And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
Ver. 3. I have heard thy prayer.] God sometimes answereth his people before they ask, Isa 65:24 as he did David; Psa 32:5 sometimes as they are asking, as he did Daniel; Dan 9:20 but certainly after they have prayed, provided that they bring to him lawful petitions and honest hearts. The reason whereof, see John 16:26,27 .
Mine eyes and my heart shall be there.] It shall well be seen that this house is mihi chara, cordi, et curae.