1 Kings 8:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities;h whatsoever plague, whatsoever sickness there be; ”

1 Kings 8:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the land of their cities - literally, “in the land of their gates.” Hence, the marginal translation “jurisdiction,” because judgments were pronounced in the town gates Deuteronomy 16:18 . Ano...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

pestilence . death. Compare Leviticus 26:26 . blasting . blight. cities. Hebrew gates. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for cities.
1 Kings 8:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever...
1 Kings 8:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoeve...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 judg...
1 Kings 8:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ver. 37 If there be in the land famine ,.... Through want of rain, or any other cause, as there had been a three years' famine in the time of David, and it is supposed it might be again, though Cana...
1 Kings 8:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, [or] if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever...
1 Kings 8:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

If there be in the land famine Which arose sometimes from other causes besides want of rain. If their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities In their gates , whereby they should be so st...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Caterpillar, i.e. the plague of locusts, or caterpillars, infesting a land by their great numbers, and venomous or noxious qualities; of which see Exodus 10:4,5 Deu 28:42 Psalms 105:34,35 . W...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - 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...
1 Kings 8:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon's Invocation
1 Kings 8:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 21:12 ; 2 Chronicles 20:9 ; 2 Chronicles 6:28-31 ; 2 Kings 6:25-29 ; Ezekiel 14:21 ; Jeremiah 32:2 ; Jeremiah 39:1-3 ; Joel 1:4-7 ; Joel 2:25 ; Joel 2:26 ; Leviticus 26:16 ;...

1 Kings 8:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Kings 8:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:37 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Kings 8:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Kings 8:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 8:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Kings 8:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Kings 8:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Kings 8:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Kings 8:37 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Kings 8:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Kings 8:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Kings 8:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 8:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Kings 8:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Kings 8:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Kings 8:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Kings 8:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Kings 8:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

1 Kings 8:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Kings 8:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Kings 8:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge