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1 THen * 1.1 said Solomon a 1.2, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the * 1.3 thick darkness.
2 But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole congregation of Israel, (and all the con∣gregation of Israel stood)
4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Is∣rael, who hath with his hands fulfilled that which he spake with his mouth to my father David, saying,
5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build an house in, that my name might be there, neither chose I any man to be * 1.4 a ruler over my people Israel.
6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there, and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.
7 Now * 1.5 it was in the heart of David my fa∣ther, to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
8 But the LORD said to David my father, For∣asmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my Name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
9 Notwithstanding, thou shalt not build the house, but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my Name.
10 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 Is∣rael,
11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
12 And he stood before the altar of the LORD, in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands;
13 (For Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, of five cubits † 1.6 long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of † 1.7 the court, and upon it he stood, and kneeled down up∣on his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven)
14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, * 1.8 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 heart.
15 Thou which hast kept with thy servant Da∣vid my father, that which thou hast promised him, and spakest with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine hand, as it is this day.
16 Now therefore, O LORD God of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father, that which thou hast promised him, saying, * 1.9 † 1.10 There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Israel; yet so, that thy children take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked before me.
17 Now then, O LORD God of Israel, let thy word be verified which thou hast spoken unto thy servant David
18 (But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? * 1.11 Behold, heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built?)
19 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:
20 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 ‖ 1.12 towards this place.
21 Hearken therefore unto the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, which they shall † 1.13 make towards this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heaven, and when thou hearest ‖ 1.14 forgive.
22 If a man sin against his neighbour, † 1.15 and an oath be laid upon him, to make him swear, and the oath come before thine altar in this house:
23 Then hear thou from heaven, and do, and judge thy servants by requiting the wicked, by re∣compensing his way upon his own head, and by ju∣stifying the righteous, by giving him according to his righteousness.
24 And if thy people Israel ‖ 1.16 be put to the worse before the enemy, because they have sinned a∣gainst thee, and shall return and confess thy Name, and pray, and make supplication before thee ‖ 1.17 in this house:
25 Then hear thou from the heavens, and for∣give the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them, and to their fathers.
26 When the * 1.18 heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray towards this place, and confess thy name and turn from their sin when thou dost afflict them:
27 Then hear thou from heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, when thou hast taught them the good way, wherein they should walk; and send rain upon thy land which thou hast given unto thy people for an inheritance
28 If there * 1.19 be dearth in the land, if there be pestilence, if there be blasting, or mildew, locusts, or caterpillars; if their enemies besiege them † 1.20 in the cities of their land: whatsoever sore, or what∣soever sickness there be:
29 Then what prayer, or what supplication soe∣ver shall be made of any man, or of all thy people Israel, when every one shall know his own sore, and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands ‖ 1.21 in this house:
30 Then hear thou from heaven thy dwelling∣place, and forgive, and render unto every man ac∣cording unto all his ways, whose heart thou know∣est: (for thou onely * 1.22 knowest the hearts of the children of men)
31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, † 1.23 so long as they live † 1.24 in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
32 Moreover, concerning the stranger, * 1.25 which is not of thy people Israel, but is come from a far country for thy great Names sake, and thy mighty hand, and stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house:
33 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling▪ place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee for; that all people of the earth may know thy Name, and fear thee, as doth thy people Israel, and may know that † 1.26 this house which I have built, is called by thy Name.
34 If thy people go out to war against their ene∣mies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee toward this city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
35 Then hear thou from the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their ‖ 1.27 cause.
36 If they sin against thee, (for there is * 1.28 no man which sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliver them over before their enemies, and † 1.29 they carry them away captives unto a land far off or near;
37 Yet, if they † 1.30 be think themselves in the land whether they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
38 If they return to thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their captivi∣ty, whether 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 name:
39 Then hear thou from the heavens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their suppli∣cations, and maintain their ‖ 1.31 cause, and forgive thy people which have sinned against thee.
40 Now, my God, let (I beseech thee) thine
eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent † 1.32 unto the prayer that is made in this place.
41 Now * 1.33 therefore arise, O LORD God, into thy resting-place b 1.34, thou and the ark c 1.35 of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be cloth∣ed with salvation d 1.36, and let thy saints rejoyce in goodness e 1.37.
42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anointed f 1.38: remember * 1.39 the mercies of Da∣vid thy servant g 1.40.
1 Kin. 8. 1•…•… &c.
This whole Chapter for the Substance and almost all the Words of it are explained in the Notes on 1 King. 8.
Lev. 16. 2. Exod. 20. 21.
•…•… Sam. 6. 21. Chr. 28. 4.
2 Sam. •…•…. 2. Chr. 28. 2.
〈◊〉〈◊〉 the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉, •…•….
〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉, place 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
〈◊〉〈◊〉 15. 11. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 3. 24.
〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 12. 1 〈◊〉〈◊〉 24. & 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 if 〈◊〉〈◊〉 132. 12.
〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•… 49.
〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉
〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & Gr.
〈◊〉〈◊〉. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…e 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉 〈◊〉〈◊〉
Or, be smit∣ten.
Or, toward•…•…
1 Kin 17. 1.
Ch. 20. 9.
Heb. in the land of their gates.
Or, towards this house.
1 Chr. 28. 9.
Heb. all the days which.
Heb. upon the face of the land.
Joh. 12. 20. Act. 8. 27.
Heb. thy name is called upon this house.
Or, right.
Prov. 20. 9. Eccles. 7. 20. Jam. 3. 2. 1 Joh. 1. 8.
Heb. they that take them captives carry them away.
Heb. bring back to their heart.
Or, right.
〈…〉〈…〉.
Psal. 132. 8, &c.
O thou that sittest in the Heavens arise from the Throne of thy Glory and come down into this place, which thou hast appoint∣ed for thy constant and fixed Habitation, from which thou wilst not remove, as formerly thou hast done, from place to place.
i. e. Thou in the Ark.
Which is the Sign and Instrument of thy great power put forth from time to time on the behalf of thy people. i. e. Let them be adorned and encompassed on every side with thy Protection and Benediction. For he seems rather to speak of the Salvation afforded to the Priests, than of that which by Gods bles∣sing on the Priests Labours is conferred upon the People; this be∣ing a Prayer for Gods Blessing upon the whole Community, con∣sisting of Priests and People.
i. e. Let them have cause of Re∣joycing and Thanksgiving for the Effects of thy goodness impart∣ed unto them.
i. e. Of me, who by thy Command and Appointment was anointed the King and Ruler of thy People: do not deny my pre∣sent Requests, nor send me back from the Throne of thy Grace with a sad Heart and dejected Countenance.
Isa. 55. 3.
i. e. Those which thou hast promised to David and to his House for ever.