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2 Chronicles 7:11

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When Solomon had finished the house of the LORD and the royal palace, successfully carrying out all that was in his heart to do for the house of the LORD and for his own palace,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

KJV

Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord, and the king’s house: and all that came into Solomon’s heart to make in the house of the Lord, and in his own house, he prosperously effected.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 7

Commentary

4 notes on this verse
The narrative now runs parallel with 1Ki 9:1-9, but is more full, and presents less of verbal agreement. 2Ch 7:13-15 are additional to the earlier record.

This site's exposition

Thus Solomon finished the house

The building finished and prosperously effected closes the construction half of the chapter and opens the second, the night visit that answers the dedication prayer of chapter six. Barnes marks this verse as the seam: from here the Chronicles account runs parallel to 1 Ki 9:1-9, fuller in places and closer to word for word in others, with verses thirteen through fifteen carrying material Kings does not have at all. Henry reads what Solomon set his heart to make and carried through as the mark of a king who finished by grace and not by his own strength alone.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Thus Solomon finished the house of the Lord,.... With which begins 1Ki 11:1; see Gill on 1Ki 11:1.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It was Solomon's praise that what he undertook he went through with, and it was by the grace of God that he prospered in it. God's Promises to Solomon. 12 And the L ORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said unto him, I have heard thy prayer, and have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

And on the twenty-third day of the seventh month, he dismissed the people which was the ninth [day] of the inauguration of the Temple, but in I Kings (8:66) it is written: “On the eighth day,” which was the twenty-second of the month.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 7:10:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
And the Lord appeared to Solomon at night in a vision of the night.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 7:12:1, 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. 2 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

19 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.

  • וַיְכַ֧לand he finished

    vaykhalH3615 →208 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֛הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • בֵּ֣ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • הַמֶּ֑לֶךְthe king

    hamelekhH4428 →2525 times

  • וְאֵ֨תand <obj.>

    veetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־every

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַבָּ֜א<the> [thing which] was coming

    haba'H935 →2568 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • לֵ֣ב[the] heart of

    levH3820 →595 times

  • שְׁלֹמֹ֗הSolomon

    shelomohH8010 →291 times

  • לַעֲשׂ֧וֹתto do

    laasotH6213 →2628 times

  • בְּבֵית־in [the] house of

    beveit-H1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָ֛הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וּבְבֵית֖וֹand in own house his

    uveveitoH1004 →2046 times

  • הִצְלִֽיחַ׃ פhe made successful

    hitzliachH6743 →65 times

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

Related verses

4 in all, six open

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

    Ecclesiastes 2:4

    I expanded my pursuits. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 7:1–12

      Solomon, however, took thirteen years to complete the construction of his entire palace.

    • Song of Solomon 8:11–12

      Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.

    • 2 Chronicles 8:11

      Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king…

    • Song of Solomon 7:12

      Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.

    • 1 Chronicles 27:27

      Shimei the Ramathite was in charge of the vineyards. Zabdi the Shiphmite was in charge of the produce of the vineyards for the wine vats.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 2:1

    Now Solomon purposed to build a house for the Name of the LORD and a royal palace for himself.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 5:5

      So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne…

    • 1 Chronicles 22:10

      He is the one who will build a house for My Name. He will be My son, and I will be his Father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel…

    • Deuteronomy 28:58

      If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—

Where this verse is studied

About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
2 Chronicles: the study guide →Read 2 Chronicles 7 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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