Verses 1-11
2. Solomon’s address 6:1-11
Solomon repeated some of the promises in the Davidic Covenant publicly. His completion of the temple fulfilled part of what God had promised. Complete fulfillment required Solomon’s continued faithfulness to God (1 Chronicles 28:9). Unfortunately, Solomon was not completely faithful, so some of those promises remained unfulfilled. Another Son of David would fulfill them later.
God had previously dwelt in the thick cloud on Mount Sinai (Exodus 20:21), as well as among His people in the wilderness (Exodus 40:34-35). This cloud again represented God’s presence among His people (cf. 2 Samuel 22:7-18; Psalms 97:2; et al.).
God’s choice of Jerusalem as His place of dwelling, and David as His vice-regent (2 Chronicles 6:6), would have encouraged the returned exiles. They were back in Jerusalem, and the descendants of David lived among them. God had commended David’s desire to glorify Himself (2 Chronicles 6:8), another incentive for Solomon’s hearers, for the restoration community, and for us.
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