Overview
1 Kings 8:1, The feast of the dedication of the temple; 1 Kings 8:12, Solomon’s blessing; 1 Kings 8:22, Solomon’s prayer; 1 Kings 8:54, Solomon’s blessing; 1 Kings 8:62, His sacrifice of peace offerings.

am 3000, bc 1004
Solomon: This did not take place, according to Abp. Usher, till the year after the temple was finished, because that year was a jubilee. "The 8th day of the 7th month, viz. the 30th of our October, being Friday, was the first of the seven days of dedication; the 10th day, Saturday, November 1, the fast of expiation or atonement was held; whereon, according to the Levitical law, the jubilee was proclaimed by sound of trumpet. The 15th day, Friday, was the feast of tabernacles, which was always very solemnly kept; and the day following, Nov.14, being our Saturday, when the Sabbath was ended, the people returned home." 2 Chronicles 5:2-10
assembled: Joshua 23:2, Joshua 24:1, 1 Chronicles 28:1, 2 Chronicles 30:1, Ezra 3:1
chief of the fathers: Heb. princes, Numbers 7:3
that they might bring: 2 Samuel 6:1, 2 Samuel 6:2, 2 Samuel 6:6, 2 Samuel 6:12, 1 Chronicles 13:1-5, 1 Chronicles 15:3, 1 Chronicles 15:25
out of the city: 1 Kings 3:15, 2 Samuel 5:7-9, 2 Samuel 6:12-17, 1 Chronicles 11:7, 1 Chronicles 15:29, 1 Chronicles 16:1, Psalms 9:11, Psalms 102:21, Isaiah 28:16, Isaiah 46:13, 1 Peter 2:6
Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:66 - the eighth day 1 Kings 20:7 - all the elders 1 Chronicles 11:5 - the castle

and the: 1 Kings 3:4, 2 Chronicles 1:3
tabernacle: Exodus 40:2-33
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 10:8 - bear 1 Kings 8:6 - And the priests 1 Chronicles 17:5 - from tent to tent 1 Chronicles 23:32 - keep 2 Chronicles 5:5 - the tabernacle Acts 7:45 - Which

sacrificing sheep: 1 Kings 8:62, 1 Kings 8:63, 2 Samuel 6:13, 1 Chronicles 16:1
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 6:17 - offered 1 Kings 8:21 - And I have 1 Kings 12:32 - like unto 2 Chronicles 5:6 - General

And the priests: 1 Kings 8:4, 2 Samuel 6:17, 2 Chronicles 5:7
his place: 1 Kings 6:19, Exodus 26:33, Exodus 26:34, Exodus 40:20, Exodus 40:21
under the wings: 1 Kings 6:27, Exodus 25:20-22, Exodus 37:9, 1 Samuel 4:4, 2 Samuel 6:2, Psalms 80:1, Psalms 99:1, Isaiah 37:16, Ezekiel 10:5
Reciprocal: Exodus 25:18 - two cherubims of gold Leviticus 16:2 - he come not Deuteronomy 10:8 - bear 1 Kings 6:16 - built them 1 Kings 8:21 - And I have 1 Chronicles 6:32 - until Solomon 1 Chronicles 16:1 - they brought 1 Chronicles 22:19 - to bring 2 Chronicles 4:20 - the oracle 2 Chronicles 5:5 - the tabernacle Psalms 24:7 - shall Psalms 28:2 - thy holy oracle Hebrews 9:3 - the Holiest Hebrews 9:5 - over

Reciprocal: Exodus 25:18 - two cherubims of gold Exodus 25:20 - cherubims shall Numbers 4:6 - the staves 2 Samuel 6:2 - dwelleth 2 Chronicles 5:7 - to the oracle Isaiah 6:2 - wings Hebrews 9:5 - over

drew out the staves: Exodus 25:14, Exodus 25:15, Exodus 37:4, Exodus 37:5, Exodus 40:20
ends: Heb. heads
holy place: or, ark, as, 2 Chronicles 5:9
unto this day: Joshua 4:9, Matthew 28:15
Reciprocal: Numbers 4:6 - the staves Numbers 4:20 - the holy things Deuteronomy 10:5 - there they 1 Chronicles 15:15 - bare the ark

Reciprocal: Exodus 16:10 - appeared Exodus 26:33 - the holy place Exodus 34:5 - descended Exodus 40:34 - a cloud Leviticus 9:4 - to day Leviticus 9:6 - and the glory Leviticus 16:2 - in the cloud 1 Kings 9:3 - I have hallowed 2 Chronicles 5:13 - then the house 2 Chronicles 7:1 - the glory Psalms 97:2 - Clouds Isaiah 6:1 - filled Isaiah 6:4 - the house Ezekiel 1:28 - This Ezekiel 10:4 - and the house Ezekiel 43:5 - the glory Hosea 5:15 - return Matthew 17:5 - behold Mark 9:7 - a cloud Revelation 15:8 - was

for the glory: Leviticus 9:6, Leviticus 9:23, Ezekiel 43:2, Ezekiel 43:4, Ezekiel 43:5, Ezekiel 44:4, John 1:14, Acts 7:55, 2 Corinthians 3:18, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Revelation 21:11, Revelation 21:23
Reciprocal: Exodus 16:10 - appeared Exodus 29:43 - sanctified Exodus 40:34 - a cloud Exodus 40:35 - General 1 Kings 9:3 - I have hallowed 2 Chronicles 7:1 - the glory Psalms 24:7 - shall Isaiah 6:1 - filled Isaiah 60:2 - the Lord Ezekiel 1:28 - This Haggai 2:7 - I will fill Luke 2:9 - and the Romans 9:4 - and the glory

Whereas: 2 Chronicles 6:7-9, 2 Corinthians 8:12
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 7:3 - all that 1 Chronicles 28:2 - I had in mine heart 2 Chronicles 1:11 - this was 2 Chronicles 2:1 - for the name 2 Chronicles 2:4 - build 2 Chronicles 6:8 - thou didst well Romans 1:15 - so Philippians 4:14 - ye have James 2:8 - ye do

hath performed: 1 Kings 8:15, Nehemiah 9:8, Isaiah 9:7, Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 29:11, Ezekiel 12:25, Ezekiel 37:14, Micah 7:20, Romans 4:21, Philippians 1:6
as the Lord: 1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Chronicles 28:6
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:5 - But unto 2 Samuel 7:12 - And when 1 Kings 9:5 - I will establish 1 Chronicles 17:11 - I will raise 1 Chronicles 22:7 - unto the name 1 Chronicles 22:10 - He shall build 1 Chronicles 29:1 - whom 2 Chronicles 2:1 - for the name 2 Chronicles 13:5 - to David Psalms 74:7 - dwelling Ezekiel 37:26 - set Acts 7:47 - General

2 Chronicles 6:12, Ezra 9:5, Job 11:13, Psalms 28:2, Psalms 63:4, Isaiah 1:15, 1 Timothy 2:8
stood before the altar: 1 Kings 8:54, 2 Kings 11:14, 2 Kings 23:3, 2 Chronicles 6:12, 13-42
spread forth: Exodus 9:29, Exodus 9:33
Reciprocal: Exodus 33:10 - worshipped 1 Kings 8:38 - spread forth 2 Chronicles 4:1 - an altar Nehemiah 9:5 - Stand up Psalms 44:20 - stretched Psalms 68:31 - stretch Lamentations 1:17 - spreadeth Ezekiel 46:2 - he shall worship

keep with thy: 1 Kings 2:4, 2 Samuel 7:27-29, 1 Chronicles 17:23-27, Luke 1:68-72
There shall not: etc. Heb. There shall not be cut off unto thee a man from my sight, Jeremiah 33:17-26
so that: Heb. only if
thy children: 1 Kings 2:4, 1 Kings 9:4-6, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 2 Chronicles 6:16, 2 Chronicles 6:17
Reciprocal: Genesis 17:1 - walk 1 Kings 6:12 - if thou wilt 2 Chronicles 7:17 - if thou wilt Psalms 116:9 - walk Psalms 132:11 - Of the fruit Isaiah 38:5 - God

But will: 2 Chronicles 6:18, Isaiah 66:1, John 1:14, Acts 7:48, Acts 7:49, Acts 17:24, 2 Corinthians 6:16, 1 John 3:1
the heaven: Deuteronomy 10:14, 2 Chronicles 2:6, Psalms 113:4, Psalms 139:7-16, Jeremiah 23:24, 2 Corinthians 12:2
Reciprocal: Exodus 15:2 - an habitation Leviticus 26:11 - I will Deuteronomy 12:5 - habitation Deuteronomy 26:15 - Look down 2 Samuel 6:9 - How shall 1 Kings 6:13 - I will dwell 1 Chronicles 13:12 - How 1 Chronicles 17:5 - dwelt 1 Chronicles 23:25 - that they may dwell in Jerusalem Ezra 1:2 - Lord God Nehemiah 9:5 - exalted Nehemiah 9:6 - the heaven Job 9:14 - How much Job 35:5 - Look Job 36:26 - we Psalms 8:1 - thy Psalms 18:6 - my cry Psalms 33:14 - General Psalms 132:5 - an habitation Psalms 132:14 - here will Psalms 148:4 - heavens Isaiah 57:15 - I dwell Isaiah 63:15 - the habitation Daniel 2:11 - whose Matthew 23:21 - and by Acts 17:27 - he be Revelation 21:3 - Behold Revelation 21:22 - I saw

Yet have thou: 2 Chronicles 6:19, Psalms 141:2, Daniel 9:17-19, Luke 18:1, Luke 18:7
hearken: Psalms 4:1, Psalms 5:1, Psalms 86:3, Psalms 86:6, Psalms 86:7, Psalms 88:1, Psalms 88:2
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 22:7 - out 2 Kings 13:23 - had respect 2 Kings 19:14 - spread it Nehemiah 1:6 - thine ear Psalms 28:2 - thy holy oracle Isaiah 37:14 - and Hezekiah went

If any man: Solomon here puts seven cases, in all of which the mercy and intervention of God would be indispensably requisite; and he earnestly bespeaks that mercy and intervention, on condition that the people pray towards that holy place, and with a feeling heart make earnest supplication to the throne of mercy.
trespass: 2 Chronicles 6:22, 2 Chronicles 6:23
an oath be laid upon him: Heb. he require an oath of him, Exodus 22:8-11, Leviticus 5:1, Proverbs 30:9
the oath: Numbers 5:16-22
Reciprocal: Exodus 22:9 - for all manner of trespass Psalms 88:2 - General

that all the people, 1 Samuel 17:46, 2 Kings 19:19, 2 Chronicles 6:33, Psalms 22:27, Psalms 67:2, Psalms 72:10, Psalms 72:11, Psalms 86:9, Isaiah 11:9, Revelation 11:15
fear thee: Psalms 102:15, Psalms 117:1, Psalms 117:2
this house: Heb. thy name is called upon this house, 1 Kings 8:29
Reciprocal: Exodus 20:24 - in all places Deuteronomy 26:15 - Look down Deuteronomy 32:43 - Rejoice Joshua 4:24 - all the people 1 Kings 8:30 - and hear 1 Kings 8:60 - That all 1 Kings 18:36 - let it 1 Chronicles 16:8 - make 1 Chronicles 28:9 - know thou Psalms 20:6 - he will Psalms 102:19 - For he Isaiah 19:21 - Lord shall Isaiah 37:20 - that all Jeremiah 25:29 - which is called by my name Zechariah 8:20 - there Zechariah 8:23 - we have Matthew 6:9 - Hallowed Luke 11:2 - Hallowed Acts 10:2 - one Galatians 4:9 - ye have

cause: or, right, Genesis 18:25, Psalms 9:4, Jeremiah 5:28
Reciprocal: Leviticus 13:6 - wash 2 Samuel 15:32 - he worshipped 1 Kings 8:49 - cause 1 Chronicles 5:20 - for they cried 2 Chronicles 6:34 - thy people Psalms 20:2 - from Psalms 140:12 - the Lord

If they sin: The second clause of this verse, as it is here translated, renders this supposition entirely nugatory; for if there be no man that sinneth not, it is useless to say, if they sin, but this objection is removed by rendering the original, "If they shall sin against thee (for there is no man that, lo yechetai, may not sin") i.e., there is no man impeccable or infallible; none that is not liable to transgress.
there is no man: 2 Chronicles 6:36, Job 14:4, Job 15:14-16, Psalms 19:12, Psalms 130:3, Psalms 143:2, Proverbs 20:9, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Isaiah 53:6, Isaiah 64:6, Romans 3:19, Galatians 3:22, James 3:2, 1 John 1:8-10
unto the land: Leviticus 26:34-39, Deuteronomy 4:26, Deuteronomy 4:27, Deuteronomy 28:36, Deuteronomy 28:64-68, Deuteronomy 29:28, 2 Kings 17:6, 2 Kings 17:18, 2 Kings 17:23, 2 Kings 25:21, Daniel 9:7-14, Luke 21:24
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:43 - and they Deuteronomy 4:30 - all these Job 9:2 - how Isaiah 26:15 - thou hadst Isaiah 43:5 - I will Jeremiah 24:7 - for they Lamentations 1:8 - hath Romans 7:15 - what Galatians 3:11 - that Philippians 3:9 - not

Then hear: 1 Kings 8:30
cause: or, right, 1 Kings 8:45, 2 Kings 19:19, Zechariah 1:15, Zechariah 1:16
Reciprocal: Psalms 140:12 - the Lord

That thine: 1 Kings 8:29, 2 Chronicles 6:40
in all that: Psalms 86:5, Psalms 145:18
Reciprocal: Ephesians 6:18 - supplication

when Solomon: Luke 11:1, Luke 22:45
kneeling: 2 Chronicles 6:13, Psalms 95:6, Luke 22:41, Luke 22:45, Acts 20:36, Acts 21:5
with his hands: 1 Kings 8:22, 2 Chronicles 6:12
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 7:1 - when Solomon Ezra 9:5 - spread Isaiah 1:15 - when Daniel 6:10 - he kneeled Ephesians 3:14 - I Ephesians 6:18 - supplication

blessed: 1 Kings 8:14, Numbers 6:23-26, 2 Samuel 6:18, 1 Chronicles 16:2
Reciprocal: Leviticus 9:22 - his hand 2 Chronicles 6:3 - blessed 2 Chronicles 31:8 - and his people Isaiah 9:16 - led of them Luke 19:37 - the whole Hebrews 7:7 - the less

let these my words: This and the following verse are a sort of supplement to the prayer; and there is an important addition to this prayer in 2 Chronicles 6:41, 2 Chronicles 6:42, apparently taken from one of the Psalms.
nigh: Psalms 102:1, Psalms 102:2, Psalms 141:2, John 17:9, John 17:20-24, 1 John 2:2
at all times: Heb. the thing of a day in his day, Luke 11:3
as the matter: Deuteronomy 33:25
Reciprocal: Ephesians 6:18 - supplication

2 Samuel 6:17-19, 2 Chronicles 7:4-7
Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:7 - offer it 1 Kings 8:5 - sacrificing sheep 1 Chronicles 29:21 - sacrificed 2 Chronicles 7:5 - a sacrifice

a sacrifice: Leviticus 3:1-17, 1 Chronicles 29:21, 2 Chronicles 15:11, 2 Chronicles 29:32-35, 2 Chronicles 30:24, 2 Chronicles 35:7-9, Ezra 6:16, Ezra 6:17, Ezekiel 45:17, Micah 6:7
two and twenty: We are not to suppose that all these victims were sacrificed in one day, or on one altar; for this was the whole amount of those that had been offered during the fourteen days which the feast of dedication and the feast of tabernacles lasted; and there appears to have been an altar erected in the middle of the court, which was set apart for that purpose, in consequence of the great altar of burnt offering being not sufficient for the multitude of sacrifices then offered.
dedicated: Numbers 7:10, Numbers 7:11, Numbers 7:84-88, 2 Chronicles 2:4, 2 Chronicles 7:5, Ezra 6:16, Ezra 6:17, Nehemiah 12:27, John 10:22
Reciprocal: Numbers 7:23 - General 1 Kings 3:4 - a thousand 1 Kings 3:15 - peace offerings 1 Kings 8:5 - sacrificing sheep 2 Chronicles 1:6 - a thousand Psalms 118:27 - bind

hallow: 2 Chronicles 7:7
the brazen: 2 Chronicles 4:1
Reciprocal: Exodus 27:2 - overlay it with brass Exodus 27:9 - the court Exodus 39:39 - General Leviticus 3:5 - Aaron's Numbers 7:1 - sanctified them Judges 21:4 - built there 2 Kings 16:15 - the king's burnt Ezra 6:17 - offered Psalms 118:27 - bind Ezekiel 45:17 - the prince's

the eighth day: In the parallel passage of Chronicles this is termed "the three and twentieth day of the seventh month;" that is, the ninth day of the dedication; which Jarchi reconciles by supposing that Solomon gave them leave to return on the eighth day, and many of them did return; and that he dismissed the remainder on the ninth, or twenty-third of the seventh month. See note on 1 Kings 8:1. 2 Chronicles 7:10, 2 Chronicles 31:1
blessed: or, thanked, 1 Kings 8:1, 1 Kings 8:47
joyful: Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Deuteronomy 12:18, Deuteronomy 16:11, 2 Chronicles 29:36, 2 Chronicles 30:26, 2 Chronicles 30:27, Nehemiah 8:10, Psalms 95:1, Psalms 95:2, Psalms 100:1, Psalms 100:2, Psalms 106:4, Psalms 106:5, Psalms 122:6, Psalms 122:9, Isaiah 61:9, Isaiah 61:10, Isaiah 66:13, Isaiah 66:14, Jeremiah 31:12-14, Zephaniah 3:14, Zechariah 9:9, Zechariah 9:17, Acts 2:46, Galatians 5:22, Philippians 4:4
Reciprocal: Exodus 31:6 - that they 2 Samuel 6:19 - So all the 1 Chronicles 16:43 - all the people Nehemiah 9:25 - delighted Psalms 118:24 - we will Ecclesiastes 9:7 - eat Isaiah 63:7 - the great goodness John 7:37 - the last