Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:14
And said, O LORD God of Israel, [there is] no God like thee in the heaven, nor in the earth; which keepest covenant, and [showest] mercy unto thy servants, that walk before thee with all their hearts:
14. which keepest covenant and shewest mercy ] R.V. who keepest covenant and mercy (so 1 Kings).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 14. That walk before thee with all their hearts] “With all the will of their souls and with all the affection of their hearts.”-Targum.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
[See comments on 2Ch 5:1].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(14) In the heaven nor in the earth.Abridged from in the heaven above, and upon the earth beneath (Kings). Syriac, Thou art the Lord that sittest in heaven above, and Thy will (pl.) is done on earth beneath; apparently a curious reminiscence of the Lords Prayer. The Assyrians also spoke of their gods as without an equal (snina la is, a rival he has not).
Which keepest covenant and shewest mercy.Literally, keeping the covenant and the mercy; i.e., the covenanted mercy. (Comp. Isa. 55:3.)
With thy servant.Heb., for; so in 2Ch. 6:16. (The verse is word for word as in Kings.)
And spakest with thy mouth. . . .2Ch. 6:4.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
I refer the Reader to the observations made on this prayer already in the Commentary on the 1Ki 8 . And only by way of enforcing what was there said, I would beseech the Reader, as he goeth over every part of it, to keep an eye stedfastly fixed on our glorious Solomon, whom the king of Israel here personated as his type. It is Jesus alone who is the intercessor, the high Priest, the advocate of his people. By virtue of his blood and righteousness the divine favour can alone be obtained. And therefore, in all the supposable cases here enumerated, of error, infirmity, transgression, and sin; oh! what a resource is it, that the eye of Jehovah is eternally fixed on the Lord Jesus whom this temple typified. Reader! while our souls follow the spirit of Solomon’s prayer, that the Lord God of Israel would own his house, would hear and accept prayers; would remember his covenant engagements, would compassionate the frailties of his people, and, even when in an enemy’s land, if their eye and their heart should be directed in supplication towards this house as the house of the Lord, that then mercy might be shown them; shall we not discover what pure gospel runs through every part of it, and that the whole sum and substance of it is Jesus? Oh Lord God, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, well may we in the contemplation of thy rich salvation in Jesus take up the language of Solomon and say, Arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place: thou and the ark (the Jesus) of thy strength. Blessed be the Lord our God who in him hath confirmed to us all the sure mercies of David. Isa 55:3 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
mercy = lovingkindness, or grace.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
O Lord God: Gen 33:20, Gen 35:10, Exo 3:15, 1Ki 8:23, 1Ki 18:36, 1Ch 29:10, 1Ch 29:20
no God: Exo 15:11, Deu 4:39, 2Sa 7:22, Psa 86:8, Psa 89:6, Psa 89:8, Jer 10:6, Jer 10:16
keepest covenant: Deu 7:9, Neh 1:5, Psa 89:28, Dan 9:4, Mic 7:18-20, Luk 1:72
mercy: Psa 103:17, Psa 103:18, Luk 1:50, Luk 1:54, Luk 1:55
walk before: Gen 5:24, Gen 17:1, 1Ki 3:6, 1Ki 6:12, Luk 1:6, 1Th 2:12
Reciprocal: 1Ki 8:24 – thou spakest 2Ch 6:17 – O Lord Psa 94:20 – fellowship
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 6:14. O Lord God of Israel, &c. Solomon, in the foregoing verses, had signed and sealed, so to speak, the deed of dedication, by which the temple was appropriated to the honour and service of God. Now here in the prayer by which it was, as it were, consecrated, it is made a figure of Christ, the great Mediator, through whom we are to offer up all our prayers, and to expect all Gods favours, and to whom we are to have an eye in every thing wherein we have to do with God.