Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"Thus Solomon finished the house of Jehovah, and the king`s house: and all that came into Solomon`s heart to make in the house of Jehovah, and in his own house, he prosperously effected." — 2 Chronicles 7:11 (ASV)
THE LORD’S RESPONSE TO THE PRAYER OF SOLOMON
(2 Chronicles 7:11–22; compare to 1 Kings 9:1–9).
The substance and, for the most part, the language of both passages are the same, but the chronicler paraphrases occasionally, and has added a considerable section not extant in Kings (2 Chronicles 7:13–16).
All that came into Solomon’s heart to make. —A paraphrase of all the desire (Isaiah 21:4; 2 Chronicles 8:6) of Solomon that he willed to do. The rest of the verse is missing in Kings.