That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD [is] God, [and that there is] none else.
Ver. 60. That all the people, &c.] It is the ingenuity of saints, in all their desired and expected mercies, to study and to promote God's ends more than their own.
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...
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...
MAY KNOW. Compare Deuteronomy 4:39. IS. he [is]....
_that all the people of the earth may know_ This was always the view of the pious Israelite that God's glory might be known among all nations. Cf. Joshua 4:24; 1 Samuel 17:46. There is nothing in 2 Ch...
Solomon's closing benediction (Not in Chronicles)...
DISCOURSE: 335 SOLOMON’S THANKSGIVING PRAYER 1 Kings 8:54. And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord) he arose from before the altar of...
C. THE DEDICATORY BENEDICTION 8:54-61 TRANSLATION (54) And it came to pass when Solomon had finished praying unto the LORD all of this prayer and supplication, he arose from before the altar of the L...
_THAT ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH MAY KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GOD, AND THAT THERE IS NONE ELSE._ That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God ... - not only by the exhibition of natio...
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...
THAT ALL THE PEOPLE, ETC.] Israel had a mission to discharge to the other nations of the world, partly by exhibiting conspicuously in its fortunes the moral principles on which God governed mankind (J...
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...
לְמַ֗עַן דַּ֚עַת כָּל ־עַמֵּ֣י הָ אָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥
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...
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...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
PETITION AND SACRIFICE 1 Kings 8:54 The man, as we have seen, who kneels most humbly before God is empowered to bless the people in God's name. What an august and noble testimony the king bore: “Ther...
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...
(55) And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying, (56) Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there...
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...
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...
THAT ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE EARTH MAY KNOW THAT THE LORD IS GOD,.... By chastising the people of Israel when they sinned; by bearing and answering their prayers when they prayed unto him; by forgiving...
_That all the people of the earth may know that the Lord_ (Hebrew, _Jehovah_) _is God_ That both by our virtuous and holy lives, to which his grace inclines us; and by the eminent manifestations of hi...
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...
that all the people of the earth may know that the Lord is God, and that there is none else....
The Feast Of Dedication...
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...
54-61 Never was a congregation dismissed with what was more likely to affect them, and to abide with them. What Solomon asks for in this prayer, is still granted in the intercession of Christ, of whi...
Both by our virtuous and holy lives, to which thou inclinest us by thy grace; and by the eminent manifestations of thy power and goodness, in defending and delivering us from all the assaults and devi...
1 Kings 8:60 peoples H5971 earth H776 know H3045 (H8800) LORD H3068 God H430 That all - 1 Kings
SOLOMON'S CLOSING BLESSING OF THE PEOPLE (1 KINGS 8:55). In his first blessing (1 Kings 8:14), prior to his major prayer, Solomon had been concerned to establish the credentials of the Temple. Now, ho...
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...
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,...
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...
_The Lord our God be with us, as He was with our fathers._ THE TRAVAIL OF THE AGES This text plants us on the border-line between two generations. A king was dead. A king was born. Only a heart-throb...
_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...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 8:61. Let your heart be perfect with the LORD, שָׁלֵם עִם יְהֹוָה; _uprightly_ with Jehovah (Luther); _submissive_ (Dr. Wette); _in friendship with God_ (Gesen...
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...
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...
1 Kings 18:39; 1 Kings 8:43; 1 Samuel 17:46; 2 Kings 19:19;...