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Verse 29. _MY NAME SHALL BE THERE_] I will there show forth my power
and my glory by enlightening, quickening, pardoning, sanctifying, and
saving all my sincere worshippers....
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The choice of Jerusalem as the place seems to have been made by
special revelation to David. See Psalms 78:68; Psalms 132:13; and
compare 1 Chronicles 22:1....
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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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even _toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be
there_ These words refer back to 1 Kings 8:16, and appear to imply all
that is contained in the expansion there alluded to from 2 Chron...
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DISCOURSE: 333
FOR THE OPENING OF TRINITY CHURCH AT CHELTENHAM
1 Kings 8:28. Have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to
his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken unto the cry and to th...
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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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_BUT WILL GOD INDEED DWELL ON THE EARTH? BEHOLD, THE HEAVEN AND HEAVEN
OF HEAVENS CANNOT CONTAIN THEE; HOW MUCH LESS THIS HOUSE THAT I HAVE
BUILDED?_
No JFB commentary on these verses....
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MAKE TOWARD THIS PLACE] In later times the Jews, when praying in
foreign lands, turned their faces toward Jerusalem (Daniel 6:10)....
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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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לִ הְיֹות֩ עֵינֶ֨ךָ פְתֻחֹ֜ות אֶל ־הַ
בַּ֤יִת
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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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GOD GREATER THAN ANY TEMPLE
1 Kings 8:22
Solomon's different attitudes are specially mentioned. First he stood
with hands outspread, 1 Kings 8:22; then, as indicated by 1 Kings
8:54, he came to his k...
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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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_My name. It shall be called the house of God. (Haydock) --- There
people shall come to do homage to the Lord. (Calmet)_...
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(23) And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in
heaven above, or on earth beneath, who keepest covenant and mercy with
thy servants that walk before thee with all their heart: (24)...
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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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THAT THINE EYES MAY BE OPEN TOWARDS THIS HOUSE NIGHT AND DAY,.... That
is, to the people that pray in it, as they are to his righteous ones,
Psalms 33:14 even towards the place of which thou hast my n...
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That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, [even]
toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that
thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall m...
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_Yet have thou respect_, &c. Though thou art not comprehended within
this place, yet show thyself to be graciously present here, by
accepting and granting my present request here offered unto thee.
_T...
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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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that Thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even
toward the place of which Thou hast said, my name shall be there,
Deuteronomy 12:11; THAT THOU MAYEST HEARKEN UNTO THE PRAYER WHICH TH...
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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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TOWARDS THIS PLACE:
Or, in this place...
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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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THAT THINE EYES MAY BE OPEN to behold, to wit, with an eye of favour
and compassion. So it is a synecdochical expression: compare PSALMS
33:18, PSALMS 34:15 MALACHI 12:4. MY NAME; my presence, and glo...
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1 Kings 8:29 eyes H5869 open H6605 (H8803) temple H1004 night H3915
day H3117 place H4725 said H559 ...
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“ That your eyes may be open towards this house night and day, even
towards the place of which you have said, “My name shall be
there,” to listen to the prayer which your servant shall pray
towards th...
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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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_This place._
MEDITATIONS IN A NEW CHURCH
I_._ What the house of God is not.
1. In this place is no architectural type; it is no homage to the
esthetics of form. Architecture is but a help and a co...
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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 8:27 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
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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 Kings 11:36; 1 Kings 8:16; 1 Kings 8:43; 1 Kings 8:52; 2 Chro
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Open — To behold with an eye of favour. My name — My presence, and
glory and grace. This place — This temple, to which Solomon did now
look, and towards which, the godly Israelites directed their look...