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Selected Verse: 2 Chronicles 2:4 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Ch 2:4 |
King James |
Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The symbolic meaning of "burning incense" is indicated in Rev 8:3-4. Consult the marginal references to this verse.
The solemn feasts - The three great annnual festivals, the Passover, the Feast of Weeks (Pentecost), and the Feast of tabernacles Lev. 23:4-44; Deut. 16:1-17. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
shewbread
(See Scofield) - (Exo 25:30). |
3 And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.
4 And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
30 And thou shalt set upon the table shewbread before me alway.