When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
Solomon had, in the foregoing verses, signed and sealed, as it were, the deed of dedication, by which the temple was appropriated to the honour and service of God. Now here he prays the consecration-prayer, by which it was made a figure of Christ, the great Mediator, through whom we are to offer all our prayers, and to expect all God's favours, and to whom...
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 6:12-42
If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house, &c.--In cases where the testimony of witnesses could not be obtained and there was no way of settling a difference or dispute between two people but by accepting the oath of the accused, the practice had gradually...
If a man sin against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house; (f) By retaining anything from him, or by denying that which he has left him to keep, or do him any wrong.