1 Kings 6:11

God's promise to Solomon and to the people of Israel (Not in Chronicles)

11. And the word of the Lord came The LXX. (Vat.) omits these three verses, as if intending to bring the whole narrative of the building into closer connexion.

We are not told by what means this divine communication was made, whether in a vision, or through Nathan the prophet, as the original message came to David (2 Samuel 7:4). It is a message in the genuine prophetic spirit. The Temple has no value of its own, except so far as it is the sign and witness of obedienceto Jehovah.