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

"Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD,

O LORD, you hear the desire of the afflicted; you will strengthen their heart; you will incline your ear

But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer.

I love the LORD, because he has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.

At the beginning of your pleas for mercy a word went out, and I have come to tell it to you, for you are greatly loved. Therefore consider the word and understand the vision.

I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me."

and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.

And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us.

I have hallowed

And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, a cloud filled the house of the LORD,

For in six days the LORD made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

As for the censers of these men who have sinned at the cost of their lives, let them be made into hammered plates as a covering for the altar, for they offered them before the LORD, and they became holy. Thus they shall be a sign to the people of Israel."

Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.

To put

that your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there,' that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.

But you shall seek the place that the LORD your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation there. There you shall go,

And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter, your male servant and your female servant, the Levite who is within your towns, the sojourner, the fatherless, and the widow who are among you, at the place that the LORD your God will choose, to make his name dwell there.

Mine eyes

a land that the LORD your God cares for. The eyes of the LORD your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

Now, O my God, let your eyes be open and your ears attentive to the prayer of this place.

Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.

For the LORD has chosen Zion; he has desired it for his dwelling place:

You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace.

Then the LORD said to me, "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my heart would not turn toward this people. Send them out of my sight, and let them go!