Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 6:13

"(for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)" — 2 Chronicles 6:13 (ASV)

For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold. —This verse is not in Kings. But it may once have followed 1 Kings 8:22. At least, marks of the chronicler’s individual style are not apparent in it.

Scaffold. —Literally, pan (kîyôr; see 2 Chronicles 4:6). The “scaffold” looked like a “laver” turned upside down, and was doubtless hollow underneath. (Compare Nehemiah 9:4 for an analogous structure.)

Kneeled down upon his knees, and spread forth his hands. —An attitude of prayer which may be seen depicted upon the monuments of ancient Egypt.

Toward heaven (ha-shâmâ ́y’m âh). —The chronicler has used the exact form for the less precise hashâmâ ́ayim of 1 Kings 8:22.