_THEN SAID SOLOMON, THE LORD HATH SAID THAT HE WOULD DWELL IN THE THICK DARKNESS._ The Lord hath said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. This introduction to Solomon's address was evidently suggested by the remarkable incident recorded at the close of the last chapter-the phenomenon of a de... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT I HAVE BUILT AN HOUSE OF HABITATION FOR THEE, AND A PLACE FOR THY DWELLING FOR EVER._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD THEREFORE HATH PERFORMED HIS WORD THAT HE HATH SPOKEN: FOR I AM RISEN UP IN THE ROOM OF DAVID MY FATHER, AND AM SET ON THE THRONE OF ISRAEL, AS THE LORD PROMISED, AND HAVE BUILT THE HOUSE FOR THE NAME OF THE LORD GOD OF ISRAEL._ I am risen up in the room of David my father. Solomon here r... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN IT HAVE I PUT THE ARK, WHEREIN IS THE COVENANT OF THE LORD, THAT HE MADE WITH THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR SOLOMON HAD MADE A BRASEN SCAFFOLD, OF FIVE CUBITS LONG, AND FIVE CUBITS BROAD, AND THREE CUBITS HIGH, AND HAD SET IT IN THE MIDST OF THE COURT: AND UPON IT HE STOOD, AND KNEELED DOWN UPON HIS KNEES BEFORE ALL THE CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL, AND SPREAD FORTH HIS HANDS TOWARD HEAVEN,_ A brasen scaf... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAID, O LORD GOD OF ISRAEL, THERE IS NO GOD LIKE THEE IN THE HEAVEN, NOR IN THE EARTH; WHICH KEEPEST COVENANT, AND SHEWEST MERCY UNTO THY SERVANTS, THAT WALK BEFORE THEE WITH ALL THEIR HEARTS:_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT WILL GOD IN VERY DEED DWELL WITH MEN ON THE EARTH? BEHOLD, HEAVEN AND THE HEAVEN OF HEAVENS CANNOT CONTAIN THEE; HOW MUCH LESS THIS HOUSE WHICH I HAVE BUILT!_ How much less this house which I have built!... [ Continue Reading ]
_HAVE RESPECT THEREFORE TO THE PRAYER OF THY SERVANT, AND TO HIS SUPPLICATION, O LORD MY GOD, TO HEARKEN UNTO THE CRY AND THE PRAYER WHICH THY SERVANT PRAYETH BEFORE THEE:_ Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servant. No person who entertains just and exalted views of the spiritual nature o... [ Continue Reading ]
_THAT THINE EYES MAY BE OPEN UPON THIS HOUSE DAY AND NIGHT, UPON THE PLACE WHEREOF THOU HAST SAID THAT THOU WOULDEST PUT THY NAME THERE; TO HEARKEN UNTO THE PRAYER WHICH THY SERVANT PRAYETH TOWARD THIS PLACE._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF A MAN SIN AGAINST HIS NEIGHBOUR, AND AN OATH BE LAID UPON HIM TO MAKE HIM SWEAR, AND THE OATH COME BEFORE THINE ALTAR IN THIS HOUSE;_ If ... and the oath come before thine altar in this house, ... In cases where the testimony Of witnesses could not be obtained, and there was no way of settling... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN HEAR THOU FROM HEAVEN, AND DO, AND JUDGE THY SERVANTS, BY REQUITING THE WICKED, BY RECOMPENSING HIS WAY UPON HIS OWN HEAD; AND BY JUSTIFYING THE RIGHTEOUS, BY GIVING HIM ACCORDING TO HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IF THEY RETURN TO THEE WITH ALL THEIR HEART AND WITH ALL THEIR SOUL IN THE LAND OF THEIR CAPTIVITY, WHITHER THEY HAVE CARRIED THEM CAPTIVES, AND PRAY TOWARD THEIR LAND, WHICH THOU GAVEST UNTO THEIR FATHERS, AND TOWARD THE CITY WHICH THOU HAST CHOSEN, AND TOWARD THE HOUSE WHICH I HAVE BUILT FOR THY... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN HEAR THOU FROM THE HEAVENS, EVEN FROM THY DWELLING PLACE, THEIR PRAYER AND THEIR SUPPLICATIONS, AND MAINTAIN THEIR CAUSE, AND FORGIVE THY PEOPLE WHICH HAVE SINNED AGAINST THEE._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THEREFORE ARISE, O LORD GOD, INTO THY RESTING PLACE, THOU, AND THE ARK OF THY STRENGTH: LET THY PRIESTS, O LORD GOD, BE CLOTHED WITH SALVATION, AND LET THY SAINTS REJOICE IN GOODNESS._ Arise, O Lord God, into thy resting-place. These words are not found in the record of this prayer in the Firs... [ Continue Reading ]
_O LORD GOD, TURN NOT AWAY THE FACE OF THINE ANOINTED: REMEMBER THE MERCIES OF DAVID THY SERVANT._ TURN NOT AWAY THE FACE OF THINE ANOINTED - i:e., of me, who by thy promise and appointment have been installed as king and ruler of Israel. The words are equivalent in meaning to this: Do not reject my... [ Continue Reading ]