(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when he shall come and pray toward this house;
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Gill's Exposition
(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:…
Barnes' Notes
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 Exo 6:6; Exo 13:9; Deu 9:29 : only once in Joshua…
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
of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm A constant phrase in Deuteronomy to express God's power, see Deu 3:24; Deu 4:34; Deu 5:15, &c. The greater part of 1Ki 8:41 and the whole of 42 are…
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