2 Chronicles 6:41

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness.

Thy resting

1 Chronicles 28:2

Isaiah 66:1

The ark

Joshua 3:13

Joshua 6:4

Romans 1:16

Thy priests

Thy saints

Bible References

Thy resting

Then David the king got up and said, Give ear to me, my brothers and my people; it was my desire to put up a house, a resting-place for the ark of the Lord's agreement, and for the foot-rest of our God; and I had got material ready for the building of it.

The Lord says, Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is the resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, and what place will be my resting-place?

The ark

And when the feet of the priests who take up the ark of the Lord, the Lord of all the earth, come to rest in the waters of Jordan, the waters of Jordan will be cut off, all the waters flowing down from higher up, and will come together in a mass.

And let seven priests go before the ark with seven loud-sounding horns in their hands: on the seventh day you are to go round the town seven times, the priests blowing their horns.

For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.

Thy priests

And he saw that there was no man, and was surprised that there was no one to take up their cause: so his arm gave salvation, and he made righteousness his support.

To give them a fair head-dress in place of dust, the oil of joy in place of the clothing of grief, praise in place of sorrow; so that they may be named trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, and so that he may have glory.

But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and do not give thought to the flesh to do its desires.

For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ.

That you are to put away, in relation to your earlier way of life, the old man, which has become evil by love of deceit;

And to her it was given to be clothed in delicate linen, clean and shining: for the clean linen is the righteousness of the saints.

Thy saints

And they took walled towns and a fat land, and became the owners of houses full of all good things, water-holes cut in the rock, vine-gardens and olive-gardens and a wealth of fruit-trees: so they had food enough and became fat, and had joy in the good you gave them.

Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.

But men will be glad and have joy for ever in what I am making; for I am making Jerusalem a delight, and her people a joy.

For how good it is and how beautiful! grain will make the young men strong and new wine the virgins.

For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:

Be glad in the Lord at all times: again I say, Be glad.