Αποτελέσματα Αναζήτησης
Through the details of this chapter, Jesus reveals several lessons about His holy character. These include His: (1) love, (2) holiness, (3) mercy, (4) joy, (5) forgiveness, (6) faithfulness, and (7) justice. First, after the Jews built the Temple, God’s Shekinah Glory filled the Temple. God loved His people and desired to dwell with them.
4 Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the Lord. 5 And King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand head of cattle and a hundred and twenty thousand sheep and goats.
(2 Chronicles 7:4-5) The temple is dedicated by man with a multitude of sacrifices. Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices before the LORD. King Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty-two thousand bulls and one hundred and twenty thousand sheep.
2 Chronicles 7:7 contains a supplementary remark, and the ו relat. expresses only the connection of the thought, and the verb is to be translated in English by the pluperfect. For the rest, compare on 2 Chronicles 7:4-10 the commentary on 1 Kings 8:62-66 .
a. (:1a) Offerings and Sacrifices Consumed by Fire from Heaven. “Now when Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices;” b. (:1b) Overwhelming Presence of God Filling the Temple. “and the glory of the LORD filled the house.”
Aramaic Bible in Plain English. Seven days of feasts and seven days of the dedication of the house, the number of these was fourteen days. Brenton Septuagint Translation. And on the eighth day he kept a solemn assembly: for he kept a feast of seven days as the dedication of the altar. Contemporary English Version.
SOLOMON’S SACRIFICES.— 2 Chronicles 7:4-7. I. Sacrifice in its symbolic meaning. Refined nations of modern times esteem animal sacrifices a cruel and uncultured mode of expressing religious sentiments.
