1 Kings 8:46-49 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 8:49

Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause. [Heb. do their judgments, as in verse 45.] read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 8:49

Occasions for Prayer. In the prayer of dedication Solomon suggests occasions on which it would be natural for men to turn to their God. The Divine Presence is constant, but our realization of it is not. Many require the shock of some unexpected or lamentable occurrence to rouse them to prayer. This effect, however, will only be seen in those who have, underlying their forgetfulness and sensuousness, an abiding (though sometimes inoperative) belief in God. This Israel for the most part had.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 8:47

Bethink themselves - literally, as in the margin - i. e. “reflect,” “consider seriously.” Compare Deuteronomy 30:1.Sinned, done perversely, committed wickedness - The words here used seem to have become the standard form of expressing contrition when the time of the captivity arrived and the Israelites were forcibly removed to Babylon (compare the margin reference). The three expressions are thought to form a climax, rising from negative to positive guilt, and from mere wrongful acts to... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 8:46

1 Kings 8:46. If they sin against thee The universal corruption of man’s whole race and nature, makes me presage that they will fall into sins; and withal makes me hope that thou wilt not be severe to deal with them as their sins deserve. For there is no man that sinneth not That doth not fall short of his duty in many respects, “that doth not enough,” says Henry, “to justify God in the severest rebukes of his providence.” And “no man but what is in danger of falling even into gross sin,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 8:47-49

1 Kings 8:47-49. If they shall bethink themselves Consider their ways, and reflect on their past conduct as the cause of their sufferings. Hebrew, If they shall bring back their hearts from their idols and vanities; from going out after, and trusting in, any creature. And repent Afflictions are calculated to bring men, first to serious consideration, and then to repentance; and when they are truly penitent, they wilt confess their sins and humble themselves. Saying Sensibly, and with... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:22-66

The dedication ceremony (8:22-9:9)Solomon then went up on to a specially made bronze platform, knelt down and prayed to God in the presence of the assembled people (2 Chronicles 6:12-13). He admitted that only God’s grace had allowed his father and himself to fulfil their wish of building God a symbolic dwelling place. He prayed that God’s grace would rest likewise upon his royal descendants after him (22-26). Solomon knew there was no necessity for the temple, because God dwells everywhere.... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 8:46

there is no man that sinneth not. Figure of speech Parosmia. App-6 . Compare Proverbs 20:9 . Ecclesiastes 7:20 . James 3:2 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 8:47

if, &c. Deuteronomy supplied the Lord with answers in His temptation; and supplied Solomon with petitions for his prayer. Compare 1Ki 30:1-3 , 1Ki 30:4 , 1Ki 30:20 ; 1 Kings 9:26 , 1Ki 9:29 (compare verses: 1 Kings 8:51-52 below); 1 Kings 7:9 (Compare 1 Kings 8:23 above); and 1 Kings 10:14 (Compare 1 Kings 8:27 above), &c. bethink themselves = call themselves to their right mind. (The verb is in the Hiphil.) saying, We have sinned. Compare Nehemiah 1:6 , Nehemiah 1:7 . Daniel 9:8 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 8:48

toward their land. Compare Daniel 6:10 ; Daniel 9:5-19 . Ezra 9:5-15 ; Ezra 10:1 .Nehemiah 9:16-35 .Psalms 106:6 . the city. Some codices, with two early printed editions, and Vulgate, read "and the city". I have built. Hebrew text written "Thou hast built", but some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "I have built", as in Authorized Version. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 8:46

VII. PETITION FOR ISRAEL WHEN THEY ARE MADE CAPTIVES AND CARRIED AWAY TO ANOTHER LAND"If they sin against thee (for there is no man that sinneth not), and thou be angry with them, and deliver them to the enemy, so that they carry them away captive unto the land of the enemy, far off or near; yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 8:49

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Kings 8:49

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Kings 8:47

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 8:46

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Kings 8:47-49

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:22-66

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 8:46

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 8:47

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Kings 8:48

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Kings 8:46

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