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**the elders.** Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "all the elders".
**and.** Some codices, with three early printed editions, Aramaean, and Septuagint, omit "and".
**fathers** = fathers' houses = families.
**children** = sons.
**out of the city of David:** i.e. up out of Zion (the former Jebus, [2 Samuel 5:6-9](../../../kjv/2-samuel/5/6-9) ) to Moriah, where the Temple had been built ([1 Chronicles 21:28](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/21/28) , [1 Chronicles 22:1](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/22/1) ). Compare [2 Samuel 6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/6) . App-68

**Ethanim.** Same as Tisri.
**the seventh month.** Compare [Leviticus 23:24](../../../kjv/leviticus/23/24) . See note on [1 Kings 6:38](../../../kjv/1-kings/6/38) .

**took up.** As commanded in [Numbers 4:5](../../../kjv/numbers/4/5) , [Numbers 4:15](../../../kjv/numbers/4/15) , [Numbers 4:19](../../../kjv/numbers/4/19) .

**the tabernacle** = the tent. Hebrew. *'ohel* . See App-40 . Brought from Gibeon ([2 Chronicles 1:3](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/3) , [2 Chronicles 1:4](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/1/4) ). Probably put among the treasures of [1 Kings 7:51](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/51) .
**priests:** the ministers of sacrifice.
**Levites:** the ministers of praise.

**oracle** = the most holy place. Compare [2 Samuel 16:23](../../../kjv/2-samuel/16/23) .
**the most holy place** = the holy of holies.

**without** = outside: i.e. outside the holy place.
**unto this day:** i.e. 1 Kings written while Temple was still standing; therefore before its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar, and before the Captivity. Compare [2 Chronicles 5:9](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/5/9) , and See [1 Kings 9:21](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/21) ; 1Ki 12:19 . [2 Kings 8:22](../../../kjv/2-kings/8/22) ; [2 Kings 10:27](../../../kjv/2-kings/10/27) .

**save, &c.** [Hebrews 9:4](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/4) speaks of the Ark as it was in the Tabernacle, not as in the Temple. Compare [Hebrews 9:2](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/2) , [Hebrews 9:3](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/3) , [Hebrews 9:4](../../../kjv/hebrews/9/4) .
**when. Israel.** The Septuagint reads "the Tables which Moses placed [there] in Horeb, which [Tables] the LORD covenanted with the sons of Israel".

**dwell.** Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia* . App-6 .

**house to dwell in.** Hebrew. *beth zebul =* Assyrian *bit-zabali =* high or lofty house. Compare Zebulun ([Genesis 30:20](../../../kjv/genesis/30/20) ).

**congregation** = assembly,

**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 . saying. Compare [2 Samuel 7:6](../../../kjv/2-samuel/7/6) .

**therein** = there, with Septuagint and [2 Chronicles 6:5](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/6/5) . The Septuagint adds after this word "and I have chosen Jerusalem that My Name might be there". This is preserved in [2 Chronicles 6:6](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/6/6) . The scribe's eye, in copying, went back to the next word, "I have chosen David", and went on from there, omitting the sentence given above.

**said.** Compare [2 Samuel 7:12](../../../kjv/2-samuel/7/12) .

**the covenant.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), App-6 , for the two tables of stone on which it was written.

**stood** = took his position: position, not posture. See note on [1 Kings 8:54](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/54) .
**spread forth.** He did this kneeling. See [1 Kings 8:54](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/54) and [2 Chronicles 6:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/6/13) .

**mercy** = lovingkindness, or grace.

**so that** = provided that,
**as** = according as.

**God** = Elohim. App-4 . Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "Jehovah Elohim". App-4 .
**word.** Hebrew. *dabar* . Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject), for the promises made by it. See [1 Kings 8:56](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/56) .

**will. ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 . Compare [2 Chronicles 6:18](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/6/18) . [Isaiah 66:1](../../../kjv/isaiah/66/1) .[Acts 7:48](../../../kjv/acts/7/48) , [Acts 7:49](../../../kjv/acts/7/49) .
**indeed** = in truth.
**behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**heaven, &c.** Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ), for emphasis.
**how much. ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis.* App-6 .

**prayer.** Includes every thought of the heart which is Godward.
**supplication** = entreaty (for favour).
**cry** = the vehement utterance of either.

**t** ow
**ard.** So written, but some codices read "upon".
**make toward.** Hence Daniel's act ([Daniel 6:10](../../../kjv/daniel/6/10) ).

**dwelling place** . Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 .

**If** = When, or Whosoever shall.
**trespass.** See App-44 . This shows an acquaintance with the Pentateuch. See [1 Kings 8:33](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/33) , and App-47 .
**and the oath come.** Omitted by Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate versions.

**When.** Note how these petitions are based on the *Pentateuch.* Compare [Leviticus 26:17](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/17) . [Deuteronomy 28:25](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/25) .

**bring them again.** See [Deuteronomy 30:1-8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/30/1-8) . [Nehemiah 1:8](../../../kjv/nehemiah/1/8) , [Nehemiah 1:9](../../../kjv/nehemiah/1/9) .

**When heaven is shut up.** Compare [Leviticus 26:19](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/19) . [Deuteronomy 11:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/11/17) . Compare Ch. [1 Kings 17:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/17/1) .

**that Thou teach** = because Thou wilt teach.

**pestilence** = death. Compare [Leviticus 26:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/26) .
**blasting** = blight.
**cities.** Hebrew gates. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct) for cities.

**man.** Hebrew. *'adam.* App-14 .
**know** = perceive in his own heart. Latin. *conscio,*
**every man** . Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 .
**plague** = punishment. Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause), App-6 , for the sin which produces it.

**his** = all his, as in [2 Chronicles 6:30](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/6/30) .
**for Thou, &c.** Figure of speech *Epitrechon.* App-6 .

**stranger** = foreigner, or alien. Already contemplated in [Numbers 15:14](../../../kjv/numbers/15/14) .[Deuteronomy 10:19](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/10/19) .

**they shall hear.** Compare [1 Kings 10:1](../../../kjv/1-kings/10/1) , 1Ki 10:6 , [1 Kings 10:7](../../../kjv/1-kings/10/7) .

**enemy.** Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "enemies".

**cause.** Hebrew judgment: i.e. execute judgment for them.

**there is no man that sinneth not.** Figure of speech *Parosmia.* App-6 . Compare [Proverbs 20:9](../../../kjv/proverbs/20/9) . [Ecclesiastes 7:20](../../../kjv/ecclesiastes/7/20) . [James 3:2](../../../kjv/james/3/2) .

**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](../../../kjv/1-kings/9/26) , 1Ki 9:29 (compare verses: [1 Kings 8:51-52](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/51-52) below); [1 Kings 7:9](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/9) (Compare [1 Kings 8:23](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/23) above); and [1 Kings 10:14](../../../kjv/1-kings/10/14) (Compare [1 Kings 8:27](../../../kjv/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](../../../kjv/nehemiah/1/6) , [Nehemiah 1:7](../../../kjv/nehemiah/1/7) . [Daniel 9:8](../../../kjv/daniel/9/8) .

**toward their land.** Compare [Daniel 6:10](../../../kjv/daniel/6/10) ; [Daniel 9:5-19](../../../kjv/daniel/9/5-19) . [Ezra 9:5-15](../../../kjv/ezra/9/5-15) ; [Ezra 10:1](../../../kjv/ezra/10/1) .[Nehemiah 9:16-35](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/16-35) .[Psalms 106:6](../../../kjv/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.

**forgive Thy People.** Compare [Leviticus 26:40](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/40) , [Leviticus 26:42](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/42) .
**give them.** Compare [Ezra 1:1](../../../kjv/ezra/1/1) , [Ezra 1:3](../../../kjv/ezra/1/3) .

**furnace** = furnace for the smelting of iron; not made of iron. Compare [Genesis 15:17](../../../kjv/genesis/15/17) .

**didst separate.** Compare [Leviticus 20:24](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/24) , [Leviticus 20:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/20/26) .
**people** = peoples.

**praying. prayer** = making this solemn prayer, Figure of speech *Polyptoton* . App-6 .
**kneeling.** See note on [1 Kings 8:22](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/22) , and Compare [1 Kings 19:18](../../../kjv/1-kings/19/18) . [Isaiah 45:23](../../../kjv/isaiah/45/23) .[Ezra 9:5](../../../kjv/ezra/9/5) . [2 Chronicles 6:13](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/6/13) .[Daniel 6:10](../../../kjv/daniel/6/10) . [Psalms 95:6](../../../kjv/psalms/95/6) . Standing was the earlier practice ([1 Samuel 1:26](../../../kjv/1-samuel/1/26) ).

**given rest.** Compare [Exodus 33:14](../../../kjv/exodus/33/14) .
**not failed.** Not fallen [to the ground]. Hebrew. *naphal,* to fall. Solomon knows [Joshua 23:14](../../../kjv/joshua/23/14) . Compare [Joshua 21:45](../../../kjv/joshua/21/45) ,
**Moses His servant.** See note on [Exodus 14:31](../../../kjv/exodus/14/31) .

**us.** Note that Solomon includes himself.
**let Him not leave us, &c.** See note on [Genesis 28:15](../../../kjv/genesis/28/15) .

**incline our hearts.** Compare [Leviticus 26:3-13](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/3-13) .[Deuteronomy 28:1-14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/1-14) . Some codices, with three early printed editions, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "heart".

**at all times.** Hebrew the matter of a day in its day: i.e. day by day.

**may know.** Compare [Deuteronomy 4:39](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/39) .
**is** = he [is].

**perfect with** = loyal: i.e. not divided between Jehovah and other gods; hence wholly devoted to. Not heeded by Solomon himself. Compare 1Ki 9:6 ; [1 Kings 11:4](../../../kjv/1-kings/11/4) .

**offered sacrifice.** Hebrew sacrificed a sacrifice. Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ) = offered a great or abundant sacrifice. See App-43 . Jehovah accepted them by fire from heaven, as recorded in [2 Chronicles 7:1](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/7/1) . See note on [Genesis 4:4](../../../kjv/genesis/4/4) .

**a feast** = the feast: viz. the Feast of Tabernacles. See note on [1 Kings 8:2](../../../kjv/1-kings/8/2) .
**seven days and seven days.** Figure of speech *Epizeuxis.* App-6 . The first seven the Feast of Dedication; the second the Feast of Tabernacles.

**for David:** i.e. in the person of Solomon his son. Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Part). Compare [1 Kings 10:9](../../../kjv/1-kings/10/9) and [2 Chronicles 7:10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/7/10) .

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