Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Kings 8:30
Toward this place - Both tabernacle and temple were types of our Lord Jesus, or of God manifested in the flesh; and he was and is the Mediator between God and man. All prayer, to be acceptable, and to be entitled to a hearing, must go to God through Him. The human nature of Christ is the temple in which dwelt all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; therefore with propriety all prayer must be offered to God through Him. "If they pray toward this place, hear thou in heaven thy... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:49
Then hear thou their prayers, and their supplication, in heaven thy dwellingplace ,.... For their deliverance out of captivity: and maintain their cause; plead it, and do them justice, avenge their injuries, and deliver them. read more