Contextual Overview
22Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the whole assembly of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven, 23and said: "O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts. 24You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day. 25Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: 'You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.' 26And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David. 27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built. 28Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today. 29May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, 'My Name shall be there,' so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place. 30Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive. 31When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
hear thou: 1 Kings 8:30
condemning: Exodus 34:7, Numbers 5:27, Deuteronomy 25:1, Proverbs 1:31, Isaiah 3:10, Isaiah 3:11, Ezekiel 18:13, Ezekiel 18:30, Romans 2:6-10
justifying: Exodus 23:7, Proverbs 17:15, Isaiah 3:10, Ezekiel 18:20, Romans 2:13, Romans 7:9
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 26:23 - render 2 Samuel 22:21 - rewarded 1 Kings 8:39 - Then hear 2 Chronicles 6:22 - sin Jeremiah 32:19 - to give 2 Corinthians 5:10 - receive
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then hear thou in heaven,.... When the injured person makes supplication to have justice done him:
and do, and judge thy servants; contending with one another, the one affirming, the other denying
condemning the wicked, by bringing his way upon his head: inflicting upon him the punishment imprecated by him in his oath:
and justifying the righteous, to give him according to his righteousness; by making it appear that his cause is just.
