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2 Chronicles 6:13

in 2 Chronicles 6

Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high, and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

(for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, 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 assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven);

KJV

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,

This verse in 2 Chronicles 6

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD

on 2 Chronicles 6:12-13

Verse 13 supplies a detail 1 Kings 8:22 lacks, “a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high”. There Solomon knelt. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown call it a pulpit with no seat, since the king stood or knelt through the whole prayer.

This site's exposition

a bronze platform

Solomon stood on the platform and then knelt. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that this bronze pulpit had no seat, and the king stood or knelt the whole time before the assembly. Clarke counts the differences between this account of the prayer and the one in Kings of small consequence.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

But here he declares upon what inducements he undertook it, and they are such as not only justify, but magnify, the undertaking. He did it for the glory and honour of God; this was his highest and ultimate end in it. It was for the name of the Lord God of Israel (

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Afterwards he knelt down and stretched out his hands towards heaven, with his face probably turned towards the altar, while he gave utterance to the beautiful and impressive prayer which is recorded in the remainder of this chapter. It is deserving of notice that there was no seat in this pulpit--for the king either stood or knelt all the time he was in it.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

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?
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 6:13:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
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there is no God like You insofar as You keep the covenant and the kindness that You decree from heaven to give to those who love You. You hide and conceal the covenant and the kindness to fulfill Your promise on earth.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 6:14:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

29 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • עָשָׂ֨הhe had made

    ʾasahH6213 →2628 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֜הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • כִּיּ֣וֹרa platform of

    kiyorH3595 →23 times

  • נְחֹ֗שֶׁתbronze

    nechoshetH5178 →140 times

  • וַֽיִּתְּנֵהוּ֮and he had put it

    vaiyitenehuH5414 →2011 times

  • בְּת֣וֹךְin [the] middle of

    betokhH8432 →418 times

  • הָעֲזָרָה֒the precinct

    haazarahH5835 →9 times

  • חָמֵ֨שׁ[was] five

    chameshH2568 →343 times

  • אַמּ֜וֹתcubits

    ʾamotH520 →247 times

  • אָרְכּ֗וֹlength its

    ʾarekoH753 →95 times

  • וְחָמֵ֤שׁand [was] five

    vechameshH2568 →343 times

  • אַמּוֹת֙cubits

    ʾamotH520 →247 times

  • רָחְבּ֔וֹbreadth its

    racheboH7341 →101 times

  • וְאַמּ֥וֹתand [was] cubits

    veamotH520 →247 times

  • שָׁל֖וֹשׁthree

    shalooshH7969 →432 times

  • קוֹמָת֑וֹheight its

    komatoH6967 →45 times

  • וַיַּעֲמֹ֣דand he stood

    vaiyaamodH5975 →521 times

  • עָלָ֗יוon it

    ʾalavH5921 →5755 times

  • וַיִּבְרַ֤ךְand he knelt down

    vaiyivrakhH1288 →330 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • בִּרְכָּיו֙knees his

    birkavH1290 →

  • נֶ֚גֶדbefore

    negedH5048 →151 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • קְהַ֣ל[the] assembly of

    kehalH6951 →123 times

  • יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael

    yisraelH3478 →2507 times

  • וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂand he spread out

    vaiyifrosH6566 →67 times

  • כַּפָּ֖יוhands his

    kapavH3709 →192 times

  • הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃the heavens towards

    hashamayemahH8064 →421 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Psalms 95:6

    O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

    it leads to

    • Philippians 2:10

      that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

    • Psalms 100:3

      Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

    • Ephesians 3:14

      ... for this reason I bow my knees before the Father,

    • Psalms 95:1

      Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!

    • Daniel 6:10

      Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on…

  • Through

    1 Kings 8:54

    Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 95:6

      O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

  • Through

    Acts 21:5

    But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to…

    it leads to

    • Acts 20:36

      When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.

  • Through

    Ezra 9:5

    At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 8:38

      then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—

About 2 Chronicles

Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.
Saphan Reading the Book of the Law to Josiah, Philip Galle, engraving after Maarten van Heemskerck, 1569, Royal Library of Belgium. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.