1 Kings 9:3

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

I have heard

I have hallowed

To put

1 Kings 8:29

Deuteronomy 12:5

Deuteronomy 16:11

Mine eyes

Bible References

I have heard

"Return to Hezekiah," he said, "and tell the Commander-in-Chief of my people: "This is what the LORD, the God of your ancestor David, says: "I've heard your prayer and I've observed your tears. Look! I'm healing you. Three days from now, you'll go visit the LORD's Temple.

LORD, you heard the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen them, you will listen carefully,

Surely God has heard, and he paid attention to my prayers.

I love the LORD because he has heard my prayer for mercy;

"Daniel, I've now come to give you insight and understanding. Because you're highly regarded, the answer was issued when you began your prayer, and I've come to tell you. Pay attention to my message and you'll understand the vision.

Then Jesus looked upward and said, "Father, I thank you for hearing me. I know that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me."

and said, "Cornelius, your prayer has been heard. God has remembered your gifts to the poor,

And this is the confidence that we have in him: if we ask for anything according to his will, he listens to us.

I have hallowed

When the priests left the Holy Place after setting the ark in place, the cloud filled the LORD's Temple

because the LORD made the heavens, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them in six days. Then he rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

As for the censers of those rebels who died, fasten them into beaten plates to line the altar. Since they brought them into the LORD's presence, they're holy. They are to become a reminder to the Israelis."

Therefore, this is how you should pray: "Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.

To put

Let your eyes always look toward this Temple night and day, toward the location where you have said "My name will reside there.' Listen to the prayer that your servant prays in this direction.

Instead, you must seek to enter only the place that the LORD your God will choose among your tribes. There he will establish his name and live.

Rejoice in the presence of the LORD your God with your son, daughter, male and female slaves, the descendants of Levi who is in your city, the stranger, the orphan, and the widow among you, at the place where the LORD your God will choose to establish his name.

Mine eyes

a land about which the LORD your God is always concerned, because the eyes of the LORD are continuously on it throughout the entire year."

"And now, my God, please let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayers that are uttered in this place.

"Now therefore my eyes will remain open and my ears will remain listening to the prayers that are offered in this place.

For the LORD has chosen Zion, desiring it as his dwelling place.

You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, my bride. You have made my heart beat faster with one glance of your eyes, with one strand of your necklace.

Then the LORD told me, "Even if Moses and Samuel were standing before me, I wouldn't be favorably disposed toward this people. Send them out of my presence! Let them go!