49Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their cause,
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Now therefore, O LORD our God, I beseech thee, save thou us out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God, even thou only.
And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at ease: for I was but a little displeased, and they helped forward the affliction. …
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-53)Solomon having made a general surrender of this house to God, which God had signified his acceptance of by taking possession, next follows Solomon’s prayer, in which he makes a more particular declaration of the uses of that surrender, with all humility and reverence, desiring that God would agree thereto. In short, it is his request that this temple may be deemed and taken, not only for a house o…
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