Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, by R.A. Torrey, [ca. 1880], at sacred-texts.com
3 Kings (1 Kings) Chapter 8
Overview
Kg1 8:1, The feast of the dedication of the temple; Kg1 8:12, Solomon's blessing; Kg1 8:22, Solomon's prayer; Kg1 8:54, Solomon's blessing; Kg1 8:62, His sacrifice of peace offerings.
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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." Ch2 5:2-10
assembled: Jos 23:2, Jos 24:1; Ch1 28:1; Ch2 30:1; Ezr 3:1
chief of the fathers: Heb. princes, Num 7:3
that they might bring: Sa2 6:1, Sa2 6:2, Sa2 6:6, Sa2 6:12; Ch1 13:1-5, Ch1 15:3, Ch1 15:25
out of the city: Kg1 3:15; Sa2 5:7-9, Sa2 6:12-17; Ch1 11:7, Ch1 15:29, Ch1 16:1; Psa 9:11, Psa 102:21; Isa 28:16, Isa 46:13; Pe1 2:6
at the feast: Lev 23:34; Num. 29:12-40; Deu 16:13; Ch2 5:3, Ch2 7:8-10; Ezr 3:4; Neh 8:14-18; Zac 14:16-19; Joh 7:2, Joh 7:37
the priests took up: Num 4:15; Deu 31:9; Jos 3:6, Jos 3:14, Jos 3:15, Jos 4:9, Jos 6:6; Ch1 15:2, Ch1 15:11-15; Ch2 5:5-8
tabernacle: Exod. 40:2-33
sacrificing sheep: Kg1 8:62, Kg1 8:63; Sa2 6:13; Ch1 16:1
And the priests: Kg1 8:4; Sa2 6:17; Ch2 5:7
his place: Kg1 6:19; Exo 26:33, Exo 26:34, Exo 40:20, Exo 40:21
under the wings: Kg1 6:27; Exo 25:20-22, Exo 37:9; Sa1 4:4; Sa2 6:2; Psa 80:1, Psa 99:1; Isa 37:16; Eze 10:5
drew out the staves: Exo 25:14, Exo 25:15, Exo 37:4, Exo 37:5, Exo 40:20
ends: Heb. heads
holy place: or, ark, as, Ch2 5:9
unto this day: Jos 4:9; Mat 28:15
nothing: Exo 25:21; Deu 10:2; Ch2 5:10
in the ark: Exo 16:33; Num 17:10; Heb 9:4
put there at Horeb: Exo 25:21, Exo 40:20; Deu 10:2, Deu 10:5, Deu 31:26
when: or, where, Kg1 8:21; Exo 24:8, Exo 34:27, Exo 34:28; Deu 4:13, the cloud, Exo 13:21, Exo 14:24, Exo 16:10, Exo 24:16-18, Exo 40:34, Exo 40:35; Lev 16:2; Num 9:15; Ch2 5:13, Ch2 5:14, Ch2 7:1-3; Eze 10:4; Rev 15:8
for the glory: Lev 9:6, Lev 9:23; Eze 43:2, Eze 43:4, Eze 43:5, Eze 44:4; Joh 1:14; Act 7:55; Co2 3:18, Co2 4:6; Rev 21:11, Rev 21:23
The Lord: Deu 4:11; Ch2 6:1, Ch2 6:2-11; Psa 18:8-11, Psa 97:2
the thick: Exo 20:21; Lev 16:2; Deu 5:22; Isa 45:15; Heb 12:18
surely built: Sa2 7:13; Ch1 17:12, Ch1 22:10, Ch1 22:11, Ch1 28:6, Ch1 28:10, Ch1 28:20; Ch2 6:2
a settled: Psa 78:68, Psa 78:69, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14; Joh 4:21-23; Act 6:14; Heb 8:5-13; Heb 9:11, Heb 9:12, Heb 9:24
blessed all: Kg1 8:55, Kg1 8:56; Jos 22:6; Sa2 6:18; Ch1 16:2; Ch2 6:3, Ch2 30:18-20; Psa 118:26; Luk 24:50, Luk 24:51
all the congregation: Ch2 7:6; Neh 8:7, Neh 9:2; Mat 13:2
Blessed: Ch1 29:10, Ch1 29:20; Ch2 6:4, Ch2 20:26; Neh 9:5; Psa 41:13, Psa 72:18, Psa 72:19, Psa 115:18; Psa 117:1, Psa 117:2; Luk 1:68; Eph 1:3; Pe1 1:3
which spake: Sa2 7:5, Sa2 7:25, Sa2 7:28, Sa2 7:29; Ch1 17:12; Isa 1:20; Luk 1:70
hath: Jos 21:45, Jos 23:15, Jos 23:16; Psa 138:2; Mat 24:35; Luk 1:54, Luk 1:55, Luk 1:72
Since: Sa2 7:6, Sa2 7:7; Ch2 6:5-11
I chose: Ch1 17:5, Ch1 17:6; Psa 132:13
my name: Kg1 8:29, Kg1 11:36; Deu 12:11; Kg2 23:27; Neh 1:9; Jer 7:12
I chose David: Sa1 16:1; Sa2 7:8; Ch1 28:4; Psa 78:70, Psa 89:19, Psa 89:20
Sa2 7:2, Sa2 7:3; Ch1 17:1, Ch1 17:2-15, Ch1 22:7, Ch1 28:2
Kg1 5:3-5; Sa2 7:5, Sa2 7:12, Sa2 7:13; Ch1 17:4, Ch1 17:11, Ch1 17:12, Ch1 22:8-10, Ch1 28:6
hath performed: Kg1 8:15; Neh 9:8; Isa 9:7; Jer 29:10, Jer 29:11; Eze 12:25, Eze 37:14; Mic 7:20; Rom 4:21; Phi 1:6
as the Lord: Ch1 28:5, Ch1 28:6
the covenant: Kg1 8:9; Exo 34:28; Deu 9:9, Deu 9:11, Deu 31:26
Ch2 6:12; Ezr 9:5; Job 11:13; Psa 28:2, Psa 63:4; Isa 1:15; Ti1 2:8
stood before the altar: Kg1 8:54; Kg2 11:14, Kg2 23:3; Ch2 6:12, 13-42
spread forth: Exo 9:29, Exo 9:33
no God: Exo 15:11; Sa1 2:2; Sa2 7:22; Psa 35:10, Psa 86:8, Psa 89:6-8, Psa 113:5; Isa 40:18, Isa 40:25; Jer 10:6, Jer 10:16; Mic 7:18
who keepest: Deu 7:9; Neh 1:5, Neh 9:32; Psa 89:3-5; Dan 9:4; Mic 7:19, Mic 7:20; Luk 1:72
walk before: Kg1 2:4, Kg1 3:6, Kg1 6:12; Gen 17:1; Kg2 20:3
thou spakest: Kg1 8:15; Sa2 7:12, Sa2 7:16; Ch2 6:14, Ch2 6:15
keep with thy: Kg1 2:4; Sa2 7:27-29; Ch1 17:23-27; Luk 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: Kg1 2:4, Kg1 9:4-6; Ch1 28:9; Ch2 6:16, Ch2 6:17
And now: Kg1 8:23; Exo 24:10; Sa1 1:17; Psa 41:13; Isa 41:17, Isa 45:3
let thy word: Sa2 7:25-29; Ch2 1:9; Psa 119:49; Jer 11:5; Eze 36:36, Eze 36:37
But will: Ch2 6:18; Isa 66:1; Joh 1:14; Act 7:48, Act 7:49, Act 17:24; Co2 6:16; Jo1 3:1
the heaven: Deu 10:14; Ch2 2:6; Psa 113:4, Psa 139:7-16; Jer 23:24; Co2 12:2
Yet have thou: Ch2 6:19; Psa 141:2; Dan 9:17-19; Luk 18:1, Luk 18:7
hearken: Psa 4:1, Psa 5:1, Psa 86:3, Psa 86:6, Psa 86:7, Psa 88:1, Psa 88:2
That thine: Kg1 8:52; Kg2 19:16; Ch2 6:20, Ch2 6:40, Ch2 7:15, Ch2 16:9; Neh 1:6; Psa 34:15; Dan 9:18
My name: Kg1 8:16, Kg1 8:43 *marg. Kg1 11:36; Exo 20:24; Deu 12:11, Deu 16:2, Deu 16:6, Deu 26:2; Kg2 21:4, Kg2 21:7, Kg2 23:27; Ch2 6:5, Ch2 6:6, Ch2 6:20, Ch2 7:16, Ch2 20:8, Ch2 33:4, Ch2 33:7; Neh 1:9; Joh 14:13, Joh 14:14
toward this place: or, in this place, Dan 6:10
when they shall: Ch2 20:8, Ch2 20:9; Neh 1:5, Neh 1:6
toward this place: or, in this place
and hear: Kg1 8:34, Kg1 8:36, Kg1 8:39, Kg1 8:43, Kg1 8:49; Ch2 6:21; Psa 33:13, Psa 33:14, Psa 113:5, Psa 113:6, Psa 123:1; Ecc 5:2; Isa 57:15; Mat 6:9
forgive: Kg1 8:34, Kg1 8:36, Kg1 8:39; Ch2 7:14; Psa 130:3, Psa 130:4; Dan 9:19; Mat 6:12
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.
an oath be laid upon him: Heb. he require an oath of him, Exo 22:8-11; Lev 5:1; Pro 30:9
the oath: Num 5:16-22
hear thou: Kg1 8:30
condemning: Exo 34:7; Num 5:27; Deu 25:1; Pro 1:31; Isa 3:10, Isa 3:11; Eze 18:13, Eze 18:30; Rom 2:6-10
justifying: Exo 23:7; Pro 17:15; Isa 3:10; Eze 18:20; Rom 2:13, Rom 7:9
smitten down: Lev 26:17, Lev 26:25; Deu 28:25, Deu 28:48; Jos 7:8; Ch2 6:24, Ch2 6:25; Psa 44:10
because they have: Jos 7:11, Jos 7:12; Jdg 6:1, Jdg 6:2; Kg2 17:7-18, Kg2 18:11, Kg2 18:12; Ch2 36:14-17
turn again: Lev 26:39-42; Neh 1:8, Neh 1:9; Jon 3:10
pray: Ezr 9:5-15; Neh 9:1-3, Neh 9:4, Neh 9:5; Isa 63:15-19, 64:1-66:24; Dan. 9:3-19
in: or, toward, Kg1 8:30
forgive the sin: Kg1 8:30; Ezr 1:1-6; Psa 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; Amo 7:2
which thou gavest: Gen 13:15; Exo 6:8; Jos 21:43
heaven: Kg1 17:1; Lev 26:19; Deu 11:17, Deu 28:12, Deu 28:23, Deu 28:24; Sa2 24:13; Jer 14:1-7; Eze 14:13; Mal 3:10; Luk 4:25; Rev 11:6
if they pray: Kg1 8:33; Ch2 6:24, Ch2 6:26; Rom 10:9, Rom 15:9
confess: Kg1 8:29, Kg1 8:30; Joe 1:13-20, Joe 2:15-17
and turn: Kg1 8:33; Isa 1:15, Isa 1:16, Isa 9:13; Eze 18:30-32; Hos 14:1
thou teach: Psa 25:4, Psa 25:5, Psa 25:8, Psa 25:12, Psa 27:11, Psa 32:8, Psa 94:12, Psa 119:33, Psa 143:8; Isa 35:8; Mic 4:2
the good way: Sa1 12:23; Ch2 6:26, Ch2 6:27; Isa 30:21; Jer 6:16, Jer 42:3; Mat 22:16
give rain: Kg1 18:1, Kg1 18:27-40, Kg1 18:45; Psa 68:9; Jer 14:22; Jam 5:17, Jam 5:18
in the land famine: Lev 26:16, Lev 26:25, 26-46; Deu 28:21, Deu 28:22, Deu 28:25, Deu 28:38-42, Deu 28:52-61; Kg2 6:25-29; Ch1 21:12; Ch2 6:28-31, Ch2 20:9; Psa 105:34, Psa 105:35; Jer 32:2, Jer 39:1-3; Eze 14:21; Joe 1:4-7, Joe 2:25, Joe 2:26
cities: or, jurisdiction
prayer: Ch2 20:5-13; Psa 50:15, Psa 91:15; Isa 37:4, Isa 37:15-21; Joe 2:17; Amo 7:1-6
the plague: Ch2 6:29; Job 7:11; Psa 32:3, Psa 32:4, Psa 42:6, Psa 42:9, Psa 42:11, Psa 73:21, Psa 73:22, Psa 142:3-5; Pro 14:10; Rom 7:24; Phi 4:6
spread forth: Kg1 8:22; Isa 1:15
give to every man: Psa 18:20-26, Psa 28:4; Jer 17:10, Jer 32:19; Eze 18:30; Rev 22:12
for thou: Sa1 16:7; Ch1 28:9; Ch2 6:30; Psa 11:4, Psa 11:5; Joh 2:25, Joh 21:17; Act 1:24; Heb 4:12, Heb 4:13; Rev 2:23
fear thee: Gen 22:12; Exo 20:20; Deu 6:2, Deu 6:13; Sa1 12:24; Psa 115:13, Psa 130:4; Jer 32:39, Jer 32:40; Hos 3:5; Act 9:31, Act 10:2; Heb 12:28; Rev 15:4, Rev 19:5
a stranger: Kg1 10:1, Kg1 10:2; Rut 1:16, Rut 2:11; Ch2 6:32; Isa 56:3-7; Mat 8:5, Mat 8:10, Mat 8:11, Mat 15:22-28; Luk 17:18; Joh 12:20; Act 10:1-4
cometh out: Kg1 10:1, Kg1 10:2; Exo 18:8-12; Kg2 5:1-7, Kg2 5:16, Kg2 5:17; Isa 60:1-10; Mat 2:1, Mat 12:42; Act 8:27-40
For they shall: Exo 15:14; Deu 4:6; Jos 2:10, Jos 2:11, Jos 9:9, Jos 9:10; Ch2 32:31; Dan 2:47, Dan 3:28; Dan 4:37
great name: Exo 3:13-16, Exo 34:5-7; Jos 7:9; Psa 86:8, Psa 86:9; Eze 20:9
thy strong hand: Exo 3:19, Exo 9:15, Exo 13:14; Deu 3:24, Deu 4:34, Deu 11:2, Deu 11:3; Kg2 17:36; Psa 89:13; Psa 136:12; Isa 51:9, Isa 63:12; Jer 31:11, Jer 32:17
when he shall: Isa 66:19, Isa 66:20; Jer 3:19; Zac 14:16; Act 8:27
that all the people, Sa1 17:46; Kg2 19:19; Ch2 6:33; Psa 22:27, Psa 67:2, Psa 72:10, Psa 72:11, Psa 86:9; Isa 11:9; Rev 11:15
fear thee: Psa 102:15, Psa 117:1, Psa 117:2
this house: Heb. thy name is called upon this house, Kg1 8:29
go out to battle: Deu 20:1-4, Deu 31:3-6; Jos 1:2-5; Ch2 6:34
whithersoever: Num 31:1-12; Jos 6:2-5, Jos 8:1, Jos 8:2; Jdg 1:1, Jdg 1:2, Jdg 4:6, Jdg 6:14; Sa1 15:3, Sa1 15:18; Sa1 30:8; Sa2 5:19, Sa2 5:23
shall pray: Ch2 14:9-12, Ch2 18:31, Ch2 20:6-13, Ch2 32:20
toward the city: Heb. the way of the city, Kg1 8:16; Psa 78:67-69, Psa 132:13, Psa 132:14; Dan 9:17-19
cause: or, right, Gen 18:25; Psa 9:4; Jer 5:28
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: Ch2 6:36; Job 14:4, Job 15:14-16; Psa 19:12, Psa 130:3, Psa 143:2; Pro 20:9; Ecc 7:20; Isa 53:6, Isa 64:6; Rom 3:19; Gal 3:22; Jam 3:2; Jo1 1:8-10
unto the land: Lev 26:34-39; Deu 4:26, Deu 4:27, Deu 28:36, Deu 28:64-68, Deu 29:28; Kg2 17:6, Kg2 17:18, Kg2 17:23, Kg2 25:21; Dan 9:7-14; Luk 21:24
Yet if they: Lev 26:40-45; Deu 4:29-31, Deu 30:1, Deu 30:2; Ch2 6:37, Ch2 33:12, Ch2 33:13; Eze 16:61, Eze 16:63; Eze 18:28; Hag 1:7; Luk 15:17
bethink themselves: Heb. bring back to their heart
saying: Ezr 9:6, Ezr 9:7; Neh 1:6-11, Neh 9:26-30; Psa 106:6; Isa 64:6-12; Dan 9:5-11; Zac 12:10
done perversely: Job 33:27, Job 33:28; Jer 31:18-20; Luk 15:18
And so return: Deu 4:29, Deu 6:5, Deu 6:6; Jdg 10:15, Jdg 10:16; Sa1 7:3, Sa1 7:4; Neh 1:9; Psa 119:2, Psa 119:10, Psa 119:145; Pro 23:26; Isa 55:6, Isa 55:7; Jer 3:10, Jer 24:7, Jer 29:12-14; Dan 9:13; Hos 14:1, Hos 14:2; Act 8:37; Rom 10:10
pray unto: Kg1 8:29, Kg1 8:30; Dan 6:10
the city: Kg1 8:44
Then hear: Kg1 8:30
cause: or, right, Kg1 8:45; Kg2 19:19; Zac 1:15, Zac 1:16
and give them: Ch2 30:9; Ezr 7:6, Ezr 7:27, Ezr 7:28; Neh 1:11, Neh 2:4-8; Psa 106:46; Pro 16:7; Dan 1:9, Dan 1:10; Act 7:10
thy people: Kg1 8:53; Exo 32:11, Exo 32:12; Num 14:13-19; Deu 9:26-29; Ch2 6:39; Neh 1:10; Isa 63:16-18, Isa 64:9; Jer 51:19
the furnace: Deu 4:20; Jer 11:4
That thine: Kg1 8:29; Ch2 6:40
in all that: Psa 86:5, Psa 145:18
separate: Exo 19:5, Exo 19:6, Exo 33:16; Num 23:9; Deu 4:34, Deu 7:6-8, Deu 9:26, Deu 9:29, Deu 14:2, Deu 32:9; Co2 6:14-18; Tit 2:14; Pe1 2:9
thine inheritance: Deu 32:9; Jer 10:16; Eph 1:18
as thou: Deu 33:1-3, Deu 33:26-29
when Solomon: Luk 11:1, Luk 22:45
kneeling: Ch2 6:13; Psa 95:6; Luk 22:41, Luk 22:45; Act 20:36, Act 21:5
with his hands: Kg1 8:22; Ch2 6:12
blessed: Kg1 8:14; Num 6:23-26; Sa2 6:18; Ch1 16:2
Blessed be: Kg1 8:15
hath given rest: Deu 3:20, Deu 12:10, Deu 12:12; Jos 21:44; Ch2 14:6; Heb 4:3-9
there: Jos 21:45, Jos 23:14, Jos 23:15; Luk 1:54, Luk 1:55, Luk 1:72, Luk 1:73, Luk 21:33
failed: Heb. fallen, Sa1 3:19; Kg2 10:10
Deu 31:6, Deu 31:8; Jos 1:5, Jos 1:9; Ch1 28:9; Ch2 32:7, Ch2 32:8; Psa 46:7, Psa 46:11; Isa 8:10; Isa 41:10; Mat 1:23, Mat 28:20; Rom 8:31; Heb 13:5
incline: Psa 110:3, Psa 119:36; Sol 1:4; Jer 31:33; Eze 36:26, Eze 36:27; Phi 2:13; Heb 13:21
his commandments: Deu 4:1, Deu 4:45, Deu 6:1
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 Ch2 6:41, Ch2 6:42, apparently taken from one of the Psalms.
nigh: Psa 102:1, Psa 102:2, Psa 141:2; Joh 17:9, Joh 17:20-24; Jo1 2:2
at all times: Heb. the thing of a day in his day, Luk 11:3
as the matter: Deu 33:25
That all: Kg1 8:43; Jos 4:24; Sa1 17:46; Kg2 19:19
the Lord: Kg1 18:39; Deu 4:35, Deu 4:39; Isa 44:6, Isa 44:8, Isa 44:24, Isa 45:5, Isa 45:6, Isa 45:22; Jer 10:10-12; Joe 2:27
perfect: Kg1 11:4, Kg1 15:3, Kg1 15:14; Gen 17:1; Deu 18:13; Kg2 20:3; Ch1 28:9; Job 1:1, Job 1:8; Psa 37:37; Co2 7:1; Phi 3:12-16
a sacrifice: Lev. 3:1-17; Ch1 29:21; Ch2 15:11, Ch2 29:32-35, Ch2 30:24, Ch2 35:7-9; Ezr 6:16, Ezr 6:17; Eze 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, Num 7:11, Num 7:84-88; Ch2 2:4, Ch2 7:5; Ezr 6:16, Ezr 6:17; Neh 12:27; Joh 10:22
hallow: Ch2 7:7
the brazen: Ch2 4:1
held: Kg1 8:2; Lev 23:34-43; Ch2 7:8, Ch2 7:9
a great: Ch2 30:13; Psa 40:9, Psa 40:10
from the entering: Kg1 4:21, Kg1 4:24; Num 34:5, Num 34:8; Jos 13:5; Jdg 3:3; Kg2 14:25; Amo 6:14
the river: Gen 15:18; Exo 23:31; Num 34:5; Jos 13:3
seven days: Ch2 7:8, Ch2 7:9, Ch2 30:23
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 Kg1 8:1. Ch2 7:10, Ch2 31:1
blessed: or, thanked, Kg1 8:1, Kg1 8:47
joyful: Deu 12:7, Deu 12:12, Deu 12:18, Deu 16:11; Ch2 29:36, Ch2 30:26, Ch2 30:27; Neh 8:10; Psa 95:1, Psa 95:2; Psa 100:1, Psa 100:2, Psa 106:4, Psa 106:5, Psa 122:6, Psa 122:9; Isa 61:9, Isa 61:10, Isa 66:13, Isa 66:14; Jer 31:12-14; Zep 3:14; Zac 9:9, Zac 9:17; Act 2:46; Gal 5:22; Phi 4:4