_NOW WHEN SOLOMON HAD MADE AN END OF PRAYING, THE FIRE CAME DOWN FROM HEAVEN, AND CONSUMED THE BURNT OFFERING AND THE SACRIFICES; AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD FILLED THE HOUSE._ The fire came down from heaven, and consumed the burnt offering. Every act of worship was accompanied by sacrifice. The pret... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PRIESTS COULD NOT ENTER INTO THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, BECAUSE THE GLORY OF THE LORD HAD FILLED THE LORD'S HOUSE._ The priests could not enter. Both from awe of the miraculous fire that was burning on the altar, and from the dense cloud that enveloped the sanctuary, they were unable for some... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL SAW HOW THE FIRE CAME DOWN, AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD UPON THE HOUSE, THEY BOWED THEMSELVES WITH THEIR FACES TO THE GROUND UPON THE PAVEMENT, AND WORSHIPPED, AND PRAISED THE LORD, SAYING, FOR HE IS GOOD; FOR HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER._ ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAE... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE KING AND ALL THE PEOPLE OFFERED SACRIFICES BEFORE THE LORD._ Then the king and all the people offered sacrifices. Whether the individual worshippers slaughtered their own cattle, or a certain portion of the vast number of the Levitical order in attendance performed that work, as they some... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND KING SOLOMON OFFERED A SACRIFICE OF TWENTY AND TWO THOUSAND OXEN, AND AN HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND SHEEP: SO THE KING AND ALL THE PEOPLE DEDICATED THE HOUSE OF GOD._ So the king and all the people dedicated the house of God. The ceremonial of dedication consisted principally in the introduct... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PRIESTS WAITED ON THEIR OFFICES: THE LEVITES ALSO WITH INSTRUMENTS OF MUSICK OF THE LORD, WHICH DAVID THE KING HAD MADE TO PRAISE THE LORD, BECAUSE HIS MERCY ENDURETH FOR EVER, WHEN DAVID PRAISED BY THEIR MINISTRY; AND THE PRIESTS SOUNDED TRUMPETS BEFORE THEM, AND ALL ISRAEL STOOD._ NO JFB... [ Continue Reading ]
_MOREOVER SOLOMON HALLOWED THE MIDDLE OF THE COURT THAT WAS BEFORE THE HOUSE OF THE LORD: FOR THERE HE OFFERED BURNT OFFERINGS, AND THE FAT OF THE PEACE OFFERINGS, BECAUSE THE BRASEN ALTAR WHICH SOLOMON HAD MADE WAS NOT ABLE TO RECEIVE THE BURNT OFFERINGS, AND THE MEAT OFFERINGS, AND THE FAT._ Solo... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO AT THE SAME TIME SOLOMON KEPT THE FEAST SEVEN DAYS, AND ALL ISRAEL WITH HIM, A VERY GREAT CONGREGATION, FROM THE ENTERING IN OF HAMATH UNTO THE RIVER OF EGYPT._ Solomon kept the feast seven days. The time chosen for the dedication of the temple was immediately previous to the feast of taberna... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THE EIGHTH DAY THEY MADE A SOLEMN ASSEMBLY: FOR THEY KEPT THE DEDICATION OF THE ALTAR SEVEN DAYS, AND THE FEAST SEVEN DAYS._ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THIS VERSE.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND ON THE THREE AND TWENTIETH DAY OF THE SEVENTH MONTH HE SENT THE PEOPLE AWAY INTO THEIR TENTS, GLAD AND MERRY IN HEART FOR THE GOODNESS THAT THE LORD HAD SHEWED UNTO DAVID, AND TO SOLOMON, AND TO ISRAEL HIS PEOPLE._ On the three and twentieth day of the seventh month. This was the last day of t... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS SOLOMON FINISHED THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND THE KING'S HOUSE: AND ALL THAT CAME INTO SOLOMON'S HEART TO MAKE IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND IN HIS OWN HOUSE, HE PROSPEROUSLY EFFECTED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON BY NIGHT, AND SAID UNTO HIM, I HAVE HEARD THY PRAYER, AND HAVE CHOSEN THIS PLACE TO MYSELF FOR AN HOUSE OF SACRIFICE._ The Lord appeared to Solomon by night - (see the notes at 1 Kings 9:1.) The dedication of the temple must have been an occasion of intense nationa... [ Continue Reading ]