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Verse 61. _LET YOUR HEART THEREFORE BE PERFECT_] Be sincere in your
faith, be irreproachable in your conduct....
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AS AT THIS DAY - i. e. “as ye are now doing, in coming with pious
intentions to this festival.”...
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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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PERFECT WITH. loyal: i.e. not divided between Jehovah and other gods;
hence wholly devoted to. Not heeded by Solomon himself. Compare 1Ki
9:6. 1 Kings 11:4....
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Solomon's closing benediction (Not in Chronicles)...
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_perfect_ i.e. -Entirely surrendered" (_shâläm_). So in Arabic
_islam_= religion as entire submission; _moslem_, the religious man as
entirely devoted....
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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...
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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...
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_LET YOUR HEART THEREFORE BE PERFECT WITH THE LORD OUR GOD, TO WALK IN
HIS STATUTES, AND TO KEEP HIS_ _ LET YOUR HEART THEREFORE BE PERFECT
WITH THE LORD OUR GOD, TO WALK IN HIS STATUTES, AND TO KEEP...
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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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PERFECT WITH] i.e. not divided between the Lord and other gods: see 1
Kings 9:6; 1 Kings 11:4....
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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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וְ הָיָ֤ה לְבַבְכֶם֙ שָׁלֵ֔ם עִ֖ם
יְהוָ֣ה אֱל
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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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BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS
1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
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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...
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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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(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...
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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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LET YOUR HEART THEREFORE BE PERFECT WITH THE LORD YOUR GOD,....
Sincere in their love to him, united in their worship of him, and
constant in their obedience to him:
TO WALK IN HIS STATUTES, AND TO K...
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_Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord your God_ Be
sincere and serious in your purposes of new obedience. Let it be
universal, without dividing; upright, without dissembling; and
constant...
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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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The Feast Of Dedication...
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Let your heart therefore be perfect with the Lord, our God, being
dedicated to Him in undivided allegiance, TO WALK IN HIS STATUTES, AND
TO KEEP HIS COMMANDMENTS, AS AT THIS DAY. A real prayer, made i...
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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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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...
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PERFECT, i.e. sincere and serious in your purposes of obedience; for
sinless perfection he himself taught them was not to be expected here,
ECCLESIASTES 7:20....
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1 Kings 8:61 heart H3824 loyal H8003 LORD H3068 God H430 walk H3212
(H8800) statutes H2706 keep H8104 ...
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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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“ Let your heart therefore be perfect with YHWH our God, to walk in
his statutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.”
He then called on the people to make this true by having hearts that
w...
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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...
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PERFECT
The word implies whole-heartedness for God, single-mindedness,
sincerity -- not sinless perfection....
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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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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...
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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 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Kings 11:4; 1 Kings 15:14; 1 Kings 15:3;...
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Perfect — Let your obedience be universal, without dividing;
upright, without dissembling; and constant, without declining....