1 Kings 9:3

And the Lord said unto him [This message is given at greater length in 2 Chronicles 7:12-22 . 2 Chronicles 7:13 , 2 Chronicles 7:14 , e . g ; contain a reference to that part of the prayer which related to drought and rain], I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication [These two words are found similarly united in Solomon's prayer, verses 38, 45, 54], that thou hast made [Heb. supplicated ] before me; I have hallowed this house which thou hast built [ sc . by the manifestation described 1 Kings 8:11 . Cf. Exodus 29:43 : "the tabernacle shall be sanctified " (same word) "by my glory." In 2 Chronicles we read, "I have chosen this place to myself for a house of sacrifice," where, however, it is worth considering whether instead of the somewhat singular בית זבח the original text may not have been בית זבל , as in 1 Kings 8:13 ] to put my name there [ 1 Kings 8:29 ; cf. 1 Kings 8:16 , 1 Kings 8:17 , 1 Kings 8:18 , 1 Kings 8:19 ; also Deuteronomy 12:11 ; Luke 11:12 ] forever [ 1 Kings 8:13 . As Solomon offered it, so God accepted it, in perpetuity. That the house was subsequently "left desolate" and destroyed ( 2 Kings 25:9 ) was because of the national apostasy ( 1 Kings 8:8 , 1 Kings 8:9 ) ], and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. [In 1 Kings 8:29 Solomon asked that God's "eyes may be open… towards the house." The answer is that not only His eyes shall be open, but eyes and heart shall be there [ Ephesians 3:20 ; see Homiletics on 1 Kings 3:5 );—the eye to watch, the heart to cherish it.]