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THE FURNACE OF IRON - Egypt is so called as a place of severe trial
and affliction....
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CHAPTER 8THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE
_ 1. The great assembly (1 Kings 8:1)_
2. The transportation of the ark (1 Kings 8:3)
3. The glory of the LORD filling the house (1 Kings 8:10)
4. Solomon's o...
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SOLOMON'S DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE, PRAYER AND ADDRESS. This chapter
is mainly Deuteronomic, being clearly written from the standpoint of
one who has seen the Temple as the one national sanctuary of I...
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FURNACE. furnace for the smelting of iron; not made of iron. Compare
Genesis 15:17....
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_from the midst of the furnace of iron_ The bondage of Egypt is so
called, Deuteronomy 4:20. The idea is of the intense heat needed to
melt iron in a furnace, and that with this the suffering of Israe...
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C. THE DEDICATORY PRAYER 8:22-53
The dedicatory prayer of Solomon is one of the most beautiful passages
in the Bible. No doubt the author of Kings copied this composition
from the _book of the acts of...
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_YET IF THEY SHALL BETHINK THEMSELVES IN THE LAND WHITHER THEY WERE
CARRIED CAPTIVES, AND REPENT, AND MAKE SUPPLICATION UNTO THEE IN THE
LAND OF THEM THAT CARRIED THEM CAPTIVES, SAYING, WE HAVE SINNED...
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FURNACE OF IRON] i.e. a furnace hot enough to melt iron....
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THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE. SOLOMON'S PRAYER
1. The chief of the fathers] i.e. heads of families. OUT OF THE CITY]
The Temple and Palace were built on the site of Araunah's threshing
floor (2 Chroni...
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GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY
1 KINGS
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 8
THE CEREMONY AT THE OPENING OF THE *TEMPLE
V1 King Solomon called the leaders of the *tribes and the families in
*Israel together. The...
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(23-53) The prayer of Solomon, uttered (see 1 Kings 8:54) on his knees
with hands uplifted to heaven, long and detailed as it is, is yet of
extreme simplicity of idea. It begins (_a_), in 1 Kings 8:23...
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(51-53) FOR THEY BE THY PEOPLE. — This pleading with God by His
deliverance of the people from Egypt, and by His promise to Moses to
make them His inheritance (see Exodus 19:5; Deuteronomy 9:26;
Deute...
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כִּֽי ־עַמְּךָ֥ וְ נַחֲלָתְךָ֖ הֵ֑ם
אֲשֶׁ֤ר ה
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THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL
1 Kings 8:1
"Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice."
- 1 Samuel 15:22
BEFORE we enter on the subject of the Temple worship, it is necessary
to emphasize...
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THE IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE
1 Kings 7:13; 1 Kings 8:12
"The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at
Jerusalem, worship the Father But the hour cometh, and now is, whe...
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A PLEA FOR NATIONAL RIGHTEOUSNESS
1 Kings 8:44
How true it is that there is no man that sinneth not, 1 Kings 8:46!
Only one that ever walked this earth was holy, guileless, and
undefiled, Hebrews 7:2...
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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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The Temple being finished, the great ceremony of dedication commenced.
The permanent link between Tabernacle and Temple was the Ark of the
Covenant. With great care and impressive ceremony, they had c...
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CHAPTER VIII.
_ Iron. This expression is often used to denote the rigour of the
Egyptian bondage, Deuteronomy iv. 20. Thus Homer says, that Mars was
shut up for thirteen months in a barrel (or prison...
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(31) If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid
upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come before thine altar
in this house: (32) Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge...
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The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the
priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and
dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people
desi...
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The circumstances which revealed the character of this rest were
remarkable. The staves, with which the priests had borne the ark, were
now the memorial of their journeys with God, who, in His faithfu...
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FOR THEY BE THY PEOPLE, AND THINE INHERITANCE,.... Whom the Lord had
chosen above all people, to be a special people to him, and to be his
portion and possession; see Deuteronomy 7:6
WHICH THOU BROUG...
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For they [be] thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest
forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron:
Ver. 51. _For they be thy people._] Culled and called out of the rest...
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_That they may have compassion on them_ Treat them mercifully while
they continue their slaves, and give them liberty to return to their
own land. God has the hearts of all men in his hands, and, can,...
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1 The feast of the dedication of the Temple.
12 and
54 Solomons blessing.
22 Solomons prayer.
62 His sacrifice of peace offrings.
1 THEN [NOTE: 2 Chronicles 5:2.] Solomon assembled the Elders of...
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for they be Thy people and Thine inheritance, Deuteronomy 9:29, WHICH
THOU BROUGHTEST FORTH OUT OF EGYPT, FROM THE MIDST OF THE FURNACE OF
IRON, Deuteronomy 4:20;...
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Solomon's Invocation...
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THE ARK AND TABERNACLE FURNITURE
(vs.1-13)
The temple being completed, there was one matter of importance
remaining. Thus, for the bringing of the ark to the temple Solomon
assembled the elders of Is...
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22-53 In this excellent prayer, Solomon does as we should do in every
prayer; he gives glory to God. Fresh experiences of the truth of God's
promises call for larger praises. He sues for grace and fa...
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1 Kings 8:51 people H5971 inheritance H5159 out H3318 (H8689) Egypt
H4714 out H8432 iron H1270 furnace H3564)...
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SOLOMON'S PRAYER OF DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE (1 KINGS 8:22).
Having, as he hoped, reconciled the people to having the Temple in
Jerusalem as their Central Sanctuary, Solomon now reminded God of His
co...
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“ For they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought
forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the furnace of iron,”
Here the emphasis is not on the land as their inheritance (1 Kings
8:34;...
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CONTENTS: Ark brought in; Skekinah glory fills the temple. Solomon's
sermon.
CHARACTERS: God, Solomon.
CONCLUSION: All cost and pains are lost on stately structures unless
God has been in the work,...
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1 Kings 8:1. _Solomon assembled the elders,_ after twenty years'
labour. That is, in the fourth year of his reign he began to build the
temple; in seven years and a half more he finished and dedicated...
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_Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord._
THE DEDICATORY PRAYER
Now we approach the great prayer by which the temple was dedicated.
The house itself was nothing. It was but a gilded sepulchre, a...
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 8:22 The ark of the covenant has arrived in
the temple (vv. 1 Kings 8:1), and Solomon has addressed the people
about the meaning of the event (vv....
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1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 8:46 CARRIED AWAY CAPTIVE. The seventh
petition returns to defeat and exile, the major concern of the prayer.
In exile, if the people should REPENT and pray toward l
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CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.—
1 Kings 8:28. PRAYER, SUPPLICATION, AND CRY—תְּפִלָּה,
מְּחִנּה רנּה are respectively _prayer in general_
(whether praise, petition, or thanks), _entreaty_ or supplic...
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EXPOSITION
THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE.—The stately and impressive service
with which the Temple, the character and contents of which have now
been described, was dedicated, is related in this chapt...
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Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the
tribes, and they brought the ark of the covenant into the temple, and
as they did, the glory of the Lord came and filled the temple and...
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1 Kings 8:53; 2 Chronicles 6:39; Deuteronomy 4:20; Deuteronomy 9:26;...