Text: 2 Chronicles 6:1-42
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 8:12-53
Subject: Dedication of temple (* see Davidic covenant and place networks)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Significance: These are parallel accounts of Solomon's temple dedication prayer, the longest royal prayer in Scripture. Both texts contain seven petitions covering scenarios of sin, defeat, drought, famine, plague, the foreigner's prayer, and warfare. The Chronicler follows 1 Kings 8:12-53 closely but makes a significant change at the ending: where Kings concludes with a reference to the exodus from Egypt (1 Kgs 8:51-53), the Chronicler substitutes a quotation of Psalm 132:8-10 invoking the "steadfast love promised to David" (chasdei David, 2 Chr 6:42). This editorial choice shifts the prayer's conclusion from Mosaic to Davidic covenant theology.
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Text: 1 Kings 8:12-53
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 6:1-42
Subject: Solomon's dedication prayer — parallel account
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of Solomon's temple dedication prayer, one of the longest prayers in Scripture. Both texts reproduce Solomon's seven petitions for God to hear prayers directed toward the temple — covering personal oaths, military defeat, drought, famine, individual sin, the foreigner's prayer, and battle. The prayer repeatedly asks God to "hear from heaven" (שָׁמַעְתָּ הַשָּׁמַיִם, shamata hashamayim). The Chronicler follows Kings closely but concludes differently: where 1 Kings 8:50-53 ends with a plea for compassion referencing the Exodus, 2 Chronicles 6:41-42 substitutes a quotation from Psalm 132 — "arise, O LORD God, to Your resting place" — tying the dedication prayer to David's psalm about the ark's permanent home.
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Text: 1 Kings 8:12
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 6:1
Subject: dedication of temple
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts open Solomon's dedication speech with the identical declaration: "The LORD has said that He would dwell in thick darkness" (בָּעֲרָפֶל, ba'arafel). This statement responds to the glory-cloud filling the temple and connects temple theology to the Sinai theophany, where God appeared in "thick darkness" (Exod 20:21; Deut 4:11). Solomon identifies the temple's dark inner sanctuary as the continuation of God's self-revelation in the cloud at Sinai — the same God who veiled Himself on the mountain now veils Himself in the Most Holy Place, present yet hidden, accessible yet transcendent.