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David Guzik · Citado em PreceptAustin
2 Crônicas 6
Guzik - Solomon asked God to incline His ear towards the king and the people when they prayed toward the temple. For this reason, many observant Jews still pray facing the direction of the site of the temple in Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 6:20 that Your eye may be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place. thine eyes (KJV): 2Ch 16:9 1Ki 8:29,30 2Ki 19:16 Ne 1:6 Ps 34:15 121:5 put thy name (KJV): 2Ch 6:6 De 26:2 Col 2:9 toward this place (KJV): or, in this place, Da 6:10 that Your eye may be open toward this house day and night, toward the place of which You have said that You would put Your name there, to listen to the prayer which Your servant shall pray toward this place - See comments on 1Ki 8:29. Jews, understanding toward this house literally, prayed in the direction of Jerusalem. Ryrie -Jews, understanding this literally, prayed in the direction of Jerusalem (cf. v. 38). See note on Dan. 6:10. Robert Rayburn The “toward this place” should not be taken to suggest that somehow Israelites were being taught to believe that a prayer, to be effective, had to be offered in a certain physical direction. You remember that in Babylon Daniel regularly offered his prayers toward Jerusalem. The practice is simply a way to embody a confidence in the presence of the Lord with his people Israel. After all, in the petitions which now follow, the Lord is asked to hear from heaven, not hear from the Ark or the temple toward which the people pray. In our case, of course, there is no longer a central sanctuary for the people of God where the Lord’s presence is embodied, but we do the same thing when we regularly think and speak as if God is above us in heaven. As if we knew where heaven was where God is hearing our prayers. We ask him to look down on us; we lift our hearts to him, and so on. Indeed, the main effect of the phrase “toward this house” or “toward this place” is to ensure God’s people that they do not have to be at or in the temple to be heard. They can be heard by the Lord no matter where they are! In any case there is nowhere in the Bible a command to pray with the body pointed in a certain geographical direction. G Campbell
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Guzik - The temple grounds were used as a place to verify and authorize oaths. When a dispute came down to one word against another, Solomon asked that the temple would be a place to properly swear by. Solomon asked the God who can see what man can’t – who knows the hidden heart of man – to enforce from heaven the oaths made at the temple. James Smith - Handfuls of Purpose - SOLOMON’S PRAYER - 2 CHRONICLES 6:22–42 “A man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s Heaven for?” —Browning. This is the longest prayer in the Old Testament, and may be fitly compared with the longest in the New, as recorded in John 17. Both are intercessory and provisional. This temple, prepared for God and filled with His glory (2Chr 6:14), is a wonderful type of the person and character of the Lord Jesus Christ. What the temple was to Israel, Christ is to the world. What Solomon did on the brazen scaffold (2Chr 6:3), Christ did on the accursed tree—open the way for others into the place of blessing. This prayer of Solomon, like the work of Christ, revealed a large and cosmopolitan heart. In it, there was provision made for the— I. Maligned. “If a man sin against his neighbour, … and an oath be laid, … then hear Thou and judge” (2Chr 6:22). To sin against our neighbour is to sin against God, so those sinned against may confidently appeal to Him, and expect that He will “requite the wicked, and justify the righteous (v. 14). As in Solomon’s prayer there was provision made for the maintenance of the character of the righteous, so is there also in the intercession of Christ. Those wronged by their neighbours should believingly commit their case unto the Lord. He will avenge His own Sins (02398) chata' means to miss the way, to fail; to err, to swerve from truth, to go wrong. The literal use describes an accurate shot by slingshot Jdg 20:16 - they could "not miss (chata')." Pr 19:2 conveys a related meaning of chata' in those versions that translate it as "miss the way." (Pr 19:2NIV) As Vine says "From this basic meaning comes the word’s chief usage to indicate moral failure toward both God and men, and certain results of such wrongs." When man sins he has missed the mark, the goal, or the way that God has set as standard. In an ironic use, the intensive (Piel) stem can mean "purified" or "to de-sin" and to to cleanse (Ex 29:36, David's request of God to purify him - Ps 51:7, Lxx = rhantizo = to sprinkle, figuratively = inward cleansing = "hearts sprinkled" - Heb 10:22; cf purify in Nu 8:21; 19:12,13, 20; 31:19, 20, 23). CHATA IN 1 KINGS - 1 Ki. 8:31; 1 Ki. 8:33; 1 Ki. 8:35; 1 Ki. 8:46; 1 Ki. 8:47; 1 Ki. 8:50 AND parallel passages in 2 Chr. 6:22; 2 Chr. 6:24; 2 Chr. 6:26; 2 Chr. 6:36; 2 Chr. 6:37; 2 Chr. 6:39; 2 Chronicles 6:23 then hear from heaven and act and judge Your servants, punishing the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. from heaven (KJV): 2Ch 6:21 requiting (KJV): Nu 5:27 2Ki 9:26 Ps 10:14 Pr 1:31 Isa 3:11 Jer 28:16,17 51:56 Ro 2:9 justifying (KJV): De 25:1 Pr 17:15 Isa 3:10 Eze 18:20 Ro 2:10 then hear from heaven and act and judge Your servants, punishing the wicked by bringing his way on his own head and justifying the righteous by giving him according to his righteousness. - See comments on 1Ki 8:32. Note the seven fold repeated plea from Solomon - "hear from heaven" - 2 Chr 6:23, 2 Chr 6:25, 2 Chr 6:27, 2 Chr 6:30, 2 Chr 6:33, 2 Chr 6:35,2 Chr 6:39 1 Kings 8 also has 7 situations virtually identical to those in 2 Chronicles 6 - Jon Courson alliterates the seven situations in which only God's intervention would avert either individual or person disaster- Jon Courson's Application Commentary: Volume 1, Old ... - Page 981 1 Kings 8:31, 32 DOUBT. If a man was accused of a crime but there was no evidence against him, only God could rightly judge. 1 Kings 8:33, 34 DEFEAT. If the nation was defeated in battle, only God could bring them home. 1 Kings 8:35, 36 DROUGHT - Only God could send rain to replenish land that had dried up as a result of the rebellion of His people. 1 Kings 8:37-40 DESTRUCTION - When the people sin and experience pestilence, when they sin and experience drought, when they sin and are smitten by their enemies, when they call upon You, forgive them,” Solomon prayed, “for You know the hearts of men.” Only God knows the hearts of men. Only God sees the heart that turns to Him. This means when I forgive people, I must forgive them absolutely unconditionally because I don’t know their heart. I have found this to be wonderfully freeing because it means I don’t have to judge, analyze, or figure things out. Rather, I’m simply to love and forgive, confident that God will deal with the “heart” of the matter. 1 Kings 8:41–43 DENUNCIATION “When people of other nations come to the temple and turn their back on their heathen gods after hearing about the great things You’re doing, hear their prayers as well,” Solomon prayed. We see Jesus righteously angry in John 2 for there, in the temple, in the court of the Gentiles—which was as far into the temple a Gentile could go—merchants had set up tables to exchange money and to sell animals to sacrifice at exorbitant prices. As evidenced by Solomon’s prayer, the court of the Gentiles was to be a place Gentiles could be drawn to the true and living God. No wonder, then, that Jesus was incensed that what was to be a place of outreach and evangelism was nothing more than a business. We also are called to be salt and light. When we start turning inward, when we start losing our vision for reaching the lost and bringing the lost into a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ, it’s over. The church that turns inward will soon grow frustrated. A person who looks inward will soon grow discontent. We must commit ourselves before the Lord to reaching out to the world continually, that when people see us they will sense a loving community whose desire is to lead them into a fuller knowledge of God through Jesus Christ. Are you concerned about the lost? Solomon was. “Lord, when a stranger joins us, may You hear his prayer, and meet him in his place of need,” he prayed. 1 Kings 8:44, 45 - DEPLOYMENT If the nation went to battle in obedience to God’s instruction, only He could truly fight for them. 1 Kings 8:46–53 DEFECTION If the nation turned from truth to false worship that leads to captivity, only God could turn their hearts back to Him. 2 Chronicles 6:24 “If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication before You in this house, put to the worse (KJV): or, be smitten, Lev 26:17,37 De 28:25,48 Jos 7:8 1Ki 8:33,34 Ps 44:10 because (KJV): Jos 7:11,12 Jud 2:11,14,15 2Ki 17:7-18 shall return (KJV): Lev 26:40-42 De 4:29-31 30:1-6 Ne 1:8,9 Pr 28:13 Jer 3:12,13 pray (KJV): Ezr 9:5-15 Ne 9:1-37 Isa 63:1-64:12 Da 9:3-19 in (KJV): or, toward, 2Ch 6:20 If Your people Israel are defeated before an enemy because they have sinned against You, and they return to You and confess Your name, and pray and make supplication before You in this house - See comments on 1Ki 8:33. J.A. Thompson: While the main themes in Solomon's prayer were the Davidic dynasty, the temple, and prayer itself, two other themes also occur—war (2Ch 6:24–25; 34–37) and the land (2Ch 6:25, 27–28, 31, 38). Defeat in battle is the result of sinning against God. The people are required to turn back to God, confess his name, pray, and make supplication before him in the temple. Solomon made the plea that God would hear their confession, forgive their sin, and bring them back to the land he had given to them and their fathers. War, of course, often involved exile. James Smith - Defeated. Those “put to the worse before the enemy” (2Chr 6:24). This is a numerous class. Many there be who have fallen before the power of the enemy, “because they have sinned against God.” Sin always leads to defeat (Joshua 7:10, 11). For God’s people to be put to the worse before the enemy is to bring dishonour upon the Holy Name. He would have us to be “more than conquerors.” But at the temple altar there was a way back for the vanquished to forgiveness and victory. By their returning and confessing God would hear and forgive, and restore them again to the land which He gave them (vv. 24, 25). It mattered not how far they had been driven away by the enemy if they turned their faces towards the House of God, confessing their sins, then deliverance was to be granted them. So may those be saved who have been overcome by temptation and sin, by turning the eye of faith to the provision made by Jesus Christ at the altar of the Cross. 2 Chronicles 6:25 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers. forgive the sin (KJV): Ezr 1:1-6 Ps 106:40-47 Jer 33:6-13 which thou (KJV): Ge 13:15 Ex 6:8 Jos 21:43 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your people Israel, and bring them back to the land which You have given to them and to their fathers. - See comments on 1Ki 8:34. The greatest danger for God's people always comes from their own unconfessed sins, not from their external enemies or political circumstances. --SEE Holman Old Testament Commentary - 1 & 2 Kings
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Guzik - Solomon asked God to hear the prayers of a defeated, yet humble and penitent Israel. God answered this prayer of Solomon, and He forgives and restores His defeated people when they come in humble repentance. 2 Chronicles 6:26 “When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them; the heaven (KJV): Lev 26:19 De 11:17 28:23 1Ki 17:1-18:46 Lu 4:25 there is no rain (KJV): Isa 50:1,2 5:6 Eze 14:13 Am 4:4-9 Rev 11:6 if they pray (KJV): Jer 14:1-9 Joe 1:13-20 2:15-17 turn (KJV): Pr 28:13 Eze 18:27-32 thou dost (KJV): 2Ch 33:12,13 Ho 5:15 6:1 When the heavens are shut up and there is no rain because they have sinned against You, and they pray toward this place and confess Your name, and turn from their sin when You afflict them - See comments on 1Ki 8:35. Raymond Dillard: Ancient Israel was an agrarian society with sufficient rainfall in most of the land that irrigation was not necessary. Agriculture was dependent on the regularity of the seasonal rains, particularly both the early rains to soften the ground for plowing in the fall, and the latter rains to swell the crop before harvest in the spring; adequate rainfall was a sign of divine blessing, and low rainfall of divine anger (Lev 26:3–4; Deut 11:13–14; 28:23–24; Prov 16:15; Jer 3:3; 5:24; Hos 6:3; 10:1; Joel 2:23; Song 2:11; Acts 14:17; Heb 6:7; Jas 5:17; Amos 4:6–8). The divine response to Solomon’s prayer about drought is a promise of healing the land (2Ch 7:13–14). (See 2 Chronicles, Volume 15 - Page 49) James Smith - Thirsty. “When the Heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against Thee” (2Chr 6:26). God had different ways of manifesting His displeasure at sin. In a spiritual sense Heaven is still shut up, so that no refreshing rain comes upon the soul of the disobedient and the backsliding. A silent and irresponsive Heaven is a fearful calamity to a thirsty soul, but this thirst is meant to bring us back in heart to the place of confession and blessing. “Then hear Thou, and forgive, … and send rain” (v. 27). The way to escape the horrors of a closed-up Heaven is to keep in “the good way” of the Lord. Abide in Him. If spiritual dearth has come, there is still in Christ provision for restoration and refreshing. “Look unto Me, and be ye saved.”