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2 Chronicles 6:13
Now Solomon had made a bronze platform five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high and had placed it in the middle of the courtyard. He stood on it, knelt down before the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Solomon addresses the whole assembly of Israel from a bronze platform he constructed in the courtyard, positioning himself to pray immediately after standing before the altar.
The words — The Hebrew כִּיּוֹר נְחֹשֶׁת (kiyor nechosset) literally denotes a "bronze platform," while עָשָׂה ('asah) confirms Solomon personally built it and placed it in the middle of the precinct.
The thread — This posture parallels Ezra 9:5 and Nehemiah 8:4, while the surrounding prayer sequence connects to 1 Kings 8:54.
Why it lands — The text records Solomon's physical preparation and posture of kneeling with outstretched hands, establishing a concrete model of reverence before corporate worship.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
For Solomon had made a brasen scaffold, of five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven,
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 8:54 Now when Solomon had finished praying this entire prayer and petition to the LORD, he got up before the altar of the LORD, where he had been kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven.
- Nehemiah 8:4 Ezra the scribe stood on a high wooden platform built for this occasion. At his right side stood Mattithiah, Shema, Anaiah, Uriah, Hilkiah, and Maaseiah, and at his left were Pedaiah, Mishael, Malchijah, Hashum, Hash-baddanah, Zechariah, and Meshullam.
- Ezra 9:5 At the evening offering, I got up from my humiliation with my tunic and cloak torn, and I fell on my knees, spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
- Psalms 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.
- 1 Kings 6:36 Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
- 1 Kings 7:12 The great courtyard was surrounded by three rows of dressed stone and a row of trimmed cedar beams, as were the inner courtyard and portico of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Chronicles 4:9 He made the courtyard of the priests and the large court with its doors, and he overlaid the doors with bronze.
- Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before.
- Luke 22:41 And He withdrew about a stone’s throw beyond them, where He knelt down and prayed,
- Acts 20:36 When Paul had said this, he knelt down with all of them and prayed.