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David built there an altar to Yahweh, and offered burnt offerings and peace-offerings, and called on Yahweh; and he answered him from the sky by fire on the altar of burnt offering.
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God's Fiery Confirmation
Commentators highlight that the fire from heaven is a detail unique to the Chronicles account. This miraculous event was God's undeniable sign of acceptance. It not only confirmed that David's prayer and sacrifice were heard but also divinely consecrated this specific location, establishing it as the future site for Solomon's Temple.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He answered him from heaven by fire. This fact is not mentioned by the author of Samuel, because his purpose was to give an account of David…
19th Century
Anglican
And David built ... peace offerings. —Word for word as in Samuel.
And called upon the Lord.
Baptist
And David built there an altar unto the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings, and called upon the LORD; and he answered him fr…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 21:1).
No mention is made in this book of David's sin in the matter of Uriah, nor of the troubles that followed it, for they had no necessary connection w…
