And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me,.... With delight and pleasure, and had accepted it; meaning the prayer recorded in the preceding…
Barnes' Notes
The answer given by God to Solomon’s prayer is reported more fully in 2Ch 7:12-22. When God puts His Name in the temple He does it, in intention, “forever.” He will not arbitrarily withdraw it; there…
God had given a real answer to Solomon's prayer, and tokens of his acceptance of it, immediately, by the fire from heaven which consumed the sacrifices (as we find Ch2 7:1); but here we have a more…
Cambridge Bible
I have heard thy prayer This could not have been the form of God's message, if thirteen years had passed away since the dedication. God's way is rather that spoken of by Isa 65:24 -While they are yet…
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