9Even to prepare me timber in abundance: for the house which I am about to build shall be wonderful great.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house?
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house?
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-10)Solomon’s wisdom was given him, not merely for speculation, to entertain himself (though it is indeed a princely entertainment), nor merely for conversation, to entertain his friends, but for action; and therefore to action he immediately applies himself. Observe, I. His resolution within himself concerning his business (2 Chron. 2:1): He determined to build , in the first place, a house for the n…
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