2 Chronicles 7:20

Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
roots	וּנְתַשְׁתִּ֗ים u.ne.tash.Tim	H5428	to tear away · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
land	אַדְמָתִי֙ 'ad.ma.Ti	H127	soil (from its general redness) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
given	נָתַ֣תִּי na.Ta.ti	H5414	to give · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
house	הַבַּ֤יִת ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sanctified	הִקְדַּ֣שְׁתִּי hik.Dash.ti	H6942	to be (causatively · verb, hiphil perfect, 1st person common singular
name	לִשְׁמִ֔י lish.Mi	H8034	an appellation · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
out	אַשְׁלִ֖יךְ 'ash.Likh	H7993	to throw out · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common singular
sight	פָּנָ֑י pa.Nai	H6440	the face (as the part that turns) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix
make	וְאֶתְּנֶ֛נּוּ ve.'et.te.Ne.nu	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal, 1st person common singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
proverb	לְמָשָׁ֥ל le.ma.Shal	H4912	properly · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
byword	וְלִשְׁנִינָ֖ה ve.lish.ni.Nah	H8148	something pointed · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
nations	הָעַמִּֽים ha.'a.Mim	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
2 Kings 17:20 And the LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out o…
Deuteronomy 29:28 And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this…
1 Kings 9:7 Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my…
1 Kings 14:15 For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their…
Jeremiah 24:9 And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse…
Jeremiah 45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will p…
Psalms 44:14 Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:12–end

That God accepted Solomon's prayer appeared by the fire from heaven. But a prayer may be accepted and yet not answered in the letter of it; and therefore God appeared to him in the night, as he did once before (Ch2 1:7), and after a day of sacrifice too, as then, and gave him a peculiar answer to his prayer. We had the substance of it before, Kg1 9:2-9. I. He promised to own this house for a house of sacrifice to Israel and a house of prayer for all people (Isa 56:7): My name shall be there for ever (Ch2 7:12, Ch2 7:16), that is, "There will I make myself known, and there will I be called upon." II. He promised to answer the prayers of his people that should at any time be made in that place…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 7:12

GOD APPEARS TO HIM. (Ch2 7:12-22) the Lord appeared to Solomon by night--(See on Kg1 9:1-9). The dedication of the temple must have been an occasion of intense national interest to Solomon and his subjects. Nor was the interest merely temporary or local. The record of it is read and thought of with an interest that is undiminished by the lapse of time. The fact that this was the only temple of all nations in which the true God was worshipped imparts a moral grandeur to the scene and prepares the mind for the sublime prayer that was offered at the dedication. The pure theism of that prayer--its acknowledgment of the unity of God as well as of His moral perfections in providence and grace, ca…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 7:20

Then will I pluck them up by the roots - How completely has this been fulfilled! not only all the branches of the Jewish political tree have been cut off, but the very roots have been plucked up; so that the day of the Lord's anger has left them neither root nor branch.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 7:12

And the Lord appeared to Solomon by night,.... From hence, to the end of the chapter, much the same things are related as in 1 Kings 9:2. See Gill on 1 Kings 9:2, 1 Kings 9:3, 1 Kings 9:4, 1 Kings 9:5, 1 Kings 9:6, 1 Kings 9:7, 1 Kings 9:8, 1 Kings 9:9, excepting 2 Chronicles 7:13 which contain an answer to the particular requests made by Solomon in case of a famine or pestilence, that when the people of Israel should humble themselves in prayer and supplication, the Lord would be attentive to them, and forgive them, 2 Chronicles 6:26 and which is given as a specimen, and as encouragement to expect the same treatment in all other cases mentioned in Solomon's prayer, they so behaving.

Dictionary and topics

By-word — Hebrew millah (Job 30:9), a word or speech, and hence object of talk; Hebrew mashal (Ps. 44:14), a proverb or parable. When it denotes a sharp word of derision, as in Deut. 28:37, 1 Kings 9:7, 2 Chr.…
Parable — (Gr. parabole), a placing beside; a comparison; equivalent to the Heb. mashal, a similitude. In the Old Testament this is used to denote (1) a proverb (1 Sam. 10:12; 24:13; 2 Chr. 7:20), (2) a…
Temple, Solomon’s — Before his death David had “with all his might” provided materials in great abundance for the building of the temple on the summit of Mount Moriah (1 Chr. 22:14; 29:4; 2 Chr. 3:1), on the east of the…
Blessing · CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE — CONTINGENT UPON OBEDIENCE
God · .To — .To
Judgments · Are sent, as punishment for: Disobedience to God — Are sent, as punishment for: Disobedience to God
Solomon · Covenant renewed in a vision after the — Covenant renewed in a vision after the

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Chronicles 7:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 7:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 7:20

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 7:12

Dictionary and topics

2 Chronicles 7:20

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 7:12–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 7:12

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 7:20

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 7:12

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Chronicles 7:1–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 7:19-22

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 7:20