2 Chronicles 6:4
in 2 Chronicles 6and said: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying,
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ASV
And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, who spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hands fulfilled it, saying,
KJV
And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 6
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth
on 2 Chronicles 6:4-6
Solomon blesses the LORD, and Chronicles carries a clause 1 Kings 8:16 lacks: “But now I have chosen Jerusalem for My Name to be there”. Kings moves from choosing no city to choosing David, while Chronicles names the city first and the king second, two acts of one choice.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He makes a solemn prayer to God that he would please graciously to accept and answer all the prayers that should be made in, or towards, that house,
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| בָּר֤וּךְ | barukh | [be] blessed | H1288 → | 330 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֱלֹהֵ֣י | ʾelohei | [the] God of | H430 → | 2601 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| דִּבֶּ֣ר | diber | he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| בְּפִ֔יו | befiv | with mouth his | H6310 → | 498 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | with | H854 → | 929 times |
| דָּוִ֣יד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| אָבִ֑י | ʾavi | father my | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וּבְיָדָ֥יו | uveyadav | and by hands his | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| מִלֵּ֖א | mile' | he has fulfilled | H4390 → | 249 times |
| לֵאמֹֽר׃ | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
בָּר֤וּךְ[be] blessed
barukhH1288 →330 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֱלֹהֵ֣י[the] God of
ʾeloheiH430 →2601 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
אֲשֶׁר֙who
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
דִּבֶּ֣רhe spoke
diberH1696 →1141 times
בְּפִ֔יוwith mouth his
befivH6310 →498 times
אֵ֖תwith
ʾetH854 →929 times
דָּוִ֣ידDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
אָבִ֑יfather my
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
וּבְיָדָ֥יוand by hands his
uveyadavH3027 →1618 times
מִלֵּ֖אhe has fulfilled
mile'H4390 →249 times
לֵאמֹֽר׃<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 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
Matthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
it leads to
- Isaiah 40:8
The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”
- 1 Peter 1:25
but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.
- Numbers 23:19
God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
- Isaiah 55:11
so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Matthew 5:18
For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
- Isaiah 40:8
Through
Psalms 41:13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen.
it leads to
- Psalms 72:18–19
Blessed be the LORD God, the God of Israel, who alone does marvelous deeds.
- Ephesians 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- Revelation 5:9–14
And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and…
- Psalms 72:18–19
About 2 Chronicles
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.