John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Kings 8:26
And now, O God of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified ,.... Truly made good, and punctually performed: which thou spakest unto thy servant David my father ; the same request in other words, repeated to show his ardent and vehement desire to have it fulfilled. 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