THE ELDERS. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "all the elders". AND. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Septuagint, omit "and". FATHERS. fathers' houses. families. CHILDREN. sons. OUT OF THE CITY OF DAVID: i.e. up out of Zion (the former Jebus,... [ Continue Reading ]
ETHANIM. Same as Tisri. THE SEVENTH MONTH. Compare Leviticus 23:24. See note on 1 Kings 6:38.... [ Continue Reading ]
TOOK UP. As commanded in Numbers 4:5; Numbers 4:15; Numbers 4:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE TABERNACLE. the tent. Hebrew. _'ohel_. See App-40. Brought from Gibeon (2 Chronicles 1:3; 2 Chronicles 1:4). Probably put among the treasures of 1 Kings 7:51. PRIESTS: the ministers of sacrifice. LEVITES: the ministers of praise.... [ Continue Reading ]
ORACLE. the most holy place. Compare 2 Samuel 16:23. THE MOST HOLY PLACE. the holy of holies.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHOUT. outside: i.e. outside the holy place. UNTO THIS DAY: i.e.. Kings written while Temple was still standing; therefore before its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar, and before the Captivity. Compare 2 Chronicles 5:9, and See 1 Kings 9:21. 1Ki 12:19. 2 Kings 8:22; 2 Kings 10:27.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAVE, &C. Hebrews 9:4 speaks of the Ark as it was in the Tabernacle, not as in the Temple. Compare Hebrews 9:2; Hebrews 9:3; Hebrews 9:4. WHEN. ISRAEL. The Septuagint reads "the Tables which Moses placed [there] in Horeb, which [Tables] the LORD covenanted with the sons of Israel".... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELL. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia_. App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
HOUSE TO DWELL IN. Hebrew. _beth zebul =_ Assyrian _bit-zabali =_ high or lofty house. Compare Zebulun (Genesis 30:20).... [ Continue Reading ]
CONGREGATION. assembly,... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. saying. Compare 2 Samuel 7:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
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... [ Continue Reading ]
SAID. Compare 2 Samuel 7:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE COVENANT. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for the two tables of stone on which it was written.... [ Continue Reading ]
STOOD. took his position: position, not posture. See note on 1 Kings 8:54. SPREAD FORTH. He did this kneeling. See 1 Kings 8:54 and 2 Chronicles 6:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace.... [ Continue Reading ]
SO THAT. provided that, AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD. Elohim. App-4. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Jehovah Elohim". App-4. WORD. Hebrew. _dabar_. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), for the promises made by it. See 1 Kings 8:56.... [ Continue Reading ]
WILL. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6. Compare 2 Chronicles 6:18; Isaiah 66:1.Acts 7:48; Acts 7:49. INDEED. in truth. BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ App-6. HEAVEN, &C. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6), for emphasis. HOW MUCH. ? Figure of speech _Erotesis._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAYER. Includes every thought of the heart which is Godward. SUPPLICATION. entreaty (for favour). CRY. the vehement utterance of either.... [ Continue Reading ]
T ow ARD. So written, but some codices read "upon". MAKE TOWARD. Hence Daniel's act (Daniel 6:10).... [ Continue Reading ]
DWELLING PLACE. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF. When, or Whosoever shall. TRESPASS. See App-44. This shows an acquaintance with the Pentateuch. See 1 Kings 8:33, and App-47. AND THE OATH COME. Omitted by Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate versions.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN. Note how these petitions are based on the _Pentateuch._ Compare Leviticus 26:17; Deuteronomy 28:25.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRING THEM AGAIN. See Deuteronomy 30:1; Nehemiah 1:8; Nehemiah 1:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEN HEAVEN IS SHUT UP. Compare Leviticus 26:19; Deuteronomy 11:17. Compare Ch. 1 Kings 17:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
THAT THOU TEACH. because Thou wilt teach.... [ Continue Reading ]
PESTILENCE. death. Compare Leviticus 26:26. BLASTING. blight. CITIES. Hebrew gates. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct) for cities.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAN. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14. KNOW. perceive in his own heart. Latin. _conscio,_ EVERY MAN. Hebrew. _'ish._ App-14. PLAGUE. punishment. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for the sin which produces it.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIS. all his, as in 2 Chronicles 6:30. FOR THOU, &C. Figure of speech _Epitrechon._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
STRANGER. foreigner, or alien. Already contemplated in Numbers 15:14.Deuteronomy 10:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY SHALL HEAR. Compare 1 Kings 10:1 1 Kings 10:6, 1 Kings 10:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
ENEMY. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "enemies".... [ Continue Reading ]
CAUSE. Hebrew judgment: i.e. execute judgment for them.... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE IS NO MAN THAT SINNETH NOT. Figure of speech _Parosmia._ App-6. Compare Proverbs 20:9; Ecclesiastes 7:20; James 3:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
IF, &C. Deuteronomy supplied the Lord with answers in His temptation; and supplied Solomon with petitions for his prayer. Compare 1Ki 30:1-3, 1Ki 30:4, 1Ki 30:20. 1 Kings 9:26 1 Kings 9:29 (compare verses: 1 Kings 8:51 below); 1 Kings 7:9 (Compare 1 Kings 8:23 above); and 1 Kings 10:14 (Compare 1 Ki... [ Continue Reading ]
TOWARD THEIR LAND. Compare Daniel 6:10; Daniel 9:5; Ezra 9:5; Ezra 10:1.Nehemiah 9:16.Psalms 106:6. THE CITY. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Vulgate, read "and the city". I HAVE BUILT. Hebrew text written "Thou hast built", but some codices, with three early printed editions, A... [ Continue Reading ]
FORGIVE THY PEOPLE. Compare Leviticus 26:40; Leviticus 26:42. GIVE THEM. Compare Ezra 1:1; Ezra 1:3.... [ Continue Reading ]
FURNACE. furnace for the smelting of iron; not made of iron. Compare Genesis 15:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
DIDST SEPARATE. Compare Leviticus 20:24; Leviticus 20:26. PEOPLE. peoples.... [ Continue Reading ]
PRAYING. PRAYER. making this solemn prayer, Figure of speech _Polyptoton_. App-6. KNEELING. See note on 1 Kings 8:22, and Compare 1 Kings 19:18; Isaiah 45:23.Ezra 9:5; 2 Chronicles 6:13.Daniel 6:10; Psalms 95:6. Standing was the earlier practice (1 Samuel 1:26).... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVEN REST. Compare Exodus 33:14. NOT FAILED. Not fallen [to the ground]. Hebrew. _naphal,_ to fall. Solomon knows Joshua 23:14. Compare Joshua 21:45, MOSES HIS SERVANT. See note on Exodus 14:31.... [ Continue Reading ]
US. Note that Solomon includes himself. LET HIM NOT LEAVE US, &C. See note on Genesis 28:15.... [ Continue Reading ]
INCLINE OUR HEARTS. Compare Leviticus 26:3.Deuteronomy 28:1. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "heart".... [ Continue Reading ]
AT ALL TIMES. Hebrew the matter of. day in its day: i.e. day by day.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAY KNOW. Compare Deuteronomy 4:39. IS. he [is].... [ Continue Reading ]
PERFECT WITH. loyal: i.e. not divided between Jehovah and other gods; hence wholly devoted to. Not heeded by Solomon himself. Compare 1Ki 9:6. 1 Kings 11:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
OFFERED SACRIFICE. Hebrew sacrificed. sacrifice. Figure of speech _Polyptoton_ (App-6). offered. great or abundant sacrifice. See App-43. Jehovah accepted them by fire from heaven, as recorded in 2 Chronicles 7:1. See note on Genesis 4:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
A FEAST. the feast: viz. the Feast of Tabernacles. See note on 1 Kings 8:2. SEVEN DAYS AND SEVEN DAYS. Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6. The first seven the Feast of Dedication; the second the Feast of Tabernacles.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR DAVID: i.e. in the person of Solomon his son. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of Part). Compare 1 Kings 10:9 and 2 Chronicles 7:10.... [ Continue Reading ]