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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 8:29 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ki 8:29 |
King James |
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The choice of Jerusalem as the place seems to have been made by special revelation to David. See Psa 78:68; Psa 132:13; and compare Ch1 22:1.
Toward this place - Better (here and in Kg1 8:30) than the marginal "in." Wherever they were, the Jews always worshipped toward the temple. (See margin reference.) |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Open - To behold with an eye of favour. My name - My presence, and glory and grace. This place - This temple, to which Solomon did now look, and towards which, the godly Israelites directed their looks in their prayers. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| My name shall be there - I will there show forth my power and my glory by enlightening, quickening, pardoning, sanctifying, and saving all my sincere worshippers. |
30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray toward this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place: and when thou hearest, forgive.
1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.
13 For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
68 But chose the tribe of Judah, the mount Zion which he loved.