That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.
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Gill's Exposition
That thine eyes may be open towards this house night and day,.... That is, to the people that pray in it, as they are to his righteous ones, Psa 33:14 even towards the place of which thou hast my name…
Barnes' Notes
The choice of Jerusalem as the place seems to have been made by special revelation to David. See Psa 78:68; Psa 132:13; and compare 1Ch 22:1. Toward this place - Better (here and in 1Ki 8:30) than the…
Adam Clarke
My name shall be there - I will there show forth my power and my glory by enlightening, quickening, pardoning, sanctifying, and saving all my sincere worshippers.
Solomon having made a general surrender of this house to God, which God had signified his acceptance of by taking possession, next follows Solomon's prayer, in which he makes a more particular…
Cambridge Bible
even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there These words refer back to 1Ki 8:16, and appear to imply all that is contained in the expansion there alluded to from 2Ch 6:6 that…
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