1 Kings 8:27-30

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 (see Isaiah 66:1). Though God will dwell in the temple (1 Kings 8:10, 1 Kings 8:13; see note on 1 Sam. 4:3–4), it is not to be thought of as the only place where God is. God hears prayers in heaven (1 Kings 8:30), which is his dwelling place. Even then, however, God cannot be limited to any one place. He does not, strictly speaking, dwell in even the highest heaven (v. 1 Kings 8:27). God cannot be confined by space.