מלכים א 9:3

Hebrew Modern Translation

ויאמר יהוה אליו שמעתי את תפלתך ואת תחנתך אשר התחננתה לפני הקדשתי את הבית הזה אשר בנתה לשום שמי שם עד עולם והיו עיני ולבי שם כל הימים׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
ויאמר יהוה אליו שמעתי את תפלתך ואת תחנתך אשר התחננתה לפני הקדשתי את הבית הזה אשר בנתה לשום שמי שם עד עולם והיו עיני ולבי שם כל הימים

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלָ֗יו שָׁ֠מַעְתִּי אֶת־תְּפִלָּתְךָ֣ וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּתְךָ֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הִתְחַנַּ֣נְתָּה לְפָנַי֒ הִקְדַּ֗שְׁתִּי אֶת־הַבַּ֤יִת הַזֶּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בָּנִ֔תָה לָשֽׂוּם־שְׁמִ֥י שָׁ֖ם עַד־עוֹלָ֑ם וְהָי֨וּ עֵינַ֧י וְלִבִּ֛י שָׁ֖ם כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֵלָיו מַעְתִּי אֶת־תְּפִלָּתְךָ וְאֶת־תְּחִנָּתְךָ אֲשֶׁר הִתְחַנַּנְתָּה לְפָנַי הִקְדַּשְׁתִּי אֶת־הַבַּיִת הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בָּנִתָה לָשֽׂוּם־שְׁמִי שָׁם עַד־עוֹלָם וְהָיוּ עֵינַי וְלִבִּי שָׁם כָּל־הַיָּמִֽים ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I have heard: 2 Kings 20:5, Psalms 10:17, Psalms 66:19, Psalms 116:1, Daniel 9:23, John 11:42, Acts 10:31, 1 John 5:14

I have hallowed: 1 Kings 8:10, 1 Kings 8:11, Exodus 20:11, Numbers 16:38, Matthew 6:9

to put: 1 Kings 8:29, Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:11, Deuteronomy 12:21, Deuteronomy 16:11

mine eyes: Deuteronomy 11:12, 2 Chronicles 6:40, 2 Chronicles 7:15, 2 Chronicles 7:16, Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14, Song of Solomon 4:9, Song of Solomon 4:10, Jeremiah 15:1

Reciprocal: Exodus 20:24 - in all places 1 Kings 6:12 - if thou wilt 1 Kings 9:7 - this house 1 Kings 11:36 - the city 2 Kings 21:4 - In Jerusalem 2 Kings 21:7 - In this house 2 Kings 23:27 - My name 1 Chronicles 22:7 - unto the name 2 Chronicles 33:4 - In Jerusalem Ezra 6:12 - caused Ezra 10:1 - before the house Nehemiah 1:9 - the place Psalms 68:16 - the hill Isaiah 37:14 - and Hezekiah went Jeremiah 25:30 - his holy Haggai 1:8 - and I will take John 4:20 - and ye Ephesians 6:18 - supplication

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me,.... With delight and pleasure, and had accepted it; meaning the prayer recorded in the preceding chapter:

I have hallowed this house which thou hast built; by the cloud of glory filling it, and by fire descending from heaven, and consuming the sacrifices offered in it, 2 Chronicles 7:1

to put my name there for ever; there to grant his presence, so long as his pure worship should be continued in it; so the Targum adds,

"and my Shechinah or divine Majesty shall abide in it, if my will is done there continually:''

and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually; his eyes of Providence should be upon it, to watch over it, and protect it, and his worshippers in it; and he should have a cordial regard to the sacrifices there offered, and to the persons of the offerers, so long as they offered them in a right way, and to right ends and purposes.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The answer given by God to Solomon’s prayer is reported more fully in 2 Chronicles 7:12-22.

When God puts His Name in the temple He does it, in intention, “forever.” He will not arbitrarily withdraw it; there it will remain “forever,” so far as God is concerned. But the people may by unfaithfulness drive it away 1 Kings 9:7-9.

And mine eyes and my heart - An answer in excess of the prayer 1 Kings 8:29; “Not Mine eyes only, but Mine eyes and Mine heart.”