John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:45
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication ,.... For success: and maintain their cause ; do them justice, and avenge their injuries, as the Targum; let it appear that their cause is right, by giving them victory. read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Kings 8:22-53
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 declaration of the uses of that surrender, with all humility and reverence, desiring that God would agree thereto. In short, it is his request that this temple may be deemed and taken, not only for a house of sacrifice (no mention is made of that in all this prayer, that was taken for granted), but a... read more