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Verse 59. _AND LET THESE MY WORDS_] This and the following verse is a
sort of supplement to the prayer which ended 1 Kings 8:53; but there
is an important addition to this prayer in the parallel plac...
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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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AT ALL TIMES. Hebrew the matter of. day in its day: i.e. day by day....
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Solomon's closing benediction (Not in Chronicles)...
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_be nigh unto the Lord our God day and night_ That He may have them
always in remembrance.
_as the matter shall require_ The Hebrew is -the thing of a day in its
day" and the R.V. gives -as EVERY DAY...
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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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_AND LET THESE MY WORDS, WHEREWITH I HAVE MADE SUPPLICATION BEFORE THE
LORD, BE NIGH UNTO THE LORD OUR GOD DAY AND NIGHT, THAT HE MAINTAIN
THE CAUSE OF HIS SERVANT, AND THE CAUSE OF HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL...
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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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AND SOLOMON OFFERED. — The idea that the king on this occasion, and
on others, performed the priest’s ministerial office is manifestly
improbable. At all times he who brought the sacrifice was said to...
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וְ יִֽהְי֨וּ דְבָרַ֜י אֵ֗לֶּה אֲשֶׁ֤ר
הִתְחַנַּ֨נְתִּי֙...
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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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_Judgment, granting his just request, and defending him against all
his enemies. (Calmet)_...
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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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AND LET THESE MY WORDS, WHEREWITH I HAVE MADE SUPPLICATION BEFORE THE
LORD,.... At this time:
BE NIGH UNTO THE LORD OUR GOD DAY AND NIGHT; be continually remembered
and regarded by him, that so graci...
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_And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the
LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he maintain
the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel...
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_Let these my words be nigh unto the Lord our God, day and night_ Let
a gracious return be made to every prayer that shall be made there,
and that will be a constant answer to this prayer. _That he ma...
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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 let these my words wherewith I have made supplication before the
Lord be nigh unto the Lord, our God, day and night, that he maintain
the cause of His servant and the cause of His people Israel at...
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The Feast Of Dedication...
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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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AT ALL TIMES:
_ Heb._ the thing of a day in his day...
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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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OF HIS SERVANT, i.e. of me, as 1 KINGS 8:28, their king, and
consequently of all my successors. AND THE CAUSE OF HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL,
according to mine or their various necessities and exigencies....
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1 Kings 8:59 words H1697 supplication H2603 (H8694) before H6440 LORD
H3068 near H7138 LORD H3068 God H430 day...
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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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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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_At all times, as the matter shall require._
A GOOD PRACTICE FOR THE NEW YEAR
But the marginal and more literal rendering of the last clause is,
“as the thing of a day in its day shall require.”
I....
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_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...
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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 John 2:2; Deuteronomy 33:25; John 17:20; John 17:9; Luke 11:3;...