Genesis 18:25; Jeremiah 5:28; Psalms 9:4
Solomon's Dedication of the Temple, Prayer and Address. This chapter is mainly Deuteronomic, being clearly written from the standpoint of one who h...
cause. Hebrew judgment: i.e. execute judgment for them.
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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...
(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...
(44-50) If thy people go out. — The prayer here returns once more to invoke God’s aid against earthly enemies. It is characteristic of the forebod...
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...
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...
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...
a Plea for National Righteousness 1 Kings 8:44-53 How true it is that there is no man that sinneth not, 1 Kings 8:46 ! Only one that ever walk...
The Temple being finished, the great ceremony of dedication commenced. The permanent link between Tabernacle and Temple was the Ark of the Covenant....
(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 hous...
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication ,.... For success: and maintain their cause ; do them justice, and avenge their injur...
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause. Ver. 45. And maintain their cause. ] By appearing for them...
If thy people go out to battle In a just cause, and by thy warrant and commission. This is the next case recommended by Solomon to the divine favou...
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...
Solomon's Prayer. B. C. 1003. 22 And S...
Declare the justice of their cause, by giving them the victory.
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...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 8:28 . Prayer, supplication, and cry —תְּפִלָּה, מְּחִנּה רנּה are respectively prayer in general (wh...
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...
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...
EXPOSITION THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE .—The stately and impressive service with which the Temple, the character and contents of which...
Solomon's Invocation
then hear Thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause, causing right and justice to take their course upon them.
45 Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.j