1 Kings 8:27 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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? ”

• 1 Kings 8:27 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  heaven of heavens - Compare Deuteronomy 10:14 ; Psalms 148:4 . It seems to mean the heaven in its most extended compass. Solomon combines with his belief in Yahweh’s special presence in the tem...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (i) 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? (i) He is ravished with the admiration of God'...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - 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 o...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  will. ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6. Compare 2 Chronicles 6:18 ; Isaiah 66:1 . Acts 7:48 ; Acts 7:49 . indeed . in truth. behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6. heaven, &amp...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  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? But will God indeed dwell on the earth? - This expr...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  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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• 1 Kings 8:27 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL 1 Kings 8:1-66 "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...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Breaking Three Commandments 1 Kings 21:1-29 ; 1 Kings 1:1-53 ; 1 Kings 2:1-46 ; 1 Kings 3:1-28 ; 1 Kings 4:1-34 ; 1 Kings 5:1-18 ; 1 Kings 6:1-38 ; 1 Kings 7:1-51 ; 1 Kings 8:1-66 ; 1 Ki...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (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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• 1 Kings 8:27 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

  GOD’S DWELLING PLACE ‘Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house that I have builded?’ 1 Kings 8:27 I. Every one will recall the scene of Solomon...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But will God indeed dwell on the earth ?.... Is it true? Can any credit be given to it? Who could ever have thought it, that so great and glorious a Being, who inhabits eternity, dwells in the highe...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  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? Ver. 27. Will God indeed dwell on the earth? ]...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  But will God indeed dwell on earth? Is it possible that the great and high and holy God, the infinite, the eternal, should stoop so low as to take up his dwelling among men? Behold the heaven , &a...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - L. 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...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Solomon's Prayer. B. C. 1003.       22 And Solomon stood before the altar of the L ORD in the...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Reflecting upon God's performance of his promise concerning the building of the temple, he breaks forth into admiration, Is it possible that the great, and high, and lofty God should stoop so low, as...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Solomon's Prayer Of Dedication Of The Temple ( 1 Kings 8:22-62 ). Having, as he hoped, reconciled the people to having the Temple in Jerusalem as their Central Sanctuary, Solomon now reminded God...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - 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 dedica...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - 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...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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 relate...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Solomon's Invocation

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:1 ; 2 Chronicles 2:6 ; 2 Chronicles 6:18 ; 2 Corinthians 12:2 ; 2 Corinthians 6:16 ; Acts 17:24 ; Acts 7:48 ; Acts 7:49 ; Deuteronomy 10:14 ; Isaiah 66:1 ; Jeremiah 23:24 ; John...

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• 1 Kings 8:27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  But will — Is it possible that the great, and high, and lofty God should stoop so low, as to take up his dwelling amongst men? The heaven — All this vast space of the visible heaven. And heaven, &a...

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