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Verse 30. _TOWARD THIS PLACE_] Both tabernacle and temple were types
of our Lord Jesus, or of _God manifested in the flesh_; and he was and
is the Mediator between God and man. All prayer, to be acce...
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AND WHEN THOU HEAREST, FORGIVE - literally, “both hear and
forgive” - i. e., “hear the prayer, and forgive the sin” which
alone causes God to chasten men or to withhold from them His choicest
blessing...
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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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DWELLING PLACE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
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DISCOURSE: 333
FOR THE OPENING OF TRINITY CHURCH AT CHELTENHAM
1 Kings 8:28. Have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to
his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to th...
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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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_AND HEARKEN THOU TO THE SUPPLICATION OF THY SERVANT, AND OF THY
PEOPLE ISRAEL, WHEN THEY SHALL PRAY TOWARD THIS PLACE: AND HEAR THOU
IN HEAVEN THY DWELLING PLACE: AND WHEN THOU HEAREST, FORGIVE._
He...
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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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וְ שָׁ֨מַעְתָּ֜ אֶל ־תְּחִנַּ֤ת
עַבְדְּךָ֙ וְ...
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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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GOD GREATER THAN ANY TEMPLE
1 Kings 8:22
Solomon's different attitudes are specially mentioned. First he stood
with hands outspread, 1 Kings 8:22; then, as indicated by 1 Kings
8:54, he came to his k...
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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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(23) And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in
heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with
thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: (24)...
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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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AND HEARKEN THOU TO THE SUPPLICATION OF THY SERVANT, AND OF THY PEOPLE
ISRAEL, WHEN THEY SHALL PRAY TOWARDS THIS PLACE,.... Not only he
desires his prayers might be heard, but those of the people of I...
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And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people
Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in
heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
Ver....
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_When they shall pray toward this place_ None but the priests might
enter that place, but when the people worshipped in the courts of the
temple, it was to be with an eye toward it, not with a superst...
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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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And hearken Thou to the supplication of Thy servant and of Thy people
Israel when they shall pray toward this place; and hear Thou in
heaven, thy dwelling-place, as the prayers rise to the Throne of
G...
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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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TOWARD THIS PLACE:
Or, in this place...
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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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THY DWELLING-PLACE; which he adds, that the people might not idolize
the temple, nor presume upon it, as if God were now fast tied to them,
as having no other dwelling-place; and to direct them in all...
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1 Kings 8:30 hear H8085 (H8804) supplication H8467 servant H5650
people H5971 Israel H3478 pray H6419 (H8691) place
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“ And hearken you to the supplication of your servant, and of your
people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place. Yes, hear you
in heaven your dwelling-place, and when you hear, forgive (salac...
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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 thou hearest, forgive._
THE FIRST PRAYER IN SOLOMON’S TEMPLE
Simple, touching, and beautiful were the words of the first prayer
offered under the roof of Solomon’s Temple. Forgiveness is the fi...
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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 8:27 WILL GOD INDEED DWELL ON THE EARTH? The
temple is a special place where God’s NAME is, a place toward which
his EYES are open
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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 8:34; 1 Kings 8:36; 1 Kings 8:39; 2 Chronicles 20:8;...