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An Intertextuality Pair — one connection between two passages, shown as linked verse cards: the Later text and the Earlier text it quotes, alludes to or echoes. The Significance essay explains why the link matters and where it points in Christ.

Reference Type— how explicit the link is: Quotation, Allusion, or Echo
Connection Method(s)— how it carries meaning: e.g. Typology, Promise-Fulfillment, Analogy, Longitudinal Theme
Found via— where the connection was identified, e.g. the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge or an Anchor-Text Network

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Intertextuality Pair

2 Chronicles 7:1 → Exodus 40:34

Allusion

Later text

2 Chronicles 7:1BSB

When Solomon had finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.

Earlier text

Exodus 40:34BSB

Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

Significance

The temple theme connects Exodus 40 to 2 Chronicles 7, revealing Israel's understanding of sacred space where God dwells with his people. This anticipates Christ, who is the true temple (John 2:19-21) where God and humanity meet, and whose body, the church, becomes the dwelling place of God by the Spirit (Eph 2:19-22).

Found via: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme

Linked Mentions 4

Trajectory Tables 4