Chapter 8

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am 3000, bc 1004

Solomon This did not take place, according to Abp. Usher, till the year after the temple was finished, because that year was a jubilee. "The 8th day of the 7th month, viz. the 30th of our October, being Friday, was the first of the seven days of dedication; the 10th day, Saturday, November 1, the fast of expiation or atonement was held; whereon, according to the Levitical law, the jubilee was proclaimed by sound of trumpet. The 15th day, Friday, was the feast of tabernacles, which was always very solemnly kept; and the day following, Nov.14, being our Saturday, when the Sabbath was ended, the people returned home." 2Chr 5:2-10

assembled Josh 23:2, Josh 24:1; 1Chr 28:1; 2Chr 30:1; Ezra 3:1

chief of the fathers Heb. princes, Num 7:3

that they might bring 2Sam 6:1-2, 2Sam 6:6, 2Sam 6:12; 1Chr 13:1-5, 1Chr 15:3, 1Chr 15:25

out of the city 1Kgs 3:15; 2Sam 5:7-9, 2Sam 6:12-17; 1Chr 11:7, 1Chr 15:29, 1Chr 16:1; Ps 9:11, Ps 102:21; Isa 28:16, Isa 46:13; 1Pet 2:6


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at the feast Lev 23:34; Num 29:12-40; Deut 16:13; 2Chr 5:3, 2Chr 7:8-10; Ezra 3:4; Neh 8:14-18; Zech 14:16-19; John 7:2, John 7:37


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the priests took up Num 4:15; Deut 31:9; Josh 3:6, Josh 3:14-15, Josh 4:9, Josh 6:6; 1Chr 15:2, 1Chr 15:11-15; 2Chr 5:5-8


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and the 1Kgs 3:4; 2Chr 1:3

tabernacle Exod 40:2-33


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sacrificing sheep 1Kgs 8:62-63; 2Sam 6:13; 1Chr 16:1


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And the priests 1Kgs 8:4; 2Sam 6:17; 2Chr 5:7

his place 1Kgs 6:19; Exod 26:33-34, Exod 40:20-21

under the wings 1Kgs 6:27; Exod 25:20-22, Exod 37:9; 1Sam 4:4; 2Sam 6:2; Ps 80:1, Ps 99:1; Isa 37:16; Ezek 10:5


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drew out the staves Exod 25:14-15, Exod 37:4-5, Exod 40:20

ends Heb. heads

holy place or, ark, as, 2Chr 5:9

unto this day Josh 4:9; Matt 28:15


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nothing Exod 25:21; Deut 10:2; 2Chr 5:10

in the ark Exod 16:33; Num 17:10; Heb 9:4

put there at Horeb Exod 25:21, Exod 40:20; Deut 10:2, Deut 10:5, Deut 31:26

when or, where, 1Kgs 8:21; Exod 24:8, Exod 34:27-28; Deut 4:13, the cloud, Exod 13:21, Exod 14:24, Exod 16:10, Exod 24:16-18, Exod 40:34-35; Lev 16:2; Num 9:15; 2Chr 5:13-14, 2Chr 7:1-3; Ezek 10:4; Rev 15:8


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for the glory Lev 9:6, Lev 9:23; Ezek 43:2, Ezek 43:4-5, Ezek 44:4; John 1:14; Acts 7:55; 2Cor 3:18, 2Cor 4:6; Rev 21:11, Rev 21:23


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The Lord Deut 4:11; 2Chr 6:1, 2Chr 6:2-11; Ps 18:8-11, Ps 97:2

the thick Exod 20:21; Lev 16:2; Deut 5:22; Isa 45:15; Heb 12:18


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surely built 2Sam 7:13; 1Chr 17:12, 1Chr 22:10-11, 1Chr 28:6, 1Chr 28:10, 1Chr 28:20; 2Chr 6:2

a settled Ps 78:68-69, Ps 132:13-14; John 4:21-23; Acts 6:14; Heb 8:5-13; Heb 9:11-12, Heb 9:24


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blessed all 1Kgs 8:55-56; Josh 22:6; 2Sam 6:18; 1Chr 16:2; 2Chr 6:3, 2Chr 30:18-20; Ps 118:26; Luke 24:50-51

all the congregation 2Chr 7:6; Neh 8:7, Neh 9:2; Matt 13:2


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Blessed 1Chr 29:10, 1Chr 29:20; 2Chr 6:4, 2Chr 20:26; Neh 9:5; Ps 41:13, Ps 72:18-19, Ps 115:18; Ps 117:1-2; Luke 1:68; Eph 1:3; 1Pet 1:3

which spake 2Sam 7:5, 2Sam 7:25, 2Sam 7:28-29; 1Chr 17:12; Isa 1:20; Luke 1:70

hath Josh 21:45, Josh 23:15-16; Ps 138:2; Matt 24:35; Luke 1:54-55, Luke 1:72


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Since 2Sam 7:6-7; 2Chr 6:5-11

I chose 1Chr 17:5-6; Ps 132:13

my name 1Kgs 8:29, 1Kgs 11:36; Deut 12:11; 2Kgs 23:27; Neh 1:9; Jer 7:12

I chose David 1Sam 16:1; 2Sam 7:8; 1Chr 28:4; Ps 78:70, Ps 89:19-20


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2Sam 7:2-3; 1Chr 17:1, 1Chr 17:2-15, 1Chr 22:7, 1Chr 28:2


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Whereas 2Chr 6:7-9; 2Cor 8:12


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1Kgs 5:3-5; 2Sam 7:5, 2Sam 7:12-13; 1Chr 17:4, 1Chr 17:11-12, 1Chr 22:8-10, 1Chr 28:6


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hath performed 1Kgs 8:15; Neh 9:8; Isa 9:7; Jer 29:10-11; Ezek 12:25, Ezek 37:14; Mic 7:20; Rom 4:21; Phil 1:6

as the Lord 1Chr 28:5-6


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And I have 1Kgs 8:5-6

the covenant 1Kgs 8:9; Exod 34:28; Deut 9:9, Deut 9:11, Deut 31:26


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2Chr 6:12; Ezra 9:5; Job 11:13; Ps 28:2, Ps 63:4; Isa 1:15; 1Tim 2:8

stood before the altar 1Kgs 8:54; 2Kgs 11:14, 2Kgs 23:3; 2Chr 6:12, 2Chr 6:13-42

spread forth Exod 9:29, Exod 9:33


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Lord God Gen 33:20; Exod 3:15

no God Exod 15:11; 1Sam 2:2; 2Sam 7:22; Ps 35:10, Ps 86:8, Ps 89:6-8, Ps 113:5; Isa 40:18, Isa 40:25; Jer 10:6, Jer 10:16; Mic 7:18

who keepest Deut 7:9; Neh 1:5, Neh 9:32; Ps 89:3-5; Dan 9:4; Mic 7:19-20; Luke 1:72

walk before 1Kgs 2:4, 1Kgs 3:6, 1Kgs 6:12; Gen 17:1; 2Kgs 20:3


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thou spakest 1Kgs 8:15; 2Sam 7:12, 2Sam 7:16; 2Chr 6:14-15


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keep with thy 1Kgs 2:4; 2Sam 7:27-29; 1Chr 17:23-27; Luke 1:68-72

There shall not etc. Heb. There shall not be cut off unto thee a man from my sight, Jer 33:17-26

so that Heb. only if

thy children 1Kgs 2:4, 1Kgs 9:4-6; 1Chr 28:9; 2Chr 6:16-17


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And now 1Kgs 8:23; Exod 24:10; 1Sam 1:17; Ps 41:13; Isa 41:17, Isa 45:3

let thy word 2Sam 7:25-29; 2Chr 1:9; Ps 119:49; Jer 11:5; Ezek 36:36-37


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But will 2Chr 6:18; Isa 66:1; John 1:14; Acts 7:48-49, Acts 17:24; 2Cor 6:16; 1John 3:1

the heaven Deut 10:14; 2Chr 2:6; Ps 113:4, Ps 139:7-16; Jer 23:24; 2Cor 12:2


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Yet have thou 2Chr 6:19; Ps 141:2; Dan 9:17-19; Luke 18:1, Luke 18:7

hearken Ps 4:1, Ps 5:1, Ps 86:3, Ps 86:6-7, Ps 88:1-2


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That thine 1Kgs 8:52; 2Kgs 19:16; 2Chr 6:20, 2Chr 6:40, 2Chr 7:15, 2Chr 16:9; Neh 1:6; Ps 34:15; Dan 9:18

My name 1Kgs 8:16, 1Kgs 8:43 *marg. 1Kgs 11:36; Exod 20:24; Deut 12:11, Deut 16:2, Deut 16:6, Deut 26:2; 2Kgs 21:4, 2Kgs 21:7, 2Kgs 23:27; 2Chr 6:5-6, 2Chr 6:20, 2Chr 7:16, 2Chr 20:8, 2Chr 33:4, 2Chr 33:7; Neh 1:9; John 14:13-14

toward this place or, in this place, Dan 6:10


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when they shall 2Chr 20:8-9; Neh 1:5-6

toward this place or, in this place

and hear 1Kgs 8:34, 1Kgs 8:36, 1Kgs 8:39, 1Kgs 8:43, 1Kgs 8:49; 2Chr 6:21; Ps 33:13-14, Ps 113:5-6, Ps 123:1; Eccl 5:2; Isa 57:15; Matt 6:9

forgive 1Kgs 8:34, 1Kgs 8:36, 1Kgs 8:39; 2Chr 7:14; Ps 130:3-4; Dan 9:19; Matt 6:12


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If any man Solomon here puts seven cases, in all of which the mercy and intervention of God would be indispensably requisite; and he earnestly bespeaks that mercy and intervention, on condition that the people pray towards that holy place, and with a feeling heart make earnest supplication to the throne of mercy.

trespass 2Chr 6:22-23

an oath be laid upon him Heb. he require an oath of him, Exod 22:8-11; Lev 5:1; Prov 30:9

the oath Num 5:16-22


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hear thou 1Kgs 8:30

condemning Exod 34:7; Num 5:27; Deut 25:1; Prov 1:31; Isa 3:10-11; Ezek 18:13, Ezek 18:30; Rom 2:6-10

justifying Exod 23:7; Prov 17:15; Isa 3:10; Ezek 18:20; Rom 2:13, Rom 7:9


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smitten down Lev 26:17, Lev 26:25; Deut 28:25, Deut 28:48; Josh 7:8; 2Chr 6:24-25; Ps 44:10

because they have Josh 7:11-12; Judg 6:1-2; 2Kgs 17:7-18, 2Kgs 18:11-12; 2Chr 36:14-17

turn again Lev 26:39-42; Neh 1:8-9; Jonah 3:10

pray Ezra 9:5-15; Neh 9:1-3, Neh 9:4-5; Isa 63:15-19, 64:1-66:24; Dan 9:3-19

in or, toward, 1Kgs 8:30


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forgive the sin 1Kgs 8:30; Ezra 1:1-6; Ps 106:47; Jer 31:4-9, Jer 31:27, Jer 32:37, Jer 33:10-13; Dan 9:12, Dan 9:19, Dan 9:25; Amos 7:2

which thou gavest Gen 13:15; Exod 6:8; Josh 21:43


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heaven 1Kgs 17:1; Lev 26:19; Deut 11:17, Deut 28:12, Deut 28:23-24; 2Sam 24:13; Jer 14:1-7; Ezek 14:13; Mal 3:10; Luke 4:25; Rev 11:6

if they pray 1Kgs 8:33; 2Chr 6:24, 2Chr 6:26; Rom 10:9, Rom 15:9

confess 1Kgs 8:29-30; Joel 1:13-20, Joel 2:15-17

and turn 1Kgs 8:33; Isa 1:15-16, Isa 9:13; Ezek 18:30-32; Hos 14:1


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thou teach Ps 25:4-5, Ps 25:8, Ps 25:12, Ps 27:11, Ps 32:8, Ps 94:12, Ps 119:33, Ps 143:8; Isa 35:8; Mic 4:2

the good way 1Sam 12:23; 2Chr 6:26-27; Isa 30:21; Jer 6:16, Jer 42:3; Matt 22:16

give rain 1Kgs 18:1, 1Kgs 18:27-40, 1Kgs 18:45; Ps 68:9; Jer 14:22; Jas 5:17-18


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in the land famine Lev 26:16, Lev 26:25, Lev 26:26-46; Deut 28:21-22, Deut 28:25, Deut 28:38-42, Deut 28:52-61; 2Kgs 6:25-29; 1Chr 21:12; 2Chr 6:28-31, 2Chr 20:9; Ps 105:34-35; Jer 32:2, Jer 39:1-3; Ezek 14:21; Joel 1:4-7, Joel 2:25-26

cities or, jurisdiction


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prayer 2Chr 20:5-13; Ps 50:15, Ps 91:15; Isa 37:4, Isa 37:15-21; Joel 2:17; Amos 7:1-6

the plague 2Chr 6:29; Job 7:11; Ps 32:3-4, Ps 42:6, Ps 42:9, Ps 42:11, Ps 73:21-22, Ps 142:3-5; Prov 14:10; Rom 7:24; Phil 4:6

spread forth 1Kgs 8:22; Isa 1:15


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Then hear 1Kgs 8:32, 1Kgs 8:36

give to every man Ps 18:20-26, Ps 28:4; Jer 17:10, Jer 32:19; Ezek 18:30; Rev 22:12

for thou 1Sam 16:7; 1Chr 28:9; 2Chr 6:30; Ps 11:4-5; John 2:25, John 21:17; Acts 1:24; Heb 4:12-13; Rev 2:23


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fear thee Gen 22:12; Exod 20:20; Deut 6:2, Deut 6:13; 1Sam 12:24; Ps 115:13, Ps 130:4; Jer 32:39-40; Hos 3:5; Acts 9:31, Acts 10:2; Heb 12:28; Rev 15:4, Rev 19:5


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a stranger 1Kgs 10:1-2; Ruth 1:16, Ruth 2:11; 2Chr 6:32; Isa 56:3-7; Matt 8:5, Matt 8:10-11, Matt 15:22-28; Luke 17:18; John 12:20; Acts 10:1-4

cometh out 1Kgs 10:1-2; Exod 18:8-12; 2Kgs 5:1-7, 2Kgs 5:16-17; Isa 60:1-10; Matt 2:1, Matt 12:42; Acts 8:27-40


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For they shall Exod 15:14; Deut 4:6; Josh 2:10-11, Josh 9:9-10; 2Chr 32:31; Dan 2:47, Dan 3:28; Dan 4:37

great name Exod 3:13-16, Exod 34:5-7; Josh 7:9; Ps 86:8-9; Ezek 20:9

thy strong hand Exod 3:19, Exod 9:15, Exod 13:14; Deut 3:24, Deut 4:34, Deut 11:2-3; 2Kgs 17:36; Ps 89:13; Ps 136:12; Isa 51:9, Isa 63:12; Jer 31:11, Jer 32:17

when he shall Isa 66:19-20; Jer 3:19; Zech 14:16; Acts 8:27


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that all the people, 1Sam 17:46; 2Kgs 19:19; 2Chr 6:33; Ps 22:27, Ps 67:2, Ps 72:10-11, Ps 86:9; Isa 11:9; Rev 11:15

fear thee Ps 102:15, Ps 117:1-2

this house Heb. thy name is called upon this house, 1Kgs 8:29


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go out to battle Deut 20:1-4, Deut 31:3-6; Josh 1:2-5; 2Chr 6:34

whithersoever Num 31:1-12; Josh 6:2-5, Josh 8:1-2; Judg 1:1-2, Judg 4:6, Judg 6:14; 1Sam 15:3, 1Sam 15:18; 1Sam 30:8; 2Sam 5:19, 2Sam 5:23

shall pray 2Chr 14:9-12, 2Chr 18:31, 2Chr 20:6-13, 2Chr 32:20

toward the city Heb. the way of the city, 1Kgs 8:16; Ps 78:67-69, Ps 132:13-14; Dan 9:17-19


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cause or, right, Gen 18:25; Ps 9:4; Jer 5:28


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If they sin The second clause of this verse, as it is here translated, renders this supposition entirely nugatory; for if there be no man that sinneth not, it is useless to say, if they sin, but this objection is removed by rendering the original, "If they shall sin against thee (for there is no man that, lo yechetai, may not sin") i.e., there is no man impeccable or infallible; none that is not liable to transgress.

there is no man 2Chr 6:36; Job 14:4, Job 15:14-16; Ps 19:12, Ps 130:3, Ps 143:2; Prov 20:9; Eccl 7:20; Isa 53:6, Isa 64:6; Rom 3:19; Gal 3:22; Jas 3:2; 1John 1:8-10

unto the land Lev 26:34-39; Deut 4:26-27, Deut 28:36, Deut 28:64-68, Deut 29:28; 2Kgs 17:6, 2Kgs 17:18, 2Kgs 17:23, 2Kgs 25:21; Dan 9:7-14; Luke 21:24


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Yet if they Lev 26:40-45; Deut 4:29-31, Deut 30:1-2; 2Chr 6:37, 2Chr 33:12-13; Ezek 16:61, Ezek 16:63; Ezek 18:28; Hag 1:7; Luke 15:17

bethink themselves Heb. bring back to their heart

saying Ezra 9:6-7; Neh 1:6-11, Neh 9:26-30; Ps 106:6; Isa 64:6-12; Dan 9:5-11; Zech 12:10

done perversely Job 33:27-28; Jer 31:18-20; Luke 15:18


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And so return Deut 4:29, Deut 6:5-6; Judg 10:15-16; 1Sam 7:3-4; Neh 1:9; Ps 119:2, Ps 119:10, Ps 119:145; Prov 23:26; Isa 55:6-7; Jer 3:10, Jer 24:7, Jer 29:12-14; Dan 9:13; Hos 14:1-2; Acts 8:37; Rom 10:10

pray unto 1Kgs 8:29-30; Dan 6:10

the city 1Kgs 8:44


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Then hear 1Kgs 8:30

cause or, right, 1Kgs 8:45; 2Kgs 19:19; Zech 1:15-16


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and give them 2Chr 30:9; Ezra 7:6, Ezra 7:27-28; Neh 1:11, Neh 2:4-8; Ps 106:46; Prov 16:7; Dan 1:9-10; Acts 7:10


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thy people 1Kgs 8:53; Exod 32:11-12; Num 14:13-19; Deut 9:26-29; 2Chr 6:39; Neh 1:10; Isa 63:16-18, Isa 64:9; Jer 51:19

the furnace Deut 4:20; Jer 11:4


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That thine 1Kgs 8:29; 2Chr 6:40

in all that Ps 86:5, Ps 145:18


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separate Exod 19:5-6, Exod 33:16; Num 23:9; Deut 4:34, Deut 7:6-8, Deut 9:26, Deut 9:29, Deut 14:2, Deut 32:9; 2Cor 6:14-18; Titus 2:14; 1Pet 2:9

thine inheritance Deut 32:9; Jer 10:16; Eph 1:18

as thou Deut 33:1-3, Deut 33:26-29


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when Solomon Luke 11:1, Luke 22:45

kneeling 2Chr 6:13; Ps 95:6; Luke 22:41, Luke 22:45; Acts 20:36, Acts 21:5

with his hands 1Kgs 8:22; 2Chr 6:12


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blessed 1Kgs 8:14; Num 6:23-26; 2Sam 6:18; 1Chr 16:2


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Blessed be 1Kgs 8:15

hath given rest Deut 3:20, Deut 12:10, Deut 12:12; Josh 21:44; 2Chr 14:6; Heb 4:3-9

there Josh 21:45, Josh 23:14-15; Luke 1:54-55, Luke 1:72-73, Luke 21:33

failed Heb. fallen, 1Sam 3:19; 2Kgs 10:10


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Deut 31:6, Deut 31:8; Josh 1:5, Josh 1:9; 1Chr 28:9; 2Chr 32:7-8; Ps 46:7, Ps 46:11; Isa 8:10; Isa 41:10; Matt 1:23, Matt 28:20; Rom 8:31; Heb 13:5


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incline Ps 110:3, Ps 119:36; Song 1:4; Jer 31:33; Ezek 36:26-27; Phil 2:13; Heb 13:21

his commandments Deut 4:1, Deut 4:45, Deut 6:1


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let these my words This and the following verse are a sort of supplement to the prayer; and there is an important addition to this prayer in 2Chr 6:41-42, apparently taken from one of the Psalms.

nigh Ps 102:1-2, Ps 141:2; John 17:9, John 17:20-24; 1John 2:2

at all times Heb. the thing of a day in his day, Luke 11:3

as the matter Deut 33:25


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That all 1Kgs 8:43; Josh 4:24; 1Sam 17:46; 2Kgs 19:19

the Lord 1Kgs 18:39; Deut 4:35, Deut 4:39; Isa 44:6, Isa 44:8, Isa 44:24, Isa 45:5-6, Isa 45:22; Jer 10:10-12; Joel 2:27


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perfect 1Kgs 11:4, 1Kgs 15:3, 1Kgs 15:14; Gen 17:1; Deut 18:13; 2Kgs 20:3; 1Chr 28:9; Job 1:1, Job 1:8; Ps 37:37; 2Cor 7:1; Phil 3:12-16


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2Sam 6:17-19; 2Chr 7:4-7


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a sacrifice Lev 3:1-17; 1Chr 29:21; 2Chr 15:11, 2Chr 29:32-35, 2Chr 30:24, 2Chr 35:7-9; Ezra 6:16-17; Ezek 45:17; Mic 6:7

two and twenty We are not to suppose that all these victims were sacrificed in one day, or on one altar; for this was the whole amount of those that had been offered during the fourteen days which the feast of dedication and the feast of tabernacles lasted; and there appears to have been an altar erected in the middle of the court, which was set apart for that purpose, in consequence of the great altar of burnt offering being not sufficient for the multitude of sacrifices then offered.

dedicated Num 7:10-11, Num 7:84-88; 2Chr 2:4, 2Chr 7:5; Ezra 6:16-17; Neh 12:27; John 10:22


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hallow 2Chr 7:7

the brazen 2Chr 4:1


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held 1Kgs 8:2; Lev 23:34-43; 2Chr 7:8-9

a great 2Chr 30:13; Ps 40:9-10

from the entering 1Kgs 4:21, 1Kgs 4:24; Num 34:5, Num 34:8; Josh 13:5; Judg 3:3; 2Kgs 14:25; Amos 6:14

the river Gen 15:18; Exod 23:31; Num 34:5; Josh 13:3

seven days 2Chr 7:8-9, 2Chr 30:23


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the eighth day In the parallel passage of Chronicles this is termed "the three and twentieth day of the seventh month;" that is, the ninth day of the dedication; which Jarchi reconciles by supposing that Solomon gave them leave to return on the eighth day, and many of them did return; and that he dismissed the remainder on the ninth, or twenty-third of the seventh month. See note on 1Kgs 8:1. 2Chr 7:10, 2Chr 31:1

blessed or, thanked, 1Kgs 8:1, 1Kgs 8:47

joyful Deut 12:7, Deut 12:12, Deut 12:18, Deut 16:11; 2Chr 29:36, 2Chr 30:26-27; Neh 8:10; Ps 95:1-2; Ps 100:1-2, Ps 106:4-5, Ps 122:6, Ps 122:9; Isa 61:9-10, Isa 66:13-14; Jer 31:12-14; Zeph 3:14; Zech 9:9, Zech 9:17; Acts 2:46; Gal 5:22; Phil 4:4


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