗וֹʾarekolength itsH753וְחָמֵ֤שׁvechameshand [was] fiveH2568אַמּוֹת֙ʾamotcubitsH520רָחְבּ֔וֹrachebobreadth itsH7341וְאַמּ֥וֹתveamotand [was] cubitsH520שָׁל֖וֹשׁshalooshthreeH7969קוֹמָת֑וֹkomatoheight itsH6967וַיַּעֲמֹ֣דvaiyaamodand he stoodH5975עָלָ֗יוʾalavon itH5921וַיִּבְרַ֤ךְvaiyivrakhand he knelt downH1288עַל־ʾal-onH5921בִּרְכָּיו֙birkavknees hisH1290נֶ֚גֶדnegedbeforeH5048כָּל־kol-allH3605קְהַ֣לkehal[the] assembly ofH6951יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לyisraelIsraelH3478וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂvaiyifrosand he spread outH6566כַּפָּ֖יוkapavhands hisH3709הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃hashamayemahthe heavens towardsH8064

Rashi on II Chronicles 6:13

RashiFrance, 1040–1105· Commentary
For Solomon had made This refers back to “opposite all the congregation of Israel,” i.e., how was he higher than all of them to make his words heard?

Read it in full at Sefaria · The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

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