I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
1 Kings 8 belongs to the history of Solomon's reign over the undivided kingdom in 1 Kings 1 to 11, also related in 2 Chronicles 1 to 9, specifically the account of the building and dedication of the house of God. It is part of the account of the building and furniture of the temple, and of Solomon's dedication prayer with its sacrifices and God's answer to the prayer. The verse records Solomon's words at the dedication of the temple, that he had built the Lord a house as a settled place for God to dwell among His people.
The house was prepared by David and built by Solomon as the place appointed for God's dwelling. The work was carried out during a period when God blessed Solomon's devotedness.
The verse declares that Solomon had surely built the Lord a settled, permanent, immovable house to dwell in forever as a dwelling place for God among His people. In contrast to the movable wilderness tabernacle, the completed and dedicated temple was permanent and replaced the tabernacle as Israel's sanctuary.
The verse was spoken in the setting of Solomon's comprehensive prayer at the dedication, offered publicly and openly with the congregation. That prayer in 1 Kings 8 is the longest prayer recorded in the Scriptures.
Public prayer itself is right and acceptable to God, and is not the ostentatious offering of private prayer in public condemned in Matthew 6:5-6. God proved He was pleased with and accepted Solomon's prayer by answering with fire when it ended, consuming the burnt offering and the sacrifice, and by filling the house with the glory of Jehovah.
The temple was a type of the heavenly temple and of the church of God. As an immovable building it had two holy places, with sacred vessels like those in the tabernacle and the same ministration, and as a pattern of the heavenly temple it shows that the heavenly temple also has two holy places. The house Solomon built for God to dwell in forever was a typical sanctuary toward which the eyes of all Israel, at home and in foreign lands, were turned. Just as Israel looked to that earthly house, eyes and voices now should turn earnestly to the house not made with hands, the true tabernacle where the Mediator is performing the closing priestly acts.
1 Kings 8 belongs to the history of Solomon's reign over the undivided kingdom in 1 Kings 1 to 11, also related in 2 Chronicles 1 to 9, specifically the account of the building and dedication of the house of God. It is part of the account of the building and furniture of the temple, and of Solomon's dedication prayer with its sacrifices and God's answer to the prayer. The verse records Solomon's words at the dedication of the temple, that he had built the Lord a house as a settled place for God to dwell among His people.
The house was prepared by David and built by Solomon as the place appointed for God's dwelling. The work was carried out during a period when God blessed Solomon's devotedness.
The verse declares that Solomon had surely built the Lord a settled, permanent, immovable house to dwell in forever as a dwelling place for God among His people. In contrast to the movable wilderness tabernacle, the completed and dedicated temple was permanent and replaced the tabernacle as Israel's sanctuary.
The verse was spoken in the setting of Solomon's comprehensive prayer at the dedication, offered publicly and openly with the congregation. That prayer in 1 Kings 8 is the longest prayer recorded in the Scriptures.
Public prayer itself is right and acceptable to God, and is not the ostentatious offering of private prayer in public condemned in Matthew 6:5-6. God proved He was pleased with and accepted Solomon's prayer by answering with fire when it ended, consuming the burnt offering and the sacrifice, and by filling the house with the glory of Jehovah.
The temple was a type of the heavenly temple and of the church of God. As an immovable building it had two holy places, with sacred vessels like those in the tabernacle and the same ministration, and as a pattern of the heavenly temple it shows that the heavenly temple also has two holy places. The house Solomon built for God to dwell in forever was a typical sanctuary toward which the eyes of all Israel, at home and in foreign lands, were turned. Just as Israel looked to that earthly house, eyes and voices now should turn earnestly to the house not made with hands, the true tabernacle where the Mediator is performing the closing priestly acts.