◄ 2 Chronicles 6:42 ►
O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David."
Study Bible
O LORD God,
This phrase acknowledges the sovereignty and divinity of God, emphasizing His lordship and covenant relationship with Israel. The use of "LORD" in all caps often represents the Tetragrammaton, YHWH, the personal name of God revealed to Moses (Exodus 3:14). This invocation sets the tone for a prayer of supplication, recognizing God's authority and power.

do not reject Your anointed one.
The "anointed one" refers to the king, specifically Solomon in this context, who was anointed as king over Israel. Anointing with oil was a significant ritual in ancient Israel, symbolizing the setting apart of an individual for a divine purpose (1 Samuel 16:13). This plea for acceptance reflects the covenantal promises made to David and his descendants (2 Samuel 7:12-16). The term "anointed one" also has messianic implications, pointing forward to Jesus Christ, the ultimate Anointed One (Messiah), who fulfills the Davidic covenant (Luke 1:32-33).

Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.
This phrase calls upon God's "loving devotion," often translated as "steadfast love" or "chesed" in Hebrew, which denotes God's covenantal faithfulness and mercy. The reference to "Your servant David" highlights the special covenant God made with David, promising that his lineage would endure forever (2 Samuel 7:16). This covenant is central to Israel's understanding of God's faithfulness and is fulfilled in the New Testament through Jesus Christ, a descendant of David (Matthew 1:1). The appeal to God's remembrance is a common biblical motif, urging God to act in accordance with His past promises and character (Psalm 106:4-5).

Persons / Places / Events
1. Solomon
The son of David and the king of Israel who built the temple in Jerusalem. He is the one offering this prayer during the temple dedication.

2. David
Solomon's father, the second king of Israel, known for his heart for God and his covenant relationship with Him.

3. The Temple in Jerusalem
The holy place built by Solomon as a dwelling place for God's presence among His people.

4. The Anointed One
Refers to Solomon himself as the king, but also prophetically points to the Messiah, Jesus Christ, as the ultimate Anointed One.

5. Loving Devotion (Hebrew: "chesed")
A key Hebrew term that signifies God's steadfast love, mercy, and covenant faithfulness.
Teaching Points
God's Covenant Faithfulness
God's promises are enduring and reliable. Just as He was faithful to David, He remains faithful to us through Christ.

The Role of Intercessory Prayer
Solomon's prayer is an example of interceding for others, reminding us to pray for our leaders and communities.

The Importance of Remembering God's Past Acts
Recalling God's past acts of loving devotion strengthens our faith and trust in His future provision.

The Anointed One: A Foreshadowing of Christ
Solomon's reference to the "anointed one" points to Jesus, the ultimate fulfillment of God's promises to David.

Living in God's Loving Devotion
As recipients of God's "chesed," we are called to live lives that reflect His love and faithfulness to others.
Bible Study Questions
1. How does Solomon's prayer in 2 Chronicles 6:42 reflect his understanding of God's covenant with David?

2. In what ways can we see the concept of "chesed" (loving devotion) in our own lives and relationships?

3. How does the dedication of the temple in Jerusalem relate to the New Testament understanding of believers as the temple of the Holy Spirit?

4. What are some practical ways we can intercede for our leaders and communities, following Solomon's example?

5. How does recognizing Jesus as the ultimate "Anointed One" impact our understanding of God's promises and our daily walk with Him?
Connections to Other Scriptures
1 Kings 8
This chapter parallels 2 Chronicles 6, providing another account of Solomon's prayer of dedication for the temple.

Psalm 132
This psalm echoes the themes of God's promises to David and His dwelling place in Zion, reinforcing the covenantal promises.

2 Samuel 7
God's covenant with David, promising that his lineage would endure forever, which is foundational to Solomon's prayer.

Isaiah 55:3
Speaks of the "sure mercies of David," connecting God's covenant faithfulness to His people through David's line.

Luke 1:32-33
The angel's announcement to Mary about Jesus, affirming Him as the fulfillment of God's promise to David.
Sermons
A Prayer for the Church of GodT. Whitelaw 2 Chronicles 6:40-42
People
David, Solomon
Places
Egypt, Holy Place, Jerusalem
Topics
Acts, Anointed, David, Deeds, Elohim, Face, Kind, Kindnesses, Love, Loving, Lovingkindness, Lovingkindnesses, Mercies, Mind, Mindful, O, Promised, Reject, Remember, Servant, Steadfast, Turn
Dictionary of Bible Themes
2 Chronicles 6:42

     6233   rejection, experience
     8296   love, nature of

2 Chronicles 6:41-42

     1351   covenant, with David

Library
December the Eighth Judged by Our Aspirations
"Thou didst well, it was in thine heart." --2 CHRONICLES vi. 1-15. And this was a purpose which the man was not permitted to realize. It was a temple built in the substance of dreams, but never established in wood and stone. And God took the shadowy structure and esteemed it as a perfected pile. The sacred intention was regarded as a finished work. The will to build a temple was regarded as a temple built. And hence I discern the preciousness of all hallowed purpose and desire, even though it …
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year

"If So be that the Spirit of God Dwell in You. Now if any Man have not the Spirit of Christ, He is None of His. "
Rom. viii. 9.--"If so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his." "But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth?" 2 Chron. vi. 18. It was the wonder of one of the wisest of men, and indeed, considering his infinite highness above the height of heavens, his immense and incomprehensible greatness, that the heaven of heavens cannot contain him, and then the baseness, emptiness, and worthlessness of man, it may be a wonder to the …
Hugh Binning—The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning

Eleventh Lesson. Believe that Ye have Received;'
Believe that ye have received;' Or, The Faith that Takes. Therefore I say unto you, All things whatsoever ye pray and ask for, believe that ye have received them, and ye shall have them.'--Mark xi. 24 WHAT a promise! so large, so Divine, that our little hearts cannot take it in, and in every possible way seek to limit it to what we think safe or probable; instead of allowing it, in its quickening power and energy, just as He gave it, to enter in, and to enlarge our hearts to the measure of what …
Andrew Murray—With Christ in the School of Prayer

Sanctification.
VI. Objections answered. I will consider those passages of scripture which are by some supposed to contradict the doctrine we have been considering. 1 Kings viii. 46: "If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captives unto the land of the enemy, far or near," etc. On this passage, I remark:-- 1. That this sentiment in nearly the same language, is repeated in 2 Chron. vi. 26, and in Eccl. …
Charles Grandison Finney—Systematic Theology

Solomon's Temple Spiritualized
or, Gospel Light Fetched out of the Temple at Jerusalem, to Let us More Easily into the Glory of New Testament Truths. 'Thou son of man, shew the house to the house of Isreal;--shew them the form of the house, and the fashion thereof, and the goings out hereof, and the comings in thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the ordinances thereof, and all the forms thereof, and all the laws thereof.'--Ezekiel 43:10, 11 London: Printed for, and sold by George Larkin, at the Two Swans without Bishopgate, …
John Bunyan—The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3

Entire Sanctification
By Dr. Adam Clarke The word "sanctify" has two meanings. 1. It signifies to consecrate, to separate from earth and common use, and to devote or dedicate to God and his service. 2. It signifies to make holy or pure. Many talk much, and indeed well, of what Christ has done for us: but how little is spoken of what he is to do in us! and yet all that he has done for us is in reference to what he is to do in us. He was incarnated, suffered, died, and rose again from the dead; ascended to heaven, and there …
Adam Clarke—Entire Sanctification

Chronicles
The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book …
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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