Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 6:2
But I have built a house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling forever.
[See comments on 2Ch 5:1].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(2) But I have built.And I, on my part, have built. Kings, I have built (bnh bnth); scil., as Thou didst indicate. This seems original. So the Syr. here, mebn bnth, but not LXX. and Vulg.
Habitation.Zbl, a poetic word, occurring only five times. (Comp. Hab. 3:11.)
And a place.And, added here, weakens the force of the poetic parallelism.
A place for thy dwelling.(Exo. 15:17) another poetic expression.
For ever.(Through) ages. So only in this account and Psa. 61:5.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
I have built: 2Ch 2:4-6, 2Sa 7:13, 1Ki 8:13, 1Ch 17:12, 1Ch 22:10, 1Ch 22:11, 1Ch 28:6, 1Ch 28:20, Psa 132:5, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14, Joh 4:21-23, Heb 9:11, Heb 9:12, Rev 21:3
Reciprocal: Lev 9:24 – there came a fire 1Ki 8:12 – The Lord Ezr 7:15 – whose habitation Psa 26:8 – where Psa 68:5 – in his Eze 46:10 – General Mat 23:21 – and by
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 6:2. I have built a house of habitation for thee It is of great consequence in all our religious actions that we design well, and that our eye be single. If Solomon had built this temple in the pride of his heart, as Ahasuerus made his feast, only to show the riches of his kingdom, and the honour of his majesty, it would neither have glorified God nor have turned to his own advantage. But he here declares on what inducements he undertook it, and they are such as not only justify, but magnify the undertaking: the reader will recollect that this whole prayer occurs 1 Kings 8., and that it has been explained at large in the notes there.