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1 Kings 8:43

that this house … is called by thy name The literal rendering of the Hebrew -that thy name is called upon this house," though not so good English, brings out more of the true notion of the words viz., that God has taken up His abode there, and that there men may approach very near unto Him.

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See also 1 Kings 8:43 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THAT ALL PEOPLE OF THE EARTH MAY KNOW THY NAME, TO FEAR THEE - Solomon prays that the result of Yahweh’s hearing the prayers of pagans addressed toward the temple may be the general conversion of the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    IS CALLED BY THY NAME— That is, _is thy house._ See Explicat. des Textes Difficiles, p. 188. REFLECTIONS.—1st, The priests and people appearing in consternation at the sight of the cloud, Solomon enc...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _(FOR THEY SHALL HEAR OF THY GREAT NAME, AND OF THY STRONG HAND, AND OF THY STRETCHED OUT ARM;) WHEN HE SHALL COME AND PRAY TOWARD THIS HOUSE;_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    8:43 dwelling-place, (a-7) 'Settled place', as in vers. 39 and 49. name. (b-59) Lit. 'that thy name is called over this house which I have built.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IS CALLED BY THY NAME] i.e. belongs to Thee: cp. 2 Samuel 12:27...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (41-43) MOREOVER, CONCERNING A STRANGER. — These verses in a striking digression (perhaps suggested by the general acknowledgment in the previous verse of God’s knowledge of every human heart), interp...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אַתָּ֞ה תִּשְׁמַ֤ע הַ שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ מְכֹ֣ון שִׁבְתֶּ֔ךָ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as [do] thy people Israel; and that...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (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...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    HEAR THOU IN HEAVEN THY DWELLINGPLACE,.... The prayer of the stranger: AND DO ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THE STRANGER CALLETH TO THEE FOR; which were consistent with the will of God and his glory, and for...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for: that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as [do] thy people Israel; and that...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for_ That is, so far as is agreeable to thy word and will. It is observable, that his prayer for the stranger is more large and comprehensive tha...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    hear Thou in heaven, thy dwelling-place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to Thee for, that all people of the earth may know thy name, to fear Thee, as do Thy people Israel, convinced...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Solomon's Invocation...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    THIS HOUSE WHICH I HAVE BUILDED, IS CALLED BY THY NAME: _ Heb._ thy name is called upon this house...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    DO ACCORDING TO ALL THAT THE STRANGER CALLETH TO THEE FOR, to wit, agreeable to thy will and word; for he would not have them heard, if they had prayed for any thing dishonourable to God, or destructi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    1 Kings 8:43 hear H8085 (H8799) heaven H8064 dwelling H3427 (H8800) place H4349 do H6213 (H8804) foreigner...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Kings 8:29; 1 Samuel 17:46; 2 Chronicles 6:33; 2 Kings 19:19;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Calleth for — Agreeable to thy will and word. It is observable, that his prayer for the strangers is more large, and comprehensive, than for the Israelites; that thereby he might both shew his public...

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