2 Chronicles 6:13
in 2 Chronicles 6Now 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,
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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,
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis 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
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 & Brown1802–1910
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?
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
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.
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עָשָׂ֨ה | ʾasah | he had made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| שְׁלֹמֹ֜ה | shelomoh | Solomon | H8010 → | 291 times |
| כִּיּ֣וֹר | kiyor | a platform of | H3595 → | 23 times |
| נְחֹ֗שֶׁת | nechoshet | bronze | H5178 → | 140 times |
| וַֽיִּתְּנֵהוּ֮ | vaiyitenehu | and he had put it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְּת֣וֹךְ | betokh | in [the] middle of | H8432 → | 418 times |
| הָעֲזָרָה֒ | haazarah | the precinct | H5835 → | 9 times |
| חָמֵ֨שׁ | chamesh | [was] five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| אַמּ֜וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| אָרְכּ֗וֹ | ʾareko | length its | H753 → | 95 times |
| וְחָמֵ֤שׁ | vechamesh | and [was] five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| אַמּוֹת֙ | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| רָחְבּ֔וֹ | rachebo | breadth its | H7341 → | 101 times |
| וְאַמּ֥וֹת | veamot | and [was] cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| שָׁל֖וֹשׁ | shaloosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| קוֹמָת֑וֹ | komato | height its | H6967 → | 45 times |
| וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד | vaiyaamod | and he stood | H5975 → | 521 times |
| עָלָ֗יו | ʾalav | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| וַיִּבְרַ֤ךְ | vaiyivrakh | and he knelt down | H1288 → | 330 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בִּרְכָּיו֙ | birkav | knees his | H1290 → | |
| נֶ֚גֶד | neged | before | H5048 → | 151 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| קְהַ֣ל | kehal | [the] assembly of | H6951 → | 123 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂ | vaiyifros | and he spread out | H6566 → | 67 times |
| כַּפָּ֖יו | kapav | hands his | H3709 → | 192 times |
| הַשָּׁמָֽיְמָה׃ | hashamayemah | the heavens towards | H8064 → | 421 times |
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 stopsEach 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 95:6O 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…
- Philippians 2:10
Through
1 Kings 8:54Now 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.
- Psalms 95:6
Through
Acts 21:5But 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.
- Acts 20:36
Through
Ezra 9:5At 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—
- 1 Kings 8:38
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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.
