Text: 2 Chronicles 7:11-22
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 9:1-9
Subject: Second revelation to Solomon (* see collective confession and place networks)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of God's second appearance to Solomon after the temple dedication. Both texts contain the conditional covenant promise and warning, but the Chronicler uniquely adds the famous 2 Chronicles 7:14 formula: "If My people, who are called by My Name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." This verse, absent from 1 Kings 9, becomes the Chronicler's programmatic statement of repentance theology, providing the post-exilic community a template for national restoration through collective humility and prayer.
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Text: 1 Kings 9:1-9
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 7:11-22
Subject: God's second appearance to Solomon — parallel account
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: These are parallel accounts of God's second revelation to Solomon. Both present the conditional promise: if Solomon walks before God as David did, the dynasty will be established; if Israel turns to other gods, the temple will be destroyed. The Chronicler uniquely includes the famous verse "If My people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray... then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (2 Chr 7:14) — absent from Kings — which became the foundational text for Israel's theology of repentance and restoration. Both texts conclude with the warning that the temple itself could become "a heap of ruins" and a byword among the nations if Israel forsakes God's statutes.
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Text: 1 Kings 9:1
OT Text Referred to: 2 Chronicles 7:11
Subject: second revelation to Solomon
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts introduce God's second appearance to Solomon after the temple and palace were completed. In 1 Kings 9:1-2, "the LORD appeared to Solomon a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon." The Chronicler in 2 Chronicles 7:11-12 adds the timing — "the LORD appeared to Solomon at night" — and the specific response to the dedication prayer: "I have heard your prayer and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice." This Chronicler's addition directly answers Solomon's petition and confirms the temple's divine legitimation, establishing the theological basis for the famous if/then covenant formula that follows (2 Chr 7:14).