1 Kings 8:23

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare Deuteronomy 7:9 .
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
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 h...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mercy . lovingkindness, or grace.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 servant...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

And he said ] The passage that follows is full of a sense of God's infinitude ( 1 Kings 8:27 ), righteousness ( 1 Kings 8:32 ), and omniscience ( 1...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There is no God like Thee. — These words, often used in the Psalms ( Psalms 71:19 ; Psalms 86:8 ; Psalms 89:6 ), and especially found in the than...
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...
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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 7:13-51 ; 1 Kings 8:12-61 "The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jer...
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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God Greater than Any Temple 1 Kings 8:22-32 Solomon's different attitudes are specially mentioned. First he stood with hands outspread, 1 King...
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....
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 servan...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he said, Lord God of Israel ,.... Their covenant God and Father, whereby he was distinguished from all the gods of the Gentiles: there is no g...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lord God of Israel, there is none like thee He here acknowledges the transcendent excellences of Jehovah; and again particularly extols his faith...
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 t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solomon's Prayer. B. C. 1003. 22 And S...
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...
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 (wh...
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...
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Solomon's Invocation
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 tha...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 2:4 ; 1 Kings 3:6 ; 1 Kings 6:12 ; 1 Samuel 2:2 ; 2 Kings 20:3 ; 2 Samuel 7:22 ; Daniel 9:4 ; Deuteronomy 7:9 ; Exodus 15:11 ; Exod...

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:

Related Commentaries of 1 Kings 8:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 8:23