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Chinese NCV (Simplified)

列王纪上 8:54

所羅門為人民祝福所羅門在耶和華的祭壇前屈膝下跪,向天伸開雙手,向耶和華獻完了這一切禱告和懇求以後,就起來,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Thompson Chain Reference - Ask;   Christ;   Church;   Dedication;   Family;   Importunity;   Kneeling;   Prayer;   Secret Prayer;   United Prayer;   Unwise Prayers;   Wicked, the;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Dedication;   Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prayer;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Gestures;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Kneel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Gestures;   Israel;   Knee, Kneel;   Prayer;   Solomon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Gestures;   Kneeling;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Jerusalem;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Prayer;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adoration;   Attitudes;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Adoration, Forms of;   Priest;   Shemini 'Aẓeret;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for February 27;  

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
所 罗 门 在 耶 和 华 的 坛 前 屈 膝 跪 着 , 向 天 举 手 , 在 耶 和 华 面 前 祷 告 祈 求 已 毕 , 就 起 来 ,

Contextual Overview

54 Solomon prayed this prayer to the Lord , kneeling in front of the altar with his arms raised toward heaven. When he finished praying, he got up. 55 Then, in a loud voice, he stood and blessed all the people of Israel, saying: 56 "Praise the Lord ! He promised he would give rest to his people Israel, and he has given us rest. The Lord has kept all the good promises he gave through his servant Moses. 57 May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us, 58 and may he turn us to himself so we will follow him. Let us obey all the laws and commands he gave our ancestors. 59 May the Lord our God remember this prayer day and night and do what is right for his servant and his people Israel day by day. 60 Then all the people of the world will know the Lord is the only true God. 61 You must fully obey the Lord our God and follow all his laws and commands. Continue to obey in the future as you do now."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when Solomon: Luke 11:1, Luke 22:45

kneeling: 2 Chronicles 6:13, Psalms 95:6, Luke 22:41, Luke 22:45, Acts 20:36, Acts 21:5

with his hands: 1 Kings 8:22, 2 Chronicles 6:12

Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 7:1 - when Solomon Ezra 9:5 - spread Isaiah 1:15 - when Daniel 6:10 - he kneeled Ephesians 3:14 - I Ephesians 6:18 - supplication

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was so, that, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto the Lord,.... In which he was a type of Christ, praying and interceding for his people before the golden attar, Revelation 8:3,

he arose from before the altar of the Lord; the altar of burnt offering, over against which he was:

from kneeling on his knees; upon the brasen scaffold; see 2 Chronicles 6:13, in which posture he was during this long prayer:

with his hands spread up to heaven; which gesture he had used in his prayer, and now continued in blessing the people.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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).


 
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