1 Kings 8:42

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

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,

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For they shall: Exodus 15:14, Deuteronomy 4:6, Joshua 2:10, Joshua 2:11, Joshua 9:9, Joshua 9:10, 2 Chronicles 32:31, Daniel 2:47, Daniel 3:28, Daniel 4:37

great name: Exodus 3:13-16, Exodus 34:5-7, Joshua 7:9, Psalms 86:8, Psalms 86:9, Ezekiel 20:9

thy strong hand: Exodus 3:19, Exodus 9:15, Exodus 13:14, Deuteronomy 3:24, Deuteronomy 4:34, Deuteronomy 11:2, Deuteronomy 11:3, 2 Kings 17:36, Psalms 89:13, Psalms 136:12, Isaiah 51:9, Isaiah 63:12, Jeremiah 31:11, Jeremiah 32:17

when he shall: Isaiah 66:19, Isaiah 66:20, Jeremiah 3:19, Zechariah 14:16, Acts 8:27

Reciprocal: Joshua 4:24 - all the people Jeremiah 32:21 - with a strong Jonah 2:4 - toward Zechariah 8:23 - we have

Gill's Notes on the Bible

(For they shall hear of thy great name,.... Of his great name, Jehovah; of him as the eternal, immutable, and self-existent Being; of the perfections of his nature, as displayed in his mighty works:

and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm); which had done formerly such mighty works in Egypt, at the Red sea, in the wilderness, in the land of Canaan, in the times of David, and still under the reign of Solomon, and even in future ages, besides the works of creation and providence in general:

when he shall come and pray towards this house; not being admitted into it, only into a court, which in later times was called the court of the Gentiles, see Acts 21:19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Great name - A somewhat rare expression. It does not occur at all in the Pentateuch; though “mighty hand” and the “stretched out arm” are so frequent Exodus 6:6; Exodus 13:9; Deuteronomy 9:29 : only once in Joshua Joshua 7:9; and twice in the Psalms Psalms 76:1; Psalms 99:3. About the time of the captivity the use of the phrase became more common Ezekiel 36:23; Jeremiah 10:6; Jeremiah 44:26.