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Selected Verse: 1 Kings 8:54 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
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1Ki 8:54 |
Strong Concordance |
And it was so, that when Solomon [08010] had made an end [03615] of praying [06419] all this prayer [08605] and supplication [08467] unto the LORD [03068], he arose [06965] from before [06440] the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068], from kneeling [03766] on his knees [01290] with his hands [03709] spread up [06566] to heaven [08064]. |
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King James |
And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the LORD, he arose from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees with his hands spread up to heaven. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
If the prayer of Solomon be, as it has all the appearance of being, a genuine document of the time, preserved in the archives to which the authors of both Kings and Chronicles had access, all theories of the late origin of Deuteronomy must be regarded as baseless. While references are not infrequent to other portions of the Pentateuch, the language of the prayer is mainly modelled upon Deuteronomy, the promises and threats contained in which are continually before the mind of the writer. (See the margin reference). |
Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
Concluding Act of the dedication of the temple. Kg1 8:54-61. Blessing the congregation. - After the conclusion of the prayer, Solomon rose up from his knees and blessed all the assembled congregation. פּרוּשׂות וכפּיו is a circumstantial clause, which must be connected with the previous words and rendered thus: "from lying upon his knees with his hands spread out towards heaven." "And he stood," i.e., he came from the altar and stood nearer to the assembled congregation. The blessing begins with praise to the Lord for the fulfilment of His promises (Kg1 8:16), and consists in the petition that the Lord will always fulfil his (Solomon's) prayers, and grant His people the promised salvation.
(Note: This blessing is omitted from the Chronicles, because it is simply a recapitulation of the longer prayer; but instead of it we have a statement, in Ch2 7:1-4, to the effect that fire fell from heaven and consumed the burnt-offering upon the altar. This statement, which even Movers regards as a traditional, i.e., a legendary addition, according to his erroneous view of the sources of the Chronicles, is confirmed by the similar miracle which occurred at the dedication of the temple. It is omitted, like so many other things in the account before us, because all that was essential in this occurrence was contained implicite in the filling of the temple with the glory of the Lord. Just as at the consecration of the Mosaic sanctuary the Lord did not merely manifest His gracious presence through the cloud which filled the tent, but also kindled the first sacrifice with fire from heaven (Lev 9:24), to sanctify the altar as the legitimate place of sacrifice; so also at the temple the miraculous kindling of the first sacrifice with fire from heaven was the immediate and even necessary consequence of the filling of the temple with the cloud, in which the presence of Jehovah was embodied.) |
24 And there came [03318] a fire [0784] out from before [06440] the LORD [03068], and consumed [0398] upon the altar [04196] the burnt offering [05930] and the fat [02459]: which when all the people [05971] saw [07200], they shouted [07442], and fell [05307] on their faces [06440].
1 Now when Solomon [08010] had made an end [03615] of praying [06419], the fire [0784] came down [03381] from heaven [08064], and consumed [0398] the burnt offering [05930] and the sacrifices [02077]; and the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] filled [04390] the house [01004].
2 And the priests [03548] could [03201] not enter [0935] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068], because the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] had filled [04390] the LORD'S [03068] house [01004].
3 And when all the children [01121] of Israel [03478] saw [07200] how the fire [0784] came down [03381], and the glory [03519] of the LORD [03068] upon the house [01004], they bowed [03766] themselves with their faces [0639] to the ground [0776] upon the pavement [07531], and worshipped [07812], and praised [03034] the LORD [03068], saying, For he is good [02896]; for his mercy [02617] endureth for ever [05769].
4 Then the king [04428] and all the people [05971] offered [02076] sacrifices [02077] before [06440] the LORD [03068].
16 Since the day [03117] that I brought forth [03318] my people [05971] Israel [03478] out of Egypt [04714], I chose [0977] no city [05892] out of all the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] to build [01129] an house [01004], that my name [08034] might be therein; but I chose [0977] David [01732] to be over my people [05971] Israel [03478].
54 And it was so, that when Solomon [08010] had made an end [03615] of praying [06419] all this prayer [08605] and supplication [08467] unto the LORD [03068], he arose [06965] from before [06440] the altar [04196] of the LORD [03068], from kneeling [03766] on his knees [01290] with his hands [03709] spread up [06566] to heaven [08064].
55 And he stood [05975], and blessed [01288] all the congregation [06951] of Israel [03478] with a loud [01419] voice [06963], saying [0559],
56 Blessed [01288] be the LORD [03068], that hath given [05414] rest [04496] unto his people [05971] Israel [03478], according to all that he promised [01696]: there hath not failed [05307] one [0259] word [01697] of all his good [02896] promise [01697], which he promised [01696] by the hand [03027] of Moses [04872] his servant [05650].
57 The LORD [03068] our God [0430] be with us, as he was with our fathers [01]: let him not leave [05800] us, nor forsake [05203] us:
58 That he may incline [05186] our hearts [03824] unto him, to walk [03212] in all his ways [01870], and to keep [08104] his commandments [04687], and his statutes [02706], and his judgments [04941], which he commanded [06680] our fathers [01].
59 And let these my words [01697], wherewith I have made supplication [02603] before [06440] the LORD [03068], be nigh [07138] unto the LORD [03068] our God [0430] day [03119] and night [03915], that he maintain [06213] the cause [04941] of his servant [05650], and the cause [04941] of his people [05971] Israel [03478] at all times [03117] [03117], as the matter [01697] shall require:
60 That all the people [05971] of the earth [0776] may know [03045] that the LORD [03068] is God [0430], and that there is none else.
61 Let your heart [03824] therefore be perfect [08003] with the LORD [03068] our God [0430], to walk [03212] in his statutes [02706], and to keep [08104] his commandments [04687], as at this day [03117].