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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 → Leviticus 9:24

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

Leviticus 9:24BSB

Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

Significance

Leviticus 9:24 records fire from the LORD consuming the burnt offering at the tabernacle's inauguration, the definitive sign of divine acceptance. 2 Chronicles 7:1 narrates the same phenomenon at the temple dedication: "fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices." The identical pattern — divine fire descending to consume the sacrifice — marks both the tabernacle and temple as divinely accepted worship sites. The Chronicler's use of this motif connects Solomon's temple to the Mosaic tabernacle through the same validating sign, demonstrating institutional continuity: the God who accepted worship at Sinai now accepts worship at Zion through the same fiery manifestation of approval.

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

Linked Mentions 2

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