16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Iſrael out of Egypr &, I choſe no city / our of all the tribes of Iſrcel to build an houſe, that my Name might be therein »s ; bur I choſe * David » to be over my * » Sy, people lfrael. 7.8
k Until David's time ; for then he did chuſe Jeruſalem, 1 5. e. T did not declare my choice ofit : forſo chuſing is uſed for declaring or executing ones choice, as Deut. 12.1, 2 Chron. 6.5. Zech. 2. 12. and things are oft ſaid to be done when they are only manifeſted or declared to be ſuch ; in which ſenſe God is ſaid to be, jnſtified, Pſal. 51. 4. and Men to be guilty, Hoſ. 5: 15. Otherwiſe to ſpeak properly, whatſoever God chuſeth, he chuſerh from Eternity. -m That my preſence, and grace, and Worſhip, and Glory, might be there. » And in and with him the Tribe of Judah, of which he was, and Jeruſalem where he dwelt ; which is here implied by the oppoſition of this to the former part of the Verſe.
17 And * it was in the heart of David my father o, *; Chron; to build an houſe for the Name of the LORD God of 15: 1. Iſrael.
o In his deſire and purpoſe, as this or the like phraſe is uſed, 1 Sam. 10. 7. and 14. 7. 2 $9m:7. 3,
18 And the LORD faid unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an houſe unto my Name, thou didit well that it was in thine heart p:
> Thy intention and affeftion was well-pleaſing to me.
19 Nevertheleſs, thou ſhalt not build che. houſe, but thy ſon that ſhall come forth out of thy /loins, he ſhall build the houſe unto my Name. 43 | h
20 And the LORD hath Þ performed his word 1x6, that he ſpake, and I am riſen up' in the room of David ,gaii6 my father, and fit on the throne of Iſrael, as the LORD promiſed, and have built an houſe for che Name of the LORD God of Iſrael. -
21 And I have ſet there a place for the ark, wherein is the corenant of the LORD g, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them our of the land of Egypt.
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» Upon a Scaffold ſet up for him in the Court of the People, 2 Chron: 6. 13. { With his Face towards the Altar of Burnt-offer- ings. t Who ſtood round about the Scaffold, in the ſame Court with him.
* Fxod 23 And he ſaid, LORD God of Iſrael, * There 5s 15,11. No God like thee,in heaven above,or on earth beneath, 2$4;7:22: who * keepeſt covenant and mercy with thy fervants *Dan-9 4 that walk before thee with all their heart : 24 Who haſt kept with thy ſervant David my fa- ther that thou promiſedſt him «: thou ſpakeſt alſo with thy mouth, and haſt fulfilled zz with thine hand, as #7 zs this day. | u That branch of thy Promiſe concerning the Building of this Houſe by David's Son- 25 Therefore now, LOR D God of Iſrael, keep with thy ſervant David my father,that thou promiledft *Cha:2:4: him x, ſaying, * + There ſhall not fail thee a man in 2$x7.12* my ſight to fit on the throne of Iſrael, | fo that tay
+ Heb. ; Children take heed to their way, that they walk before _— me, as thou haſt walked before me.
—_ x Make good the other branch of thy Promiſe, and do not loſe ;h s the Glory of thy Faithfulneſs, which now thou haſt gor.
mn foo 26 And now, O God of Iſrael, let thy word, I pray » /z- thee, be verified, which thou ſpeakeſt unto thy ſervant tHe. David my father.
. FP 27 But * will God indeed dwell on the earth y * 1.66. i. Behold, the heaven z, and heaven of heavens a, can-
Jer:23:24 not * contain thee þ ; how much leſs this houſe chat I
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. AM:7:10, y Refle&ing upon God's performance of his promiſe concerning the building of the Temple,he breaks forth into admiration, Is it poſſible that the Great, and High, and Lofty God ſhould ſtoop fo low,as to take up his dwelling here amongſt Men? O, aſtoniſhing condeſcenſion ! z All this vaſt ſpace of the viſible Heaven- # The third and higheſt, and therefore the largeſt Heaven, called the hea- wen of heavens here, as alſo Deut. 10. 14+ Pſal. 148. 4. for its emi- nency and comprehenſiveneſs. b For thy Eſſence reacherh far be- yond them, being Omnipreſent. c This Houſe therefore was not built as if it were proportionable to thy greatneſs,or could contain thee, but only that therein we might terve and glorifie thee.
28 Yet have thou reſpect unto the prayer of thy ſer- vant d, and to his ſupplication, O LORD my God, to hearken unto the cry, and to the prayer which thy ſervant prayeth before thee co day :
d Though thou art not comprehended within this place, yet ſhew thy {elf to be graciouſly preſent here,by accepting and grant- ing my preſent Requeſts here rendred unto thee.
29 That thine eyes may be open e toward this houſe night and day, eves towards the place of which thou
Eo »9g | haſt ſaid, *My name f ſhall be there : that thou may-
| Or > Eſt hearken unto the prayer which thy ſervant ſhall the place. make || towards this place g. e To behold, to wat, with an Eye of favour and compaſſion, So it is a Synecdochical Exprefſion;compare P/al. 33. 18.and 34.15. Zach. 12. 4+ f My Preſence, and Glory, and Grace. See above wer. 16, g This Temple, ro which Solomon did now look, and it may be, point ; and rowards which, the godly Iſraelites direQed their looks in their Prayers. See Dan. 6. 10. _ 30 And hearken thou to the ſupplication of thy ſer-
vant, and of thy people Iſrael, when they ſhall pray