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Verse 33. _WHEN THY PEOPLE ISRAEL BE SMITTEN DOWN, C._] The SECOND
case. When their enemies make inroads upon them, and defeat them in
battle, and lead them into captivity, because God, being displea...
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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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WHEN. Note how these petitions are based on the _Pentateuch._ Compare
Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:25....
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_When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy_ Such an
event is contemplated in the language of Leviticus (Leviticus 26:17)
and Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 28:25) as well as the restoration an...
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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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_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:_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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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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WHEN THY PEOPLE. — From the individual, the prayer turns to those
which touch the whole nation. It pictures various national calamities,
and in each recognises not mere evils, but chastisements of God...
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בְּֽ הִנָּגֵ֞ף עַמְּךָ֧ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל
לִ פְנֵ֥י...
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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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APPEALS TO THE GOD OF MERCY
1 Kings 8:33
Solomon's prayer is evidently based on the book of Deuteronomy, and
tends to confirm the old belief that, with the rest of the Pentateuch,
this book came from...
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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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When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they
have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and (m)
confess thy name, and pray, and make supplication unto thee in thi...
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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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WHEN THY PEOPLE ISRAEL SHALL BE SMITTEN DOWN BEFORE THE ENEMY,....
Beaten and routed, many slain, and others carried captive; which had
been their case, and might be again, and was, though now a time...
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_When thy people be smitten_ This is the second case he puts. If the
people of Israel were in general groaning under any national calamity,
he desires that the prayers which they should make in or tow...
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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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When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy because they
have sinned against Thee, Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:25, AND
SHALL TURN AGAIN TO THEE, AND CONFESS THY NAME, AND PRAY, AND MAK...
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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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IN:
Or, towards...
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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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AND CONFESS THY NAME; give glory to thy name, by acknowledging their
sins, and thy justice; and by accepting the punishment of their
iniquity; and by trusting to thy power and goodness alone for their...
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1 Kings 8:33 people H5971 Israel H3478 defeated H5062 (H8736) before
H6440 enemy H341 (H8802) sinned H2398 ...
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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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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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_When Thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy._
THY PEOPLE ENGLAND
I_._ The conditions of national unity. When any one desires to
understand what is meant by a nation, he had better look u...
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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 8:33 WHEN YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL ARE DEFEATED.
The second, third, and fourth petitions concern defeat in battle,
followed by exile from the LAND (vv....
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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 8:30; 2 Chronicles 36:14; 2 Chronicles 6:24; 2 Chronicles
6:25;...
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Confess — Give glory to thy name, by acknowledging their sins, and
by justice; and by accepting the punishment of their iniquity; and by
trusting to thy power and goodness alone, for their deliverance...