Caterpillar, i.e. the plague of locusts, or caterpillars, infesting a land by their great numbers, and venomous or noxious qualities; of which see Exodus 10:4,5 Deu 28:42 Psalms 105:34,35. Whatsoever plague; that chiefly signifies an extraordinary judgment sent from God.
Verse 1 Kings 8:37. _IF THERE BE IN THE LAND FAMINE - PESTILENCE_] The FOURTH case includes several kinds of evils: 1. _Famine_; a scarcity or total want of bread, necessarily springing from the prec...
IN THE LAND OF THEIR CITIES - literally, “in the land of their gates.” Hence, the marginal translation “jurisdiction,” because judgments were pronounced in the town gates Deuteronomy 16:18. Another re...
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 o...
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 I...
PESTILENCE. death. Compare Leviticus 26:26. BLASTING. blight. CITIES. Hebrew gates. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for cities....
_If there be in the land famine_ In this verse the king gathers together various judgements which God had threatened on His people if they sinned. For famine cf. Leviticus 26:20; Deuteronomy 11:17: fo...
C. THE DEDICATORY PRAYER 8:22-53 The dedicatory prayer of Solomon is one of the most beautiful passages in the Bible. No doubt the author of Kings copied this composition from the _book of the acts of...
_IF THERE BE IN THE LAND FAMINE, IF THERE BE PESTILENCE, BLASTING, MILDEW, LOCUST, OR IF THERE BE CATERPILLER; IF THEIR ENEMY BESIEGE THEM IN THE LAND OF THEIR CITIES; WHATSOEVER PLAGUE, WHATSOEVER SI...
IN THE LAND OF THEIR CITIES]. LXX 'in one of their cities.'...
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 built on the site of Araunah's threshing floor (2 Chroni...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 8 THE CEREMONY AT THE OPENING OF THE *TEMPLE V1 King Solomon called the leaders of the *tribes and the families in *Israel together. The...
(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 simplicity of idea. It begins (_a_), in 1 Kings 8:23...
(37-40) IF THERE BE PESTILENCE. — He then passes on to the various plagues threatened in the Law — famine, pestilence, blasting of the corn, mildew on the fruit, locust and caterpillar (see Leviticus...
רָעָ֞ב כִּֽי ־יִהְיֶ֣ה בָ † אָ֗רֶץ דֶּ֣בֶר...
THE GRADUAL GROWTH OF THE LEVITIC RITUAL 1 Kings 8:1 "Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice." - 1 Samuel 15:22 BEFORE we enter on the subject of the Temple worship, it is necessary to emphasize...
THE IDEAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TEMPLE 1 Kings 7:13; 1 Kings 8:12 "The hour cometh when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father But the hour cometh, and now is, whe...
APPEALS TO THE GOD OF MERCY 1 Kings 8:33 Solomon's prayer is evidently based on the book of Deuteronomy, and tends to confirm the old belief that, with the rest of the Pentateuch, this book came from...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
The Temple being finished, the great ceremony of dedication commenced. The permanent link between Tabernacle and Temple was the Ark of the Covenant. With great care and impressive ceremony, they had c...
_Mildew. Hebrew also, "a bruchus," or a young locust. Protestants, "caterpillar."_...
(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 house: (32) Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge...
The books of First and Second Samuel show us the failure of the priesthood, and, in consequence, when a state of evident shame and dishonour overspread the face of Israel, the heart of the people desi...
The circumstances which revealed the character of this rest were remarkable. The staves, with which the priests had borne the ark, were now the memorial of their journeys with God, who, in His faithfu...
Ver. 37 IF THERE BE IN THE LAND FAMINE,.... Through want of rain, or any other cause, as there had been a three years' famine in the time of David, and it is supposed it might be again, though Canaan...
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, [or] if there be caterpiller; if their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities; whatsoever plague, whatsoever s...
_If there be in the land famine_ Which arose sometimes from other causes besides want of rain. _If their enemy besiege them in the land of their cities_ In _their gates_, whereby they should be so str...
1 The feast of the dedication of the Temple. 12 and 54 Solomons blessing. 22 Solomons prayer. 62 His sacrifice of peace offrings. 1 THEN [NOTE: 2 Chronicles 5:2.] Solomon assembled the Elders of...
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust, or if there be caterpillar, Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 28:22; IF THEIR ENEMY BESIEGE THEM IN THE LAND OF THEIR CITIE...
Solomon's Invocation...
THE ARK AND TABERNACLE FURNITURE (vs.1-13) The temple being completed, there was one matter of importance remaining. Thus, for the bringing of the ark to the temple Solomon assembled the elders of Is...
CITIES: Or, jurisdiction...
22-53 In this excellent prayer, Solomon does as we should do in every prayer; he gives glory to God. Fresh experiences of the truth of God's promises call for larger praises. He sues for grace and fa...
1 Kings 8:37 famine H7458 land H776 pestilence H1698 blight H7711 mildew H3420 locusts H697 grasshoppers H2625 enemy H341
SOLOMON'S PRAYER OF DEDICATION OF THE TEMPLE (1 KINGS 8:22). Having, as he hoped, reconciled the people to having the Temple in Jerusalem as their Central Sanctuary, Solomon now reminded God of His co...
CONTENTS: Ark brought in; Skekinah glory fills the temple. Solomon's sermon. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon. CONCLUSION: All cost and pains are lost on stately structures unless God has been in the work,...
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 seven years and a half more he finished and dedicated...
_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 itself was nothing. It was but a gilded sepulchre, a...
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 8:22 The ark of the covenant has arrived in the temple (vv. 1 Kings 8:1), and Solomon has addressed the people about the meaning of the event (vv....
1 KINGS—NOTE ON 1 KINGS 8:33 WHEN YOUR PEOPLE ISRAEL ARE DEFEATED. The second, third, and fourth petitions concern defeat in battle, followed by exile from the LAND (vv....
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 8:28. PRAYER, SUPPLICATION, AND CRY—תְּפִלָּה, מְּחִנּה רנּה are respectively _prayer in general_ (whether praise, petition, or thanks), _entreaty_ or supplic...
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 chapt...
Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, and they brought the ark of the covenant into the temple, and as they did, the glory of the Lord came and filled the temple and...
1 Chronicles 21:12; 2 Chronicles 20:9; 2 Chronicles 6:28; 2 Kings 6:25;...