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My eyes and my heart will always be there. <a href="/nlt/1_kings/9.htm">New Living Translation</a> The LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your petition. I have set this Temple apart to be holy—this place you have built where my name will be honored forever. I will always watch over it, for it is dear to my heart. <a href="/esv/1_kings/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> And the LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you have made before me. I have consecrated this house that you have built, by putting my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there for all time. <a href="/bsb/1_kings/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. <a href="/kjv/1_kings/9.htm">King James Bible</a> And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/9.htm">New King James Version</a> And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built to put My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And the LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea which you have offered before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built, by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there always. <a href="/nasb/1_kings/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> The LORD said to him, &#8220I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And the LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. <a href="/lsb/1_kings/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And Yahweh said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication, which you have made before Me; I have set apart as holy this house which you have built by putting My name there forever, and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. <a href="/amp/1_kings/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The LORD told him, “I have heard your prayer and supplication which you have made before Me; I have consecrated this house which you have built by putting My Name and My Presence there forever. My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually. <a href="/csb/1_kings/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD said to him: I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put my name there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there at all times. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The LORD said to him: I have heard your prayer and petition you have made before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built, to put My name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there at all times. <a href="/asv/1_kings/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. <a href="/cev/1_kings/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The LORD said: I heard your prayer and what you asked me to do. This temple you have built is where I will be worshiped forever. It belongs to me, and I will never stop watching over it. <a href="/erv/1_kings/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> And the LORD said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer for mercy that you made to me. I have declared that this temple which you have built is holy so that my name may be placed there forever. My eyes and my heart will always be there. <a href="/gnt/1_kings/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer. I consecrate this Temple which you have built as the place where I shall be worshiped forever. I will watch over it and protect it for all time. <a href="/isv/1_kings/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> The LORD told him: "I've heard your prayer and your request that you made to me. I have consecrated this Temple that you have built by placing my name there forever. My eyes and my heart will be there continuously. <a href="/msb/1_kings/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> And the LORD said to him: ?I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. <a href="/net/1_kings/9.htm">NET Bible</a> The LORD said to him, "I have answered your prayer and your request for help that you made to me. I have consecrated this temple you built by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there. <a href="/nheb/1_kings/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> And the LORD said to him, "I have heard your prayer and your petition that you have made before me. I have done for you according to all your prayer. I have consecrated this house which you have built, to place my name there forever, and my eyes and my heart will be there perpetually. <a href="/wbt/1_kings/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And the LORD said to him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. <a href="/web/1_kings/9.htm">World English Bible</a> Yahweh said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before me. I have made this house holy, which you have built, to put my name there forever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and YHWH says to him, “I have heard your prayer and your supplication with which you have made supplication before Me; I have hallowed this house that you have built to put My Name there for all time, and My eyes and My heart have been there [for] all the days. <a href="/ylt/1_kings/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and Jehovah saith unto him, 'I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication with which thou hast made supplication before Me; I have hallowed this house that thou hast built to put My name there -- unto the age, and Mine eyes and My heart have been there all the days. <a href="/slt/1_kings/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And Jehovah will say to him, I heard thy supplication and thy prayer which thou didst supplicate before me: I consecrated this house which thou didst build to put my name there even to forever; and mine eyes and my heart were there all the days.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And the Lord said to him: I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, which thou hast made before me: I have sanctified this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever, and my eyes and my heart shall be there always. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And the Lord said to him: “I have heard your prayer and your petition, which you prayed before me. I have sanctified this house, which you have built, so that I may place my name there forever, and so that my eyes and my heart will be there for all days. <a href="/nabre/1_kings/9.htm">New American Bible</a> The LORD said to him: I have heard the prayer of petition which you offered in my presence. I have consecrated this house which you have built and I set my name there forever; my eyes and my heart shall be there always. <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The LORD said to him, “I have heard your prayer and your plea, which you made before me; I have consecrated this house that you have built, and put my name there forever; my eyes and my heart will be there for all time.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication that you have made before me; and I have hallowed for me this house which you have built to put my name there for ever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And LORD JEHOVAH said to him: I have heard your prayer and your request, which you requested from before me, and you have hallowed to me this house that you have built to put my name there until eternity, and my eyes and my heart shall be there all the days.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And the LORD said unto him: 'I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before Me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put My name there for ever; and Mine eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually. <a href="/sep/1_kings/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the Lord said to him, I have heard the voice of thy prayer, and thy supplication which thou madest before me: I have done for thee according to all thy prayer: I have hallowed this house which thou hast built to put my name there for ever, and mine eyes and my heart shall be there always. <a href="/parallel/1_kings/9-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=3602" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/9.htm">The LORD's Response to Solomon</a> …2the LORD appeared to him a second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon. 3<a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">And the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·lāw (Prep:: 3ms) -- To, into, towards. ">to him:</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: šā·ma‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">“I have heard</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8605.htm" title="8605: tə·p̄il·lā·ṯə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Prayer. From palal; intercession, supplication; by implication, a hymn.">your prayer</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8467.htm" title="8467: tə·ḥin·nā·ṯə·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Favor, supplication for favor. From chanan; graciousness; causatively, entreaty.">and petition</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2603.htm" title="2603: hiṯ·ḥan·nan·tāh (V-Hitpael-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferior; to favor, bestow; causatively to implore."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·nay (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before Me.</a> <a href="/hebrew/6942.htm" title="6942: hiq·daš·tî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- To be set apart or consecrated. A primitive root; to be clean.">I have consecrated</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: hab·ba·yiṯ (Art:: N-ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">temple</a> <a href="/hebrew/1129.htm" title="1129: bā·ni·ṯāh (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- To build. A primitive root; to build.">you have built</a> <a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: lā·śūm- (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">by putting</a> <a href="/hebrew/8034.htm" title="8034: šə·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A primitive word; an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character.">My Name</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">forever;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5769.htm" title="5769: ‘ō·w·lām (N-ms) -- Long duration, antiquity, futurity. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nay (N-cdc:: 1cs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">My eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: wə·lib·bî (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">and My heart</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence.">there</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">for all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">time.</a> 4And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-15.htm">2 Chronicles 7:15-16</a> Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayers offered in this place. / For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. <a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29</a> May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place. <a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11</a> then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD. <a href="/psalms/132-13.htm">Psalm 132:13-14</a> For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home: / “This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home. <a href="/2_chronicles/6-40.htm">2 Chronicles 6:40-42</a> Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place. / Now therefore, arise, O LORD God, and enter Your resting place, You and the ark of Your might. May Your priests, O LORD God, be clothed with salvation, and may Your godly ones rejoice in goodness. / O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.” <a href="/isaiah/56-7.htm">Isaiah 56:7</a> I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.” <a href="/matthew/21-13.htm">Matthew 21:13</a> And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’” <a href="/john/2-19.htm">John 2:19-21</a> Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.” / “This temple took forty-six years to build,” the Jews replied, “and You are going to raise it up in three days?” / But Jesus was speaking about the temple of His body. <a href="/1_kings/6-12.htm">1 Kings 6:12-13</a> “As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David. / And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel.” <a href="/2_samuel/7-13.htm">2 Samuel 7:13</a> He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. <a href="/jeremiah/7-11.htm">Jeremiah 7:11</a> Has this house, which bears My Name, become a den of robbers in your sight? Yes, I too have seen it, declares the LORD. <a href="/matthew/23-21.htm">Matthew 23:21</a> And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it. <a href="/acts/7-47.htm">Acts 7:47-49</a> But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. / However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: / ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be? <a href="/revelation/21-22.htm">Revelation 21:22</a> But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. <a href="/1_kings/8-10.htm">1 Kings 8:10-11</a> And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD / so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud. For the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And the LORD said to him, I have heard your prayer and your supplication, that you have made before me: I have hallowed this house, which you have built, to put my name there for ever; and my eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.I have heard<a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">2 Kings 20:5</a> Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD.<a href="/psalms/10-17.htm">Psalm 10:17</a> LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the humble: thou wilt prepare their heart, thou wilt cause thine ear to hear:<a href="/psalms/66-19.htm">Psalm 66:19</a> But verily God hath heard me; he hath attended to the voice of my prayer.I have hallowed<a href="/1_samuel/8-10.htm">1 Samuel 8:10,11</a> And Samuel told all the words of the LORD unto the people that asked of him a king… <a href="/exodus/20-11.htm">Exodus 20:11</a> For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the sabbath day, and hallowed it.<a href="/numbers/16-38.htm">Numbers 16:38</a> The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the LORD, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.to put<a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29</a> That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.<a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5,11,21</a> But unto the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put his name there, even unto his habitation shall ye seek, and thither thou shalt come: … <a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11</a> And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.mine eyes<a href="/deuteronomy/11-12.htm">Deuteronomy 11:12</a> A land which the LORD thy God careth for: the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.<a href="/2_chronicles/6-40.htm">2 Chronicles 6:40</a> Now, my God, let, I beseech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be attent unto the prayer that is made in this place.<a href="/2_chronicles/7-15.htm">2 Chronicles 7:15,16</a> Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attent unto the prayer that is 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href="/1_kings/9-15.htm">In Solomon's works the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Israelites servants</a> 24. <a href="/1_kings/9-24.htm">Pharaoh's daughter removes to her house</a> 25. <a href="/1_kings/9-25.htm">Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices</a> 26. <a href="/1_kings/9-26.htm">His navy fetches gold from Ophir</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> 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It reflects the biblical theme of God speaking to His chosen leaders, as seen with figures like Moses and David. This divine communication underscores the importance of Solomon's role and the significance of the temple.I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. God acknowledges Solomon's prayer, which is recorded in <a href="/1_kings/8.htm">1 Kings 8</a>, where Solomon dedicates the temple and asks for God's presence and blessing. This assurance of being heard is a recurring biblical theme, highlighting God's attentiveness to the prayers of His people, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/34-15.htm">Psalm 34:15</a>.I have consecrated this temple, which you have built, The consecration of the temple signifies its sanctification and dedication for holy purposes. This act of setting apart is similar to the consecration of the tabernacle in <a href="/exodus/40.htm">Exodus 40</a>. The temple becomes the central place of worship for Israel, symbolizing God's dwelling among His people.by putting My Name there forever; The phrase "putting My Name there" signifies God's presence and authority. In ancient Near Eastern culture, a name represented one's character and essence. God's promise to place His Name in the temple indicates His enduring presence and covenant relationship with Israel, as echoed in <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Deuteronomy 12:5</a>.My eyes and My heart will be there for all time. This expression of God's eyes and heart being present conveys His watchful care and deep affection for His people. It assures Israel of God's continual attention and love, reminiscent of His promises in passages like <a href="/2_chronicles/7-16.htm">2 Chronicles 7:16</a>. This enduring presence foreshadows the New Testament revelation of God dwelling with humanity through Jesus Christ, as seen in <a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant-keeping God of Israel, who responds to Solomon's prayer and consecrates the temple. 2. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The King of Israel, son of David, who built the temple in Jerusalem as a dwelling place for God's Name. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> The holy place in Jerusalem constructed by Solomon, intended as a permanent dwelling for God's presence among His people. 4. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The city chosen by God as the location for His temple, central to Israel's worship and identity. 5. <a href="/topical/p/prayer_and_petition.htm">Prayer and Petition</a> Solomon's earnest communication with God, seeking His presence and blessing upon the temple and the nation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_hear_prayer.htm">God's Faithfulness to Hear Prayer</a> God listens to the prayers of His people, as demonstrated by His response to Solomon. This encourages believers to approach God with confidence, knowing He hears and answers. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_consecration.htm">The Significance of Consecration</a> The temple's consecration signifies God's holiness and His desire to dwell among His people. Believers are called to live consecrated lives, set apart for God's purposes. <a href="/topical/t/the_permanence_of_god's_presence.htm">The Permanence of God's Presence</a> God's promise that His eyes and heart will be in the temple "for all time" assures us of His enduring presence. In Christ, believers become the temple of the Holy Spirit, experiencing God's presence continually. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> While God promises His presence, the broader context of <a href="/bsb/1_kings/9.htm">1 Kings 9</a> emphasizes the need for Israel's obedience. Believers are reminded that obedience is crucial in maintaining a close relationship with God. <a href="/topical/t/the_fulfillment_in_christ.htm">The Fulfillment in Christ</a> The temple foreshadows Christ, who embodies God's presence. Believers find their ultimate connection to God through Jesus, the true temple.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 9</a> <a href="/q/what_events_are_described_in_1_kings.htm">What events are described in 1 Kings?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ecclesiastes_1_4_align_with_science.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:4 – If the earth “remains forever,” how does this reconcile with scientific evidence that the earth had a beginning and will eventually end? </a> <a href="/q/what's_the_significance_of_bible's_historical_books.htm">What are the Historical Books of the Bible's significance?</a> <a href="/q/what_was_jeroboam's_biblical_sin.htm">What was Jeroboam's sin in biblical history?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3-9) And the Lord said unto him.--This vision of the Lord presents a remarkable contrast with that recorded in <a href="/context/1_kings/6-11.htm" title="And the word of the LORD came to Solomon, saying,">1Kings 6:11-13</a>, while the Temple was in building. Then all was promise and encouragement; now, not only is warning mingled with promise, but, as in Solomon's own prayer, the sadder alternative seems in prophetic anticipation to overpower the brighter. In this there is (as has been often remarked) a striking exemplification of the austere and lofty candour of the inspired narrative, sternly contradicting that natural hopefulness in the hour of unexampled prosperity, which would have shrunk from even entertaining the idea that the blessing of God on the Temple should be frustrated, and the glory of Israel should pass away.It is notable that, in its reference to the two parts of the promise to David, there is a subtle and instructive distinction. As for the Temple, now just built in fulfilment of that promise, it is declared without reserve that, in case of unfaithfulness in Israel, it shall be utterly destroyed, and become an astonishment and a proverb of reproach before the world. But in respect of the promise of the perpetuity of David's kingdom--the true Messianic prediction, which struck the key-note of all future prophecies--it is only said that Israel shall be "cut off from the land," and so "become a proverb and a byword" in captivity. Nothing is said to contradict the original declaration, that, even in case of sin, the mercy of God would chastise and not forsake the house of David (<a href="/context/2_samuel/7-13.htm" title="He shall build an house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom for ever.">2Samuel 7:13-14</a>; <a href="/context/psalms/89-30.htm" title="If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;">Psalm 89:30-37</a>). So again and again in prophecy captivity is denounced as a penalty of Israel's sin; but the hope of restoration is always held out, and thus the belief in God's unchanging promise remains unshaken. The true idea is strikingly illustrated by the prophet Amos (<a href="/context/1_kings/9-9.htm" title="And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold on other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore has the LORD brought on them all this evil.">1Kings 9:9-11</a>): "I will sift the house of Israel, among all nations . . . yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth . . . I will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof."(3) To put my name there for ever.--The meaning of the words "for ever" is determined by the prayer which they answer. They simply mark the Temple as the "settled habitation to abide in for ever" (see <a href="/1_kings/8-13.htm" title="I have surely built you an house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in for ever.">1Kings 8:13</a>), in contradistinction from the movable tabernacle. Whether they were to have a larger significance is expressly declared to depend on the faithfulness of Israel (see <a href="/context/1_kings/9-7.htm" title="Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people:">1Kings 9:7-8</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - And the Lord said unto him [This message is given at greater length in <a href="/2_chronicles/7-12.htm">2 Chronicles 7:12-22</a>. Vers. 13, 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, vers. 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 <a href="/1_kings/8-11.htm">1 Kings 8:11</a>. Cf. <a href="/exodus/29-43.htm">Exodus 29:43</a>: "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 <a href="/1_kings/8-13.htm">1 Kings 8:13</a>] to put my name there [<a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29</a>; cf. vers. 16, 17, 18, 19; also <a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Deuteronomy 12:11</a>; <a href="/luke/11-12.htm">Luke 11:12</a>] forever [<a href="/1_kings/8-13.htm">1 Kings 8:13</a>. As Solomon offered it, so God accepted it, in perpetuity. That the house was subsequently "left desolate" and destroyed (<a href="/2_kings/25-9.htm">2 Kings 25:9</a>) was because of the national apostasy (vers. 8, 9) ], and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually. [In <a href="/1_kings/8-29.htm">1 Kings 8:29</a> 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 [<a href="/ephesians/3-20.htm">Ephesians 3:20</a>; see Homiletics on 1 Kings 3:5); - the eye to watch, the heart to cherish it.] <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/9-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>And the LORD יְהוָ֜ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel said וַיֹּ֨אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say to him, אֵלָ֗יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to “I have heard שָׁ֠מַעְתִּי (ma‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently your prayer תְּפִלָּתְךָ֣ (tə·p̄il·lā·ṯə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8605.htm">Strong's 8605: </a> Intercession, supplication, a hymn and petition תְּחִנָּתְךָ֮ (tə·ḥin·nā·ṯə·ḵā) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8467.htm">Strong's 8467: </a> Favor, supplication for favor before Me. לְפָנַי֒ (lə·p̄ā·nay) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face I have consecrated הִקְדַּ֗שְׁתִּי (hiq·daš·tî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6942.htm">Strong's 6942: </a> To be set apart or consecrated this הַזֶּה֙ (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that temple הַבַּ֤יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house you have built בָּנִ֔תָה (bā·ni·ṯāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1129.htm">Strong's 1129: </a> To build by putting לָשֽׂוּם־ (lā·śūm-) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> Put -- to put, place, set My Name שְׁמִ֥י (šə·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8034.htm">Strong's 8034: </a> A name there שָׁ֖ם (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither forever; עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while My eyes עֵינַ֧י (‘ê·nay) Noun - cdc | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain and My heart וְלִבִּ֛י (wə·lib·bî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre will be וְהָי֨וּ (wə·hā·yū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be there שָׁ֖ם (šām) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8033.htm">Strong's 8033: </a> There, then, thither for all time. כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/9-3.htm">1 Kings 9:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/9-3.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 9:3 Yahweh said to him I have heard (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/9-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 9:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 9:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/9-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 9:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 9:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>