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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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HIS. all his, as in 2 Chronicles 6:30.
FOR THOU, &C. Figure of speech _Epitrechon._ App-6....
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_whose heart thou knowest_ This is the other aspect. God will know
whether the discipline have wrought its effect, whether the heart have
been plagued in such wise as to bring about repentance....
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DISCOURSE: 334
THE REQUISITES FOR ACCEPTABLE PRAYER
1 Kings 8:38. What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man,
or by all thy people Israel, which shall know every man the plague of
his own...
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GIVE TO EVERY MAN ACCORDING TO HIS WAYS— God is represented, in the
sacred writings, both as the _tutelary deity_ and the _supreme
magistrate_ of the Jews; in consequence of which, He governed them by...
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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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_WHAT PRAYER AND SUPPLICATION SOEVER BE MADE BY ANY MAN, OR BY ALL THY
PEOPLE ISRAEL, WHICH SHALL KNOW_ _ EVERY MAN THE PLAGUE OF HIS OWN
HEART, AND SPREAD FORTH HIS HANDS TOWARD THIS HOUSE:_
No JFB...
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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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(37-40) IF THERE BE PESTILENCE. — He then passes on to the various
plagues threatened in the Law — famine, pestilence, blasting of the
corn, mildew on the fruit, locust and caterpillar (see Leviticus...
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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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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...
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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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_Men. God cannot be imposed upon. If our heart be not moved with
sorrow for our offences, including a degree of love, in vain shall we
stretch forth our hands in prayer. (Calmet)_...
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(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...
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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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THEN HEAR THOU IN HEAVEN THY DWELLINGPLACE,.... Which was more
properly so than this Solomon had built, and the Lord had taken
possession of:
AND FORGIVE; remove the calamity and distress, be it what...
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Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and
give to every man according to his ways, whose heart thou knowest;
(for thou, [even] thou only, knowest the hearts of all the chil...
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_Give to every man according to his ways_ According to his repentance
or impenitency. As if he had said, I pray with the greater hope and
confidence, because I do not desire that thou wouldst deliver...
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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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then hear Thou in heaven, Thy dwelling-place, and forgive, and do, and
give to every man according to his ways, whose heart Thou knowest;
(for Thou, even thou only, knowest the hearts of all the child...
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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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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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ACCORDING TO HIS WAYS; according to his repentance or impenitency. I
pray with more hope and confidence, because I do not desire that thou
wouldst deliver such as are insensible of thy judgments, and...
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1 Kings 8:39 hear H8085 (H8799) heaven H8064 dwelling H3427 (H8800)
place H4349 forgive H5545 (H8804) act...
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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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_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 8:33 WHEN YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL ARE DEFEATED.
The second, third, and fourth petitions concern defeat in battle,
followed by exile from the LAND (vv....
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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 Chronicles 28:9; 1 Kings 8:32; 1 Kings 8:36; 1 Samuel 16:7;...
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Thou knowest — Not only the plagues of their hearts, their several
wants and burdens, (these he knows! but he will know them from us,)
but the desire and intent of the heart, the sincerity or hypocris...