For ever — As long as the Mosaic dispensation lasts; whereas hitherto my worship has been successively in several places. Eyes — My watchful and gracious providence. Heart — My tender affection. Shall be there — Shall be towards this place and people.
The answer given by God to Solomon’s prayer is reported more fully in 2 Chronicles 7:12. When God puts His Name in the temple He does it, in intention, “forever.” He will not arbitrarily withdraw it;...
5. JEHOVAH APPEARS UNTO SOLOMON AND THE GREATNESS OF THE KING CHAPTER 9 _ 1. The second appearance of the LORD to Solomon (1 Kings 9:1)_ 2. Transactions with Hiram (1 Kings 9:10) 3. The levy of th...
The first few verses are a continuation of 1 Kings 8, and are likewise cast in a thoroughly Deuteronomic mould. Yahweh again appeared to the king and assured him of His protection. In 1 Kings 9:6 ther...
MINE EYES. MINE HEART. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_....
_I have heard thy prayer_ This could not have been the form of God's message, if thirteen years had passed away since the dedication. God's way is rather that spoken of by Isaiah 65:24 -While they are...
THAT THE LORD APPEARED TO SOLOMON— Lest this young prince's heart should be too much elated by this extraordinary grandeur, God was pleased to appear to himin a dream on the first night of the dedicat...
II. THE REVELATION TO SOLOMON 9:1-9 TRANSLATION (1) And it came to pass when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD, and the house of the king, and all Solomon's desire which he had desi...
_AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, I HAVE HEARD THY PRAYER AND THY SUPPLICATION, THAT THOU HAST MADE BEFORE ME: I HAVE HALLOWED THIS HOUSE, WHICH THOU HAST BUILT, TO PUT MY NAME THERE FOR EVER; AND MINE EYE...
MINE EYES.. PERPETUALLY] Though God's care extends over all His creation, yet those are nearest to His heart who render to Him the sincerest and worthiest service. At Jerusalem not only did the splend...
GOD'S RESPONSE TO SOLOMON'S PRAYER. SOLOMON AND HIRAM 1. When.. finished] The Temple does not seem to have been dedicated until all the king's buildings were completed, the Temple and Palace being pr...
GOD’S LESSONS FROM HISTORY 1 KINGS _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 9 GOD APPEARS TO SOLOMON AGAIN V1 So Solomon finished the *temple of the *Lord. He finished the royal palace and everything else that he...
(3-9) AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM. — This vision of the Lord presents a remarkable contrast with that recorded in 1 Kings 6:11, while the Temple was in building. Then all was promise and encouragement;...
TO PUT MY NAME THERE FOR EVER. — The meaning of the words “for ever” is determined by the prayer which they answer. They simply mark the Temple as the “settled habitation to abide in for ever” (see 1...
וַ יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו שָׁ֠מַעְתִּי אֶת...
A SEARCHING WORD TO THE WISE 1 Kings 9:1 God's second revelation of Himself to Solomon had a double object. In the first place, it assured the king that his prayer was heard and that the new building...
BREAKING THREE COMMANDMENTS 1 Kings 21:1; 1 Kings 1:1; 1 Kings 2:1; 1 Kings 3:1;...
Jehovah now appeared to Solomon for the second time, and declared that his prayer was heard and answered, but insisted that there were conditions for the people to fulfil. These conditions were clearl...
(1) В¶ And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do, (2) That the LORD appeared to So...
Solomon was now at the height of his glory, a vivid type of a greater than Solomon. And it is only when we see that he really does thus prefigure the Lord Jesus as King that we can understand the impo...
The answer which God gives establishes the house as the place in which He has set His name for ever. His eyes and His heart shall be there perpetually; but, at the same time, for the enjoyment of the...
AND THE LORD SAID UNTO HIM, I HAVE HEARD THY PRAYER AND THY SUPPLICATION THAT THOU HAST MADE BEFORE ME,.... With delight and pleasure, and had accepted it; meaning the prayer recorded in the preceding...
And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes...
_The Lord said, I have heard thy prayer_ This shows that the first verse is to be understood as we have just stated: for otherwise we must suppose this appearance of God to Solomon to have taken place...
1 Gods Couenant in a vision, with Solomon. 10 The mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram. 15 In Solomons workes the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites honourable seruants. 24 Pharaohs daughter...
And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before Me, at the dedication of the Temple. I HAVE HALLOWED THIS HOUSE WHICH THOU HAST BUILT TO PUT MY NAME...
The Lord's Answer to Solomon's Prayer...
GOD APPEARING AGAIN TO SOLOMON (vs.1-9) The Lord had appeared to Solomon before he built the temple (ch.3:5), now at its completion the Lord appears again to him. There was a danger of Solomon's bein...
1-9 God warned Solomon, now he had newly built and dedicated the temple, that he and his people might not be high-minded, but fear. After all the services we can perform, we stand upon the same terms...
I HAVE HALLOWED THIS HOUSE; I have, by my glorious presence in the cloud, and by my acceptation of thy sacrifices, sanctified it to my proper use and service. FOR EVER; as long as the Mosaical dispens...
1 Kings 9:3 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) heard H8085 (H8804) prayer H8605 supplication H8467 made H2603 ...
SOLOMON'S DREAM CONCERNING YHWH'S HALLOWING OF HIS HOUSE IN WHICH YHWH WARNS THAT BY ITSELF THE HOUSE MEANS NOTHING. ITS CONTINUED HALLOWING WILL DEPEND ON A FULL RESPONSE BY THE HOUSE OF DAVID TO THE...
CONTENTS: Jehovah appears to Solomon. Covenant made. Solomon's fame. CHARACTERS: God, Solomon, Hiram. CONCLUSION: God deals plainly with men and sets before them blessing or cursing. God never fails...
1 Kings 9:2. _The Lord appeared to Solomon the second time._ This seems to be in answer to the prayer offered up in the temple. 1 Kings 9:13. _Cabul,_ vile, argillaceous, arenaceous. These twenty town...
_The Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer._ ESSENTIAL POINTS IN PRAYER It was an exceedingly encouraging thing to Solomon that the Lord should appear to him before the beginning of his great w...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES.— 1 Kings 9:3. _Sept._ inserts, after “Supplication that thou hast made before me,” “_I have done to thee according to all thy prayer_.” 1 Kings 9:6. IF YE SHALL AT ALL...
EXPOSITION THE ANSWER TO SOLOMON'S PRAYER.—This chapter opens with an account of God's second appearance to Solomon. It must not be supposed, however, from the apparent close connexion of this relatio...
First Kings chapter nine as we begin our study in the Word this evening. At the beginning of Solomon's reign, the Lord appeared unto him while he was in Gibeon, there offering sacrifices unto God. And...
1 John 5:14; 1 Kings 8:10; 1 Kings 8:11; 1 Kings 8:29; 2 Chronicles