1 Kings 8:16

_AND HE SAID, BLESSED BE THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, WHICH SPAKE WITH HIS MOUTH UNTO DAVID MY FATHER, AND HATH WITH HIS HAND FULFILLED IT, SAYING,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

12-21 Solomon encouraged the priests, who were much astonished at the dark cloud. The dark dispensations of Providence should quicken us in fleeing for refuge to the hope of the gospel. Nothing can more reconcile us to them, than to consider what God has said, and to compare his word and works together. Whatever good we do, we must look on it as the performance of God's promise to us, not of our promises to him....

Verse 1 Kings 8:16. _SINCE THE DAY, C._] Mention is here made, says Dr. Kennicott, of some _one place_ and some one person preferred before all others and the preference is that of _Jerusalem_ to other _places_, and of _David_ to other _men_. In consequence of this remark, we shall see the necessity of correcting this passage by its parallel in 2 Chronicles 6:5, where the thirteen Hebrew words now lost in Kings are happily preserved. Let us compare the passages: - K. _Since to day that I brought forth my people_ C. Since the day that I brought forth my people K. _Israel out of_ _Egypt, I chose no CITY_ C. out of the land of Egypt, I chose no CITY K. _out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house_,...

The marginal reference completes the sense of this verse here. The passage is in accordance with archaic modes of speech, and is probably the more verbally accurate of the two....

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 related in this chapter, and divides itself into four sections. We have (1) the removal of the ark and Solomon's ascription of praise on the occasion (1 Kings 8:1). (2) The prayer of consecration (1 Kings 8:23-11). (3) The benediction of the congregation (1 Kings 8:55-11), and (4) the festal sacrifices which followed on and completed the dedication ...

SINCE THE DAY THAT I BROUGHT FORTH MY PEOPLE ISRAEL OUT OF EGYPT,.... Which was now about four hundred and eighty eight years ago; see 1 Kings 6:1. I CHOSE NO CITY OUT OF ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL TO BUILD AN HOUSE, THAT MY NAME MIGHT BE THEREIN; he had chosen one in his mind from all eternity; but he had not made known this choice, nor the place he had chosen; he gave hints by Moses, that there was a place which he should choose, or declare he had chosen to put his name in, but did not express it, Deuteronomy 12:5 but now it was a clear case that he had chosen Jerusalem, and that was the city he always had in view, see 2 Chronicles 6:6, but I chose David to be over my people Isra

CHAPTER 8THE DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE _ 1. The great assembly (1 Kings 8:1)_ 2. The transportation of the ark (1 Kings 8:3) 3. The glory of the LORD filling the house (1 Kings 8:10) 4. Solomon's opening words (1 Kings 8:12) 5. Solomon's great prayer (1 Kings 8:22) 6. Solomon's benediction (1 Kings 8:54) 7. The sacrifices and the feast ...

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 of Israel, and has either witnessed its downfall or perceived that it was imminent. 1 Kings 8:1 is, however, probably from the early record of how the house of Yahweh was dedicated by Solomon, of which 1 Kings 8:62 is the continuation, the prayer of Solomon being Deuteronomic. In 1 Kings 8:12 f. we may have preserved an authentic poetic utterance of Solomon himself in the words of the dedication of the Temple. As they are given in the LXX they read as follows: Yahweh set the sun in heaven,...

THEREIN. there, with Septuagint and 2 Chronicles 6:5. The Septuagint adds after this word "and. have chosen Jerusalem that My Name might be there". This is preserved in 2 Chronicles 6:6. The scribe's eye, in copying, went back to the next word, "I have chosen David", and went on from there, omitting the sentence given above....

_that my name might be therein_ The expression in the Pentateuch is constant about the place which is dedicated to the worship of God: -God records His name there" (Exodus 20:24); -God chooses it to put His name there" (Deuteronomy 12:5); -God chooses it to cause His name to dwell there" (Deuteronomy 12:11). In Exodus 20:24 the phrase is -in all places," because by that code it was contemplated that the place set apart for worship would be changed from time to time, and before the one permanent place was fixed upon, there would be many places where God was worshipped. Deuteronomy represents the ideal to be aimed at when the peo