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 again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people: 'Thus sayeth the LORD God of David thy father. I have heard thy prayer and seen thy tears. Behold, I will heal thee, and this day three days thou shalt go up into the house of the LORD.

LORD, thou hast heard the desire of the poor; thou preparest their heart, and thine ear hearkeneth thereto,

But God hath heard me; and considered the voice of my prayer.

I am well pleased, that the LORD hath heard the voice of my prayer,

For as soon as thou begannest to make thy prayer, it was so devised, and therefore am I come to show thee. And why? For thou art a man greatly beloved. Wherefore, ponder the matter well, that thou mayest learn to understand the vision.

I know that thou hearest me always: but because of the people that stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me."

and said, 'Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms deeds are had in remembrance in the sight of God.

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

I have hallowed

And when the priests were come out of the Holy place, then a cloud filled the house of the LORD,

For in six days the LORD made both heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is and rested the seventh day: wherefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.

for the censers of these sinners are hallowed in their deaths: and let them be beaten into thin plates and fastened upon the altar. For they offered them before the LORD, and therefore they are holy and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel."

After this manner, therefore, pray ye: O our father, which art in heaven hallowed be thy name.

To put

that thine eyes may be open upon this house night and day; and upon the place, of which thou hast said, my name shall be there: that thou hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall pray in this place.

but ye shall enquire the place which the LORD your God shall have chosen out of all your tribes to put his name there and there to dwell.

And rejoice before the LORD thy God: both thou, thy son, thy daughter, thy servant and thy maid, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, the fatherless and the widow that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to make his name dwell there.

Mine eyes

and 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 unto the latter end of the year.

So now my God let thine eyes be open and thine ears attent unto the prayers made in this place.

Thereto mine eyes shall be open and mine ears attent unto the prayers made in this place.

For the LORD hath chosen Zion, to be a habitation for himself; he hath longed for her.

Thou hast bewitched my heart, O my sister, my spouse; thou hast bewitched my heart with one of thine eyes, and with one chain of thy neck.

Then spake the LORD unto me, and said, "Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet have I no heart to this people. Drive them away, that they may go out of my sight.