q Heb- bring back their hearts ; to wit, their Sin ; Expreſſed ver. 46. and implied in the following word, Repent. r Senfibly, and with an honeſt heart.
48 And ſo return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their foul s, in the land of their enemies, which led them captive, and * pray unto thee toward their lanF*which thou gaveſt unto their fa- thers, the city which thou haſt choſen, and the houſe which I hare built for thy Name :
_ . # & e+ Sincerely, Univerſally, and Stedfaſtly. :
49 Then hear thou their prayer, and their ſuppli- cation in heaven thy dwelling-place, and maintain their || cauſe z.
t Heb. their right, againſt their Invaders and Oppreſſors. For 'W. they had forfeited all their Rights to God only, but nor to their Fnemies ; whom though God uſed as ſcourges to chaſtiſe his Peo-
ples Sins, yer they had no pretence of Right to their Land, nor
any regard to it ; but only minded the fatisfaCtion of their own
' Luſts and Intereſts. See 1/#. 10. 5, G6 and 47. 6. Zech. 1. 15,
ng back their earts.
Dan6.10
| Or,righte Heb.
EF NGOS
5o And forgive thy people that have ſinned againſt ; thee, and all their tranſgreflions wherein they have tranſgreſled againſt thee, and * give them compaſlion * Pr before them, who carried them away captive, that 166. as, they may have compaſſion on them z :
u i, ee May gently uſe them whilſt they are there, and proclai Liberty to E $.. Captives, to go to their own Land. £ 1.
ſx For they be thy own x, and thine inheritance, which thou broughteſt forth out of Egypt, from the * midſt of the furnace of iron y :
x For howſoever they may ſin againſt thee,or ſuffer from Men; yet ſtill remember, that they are thy peculiar People, and there. fore do thou pity, and pardon, and lave them. » So called,cither from the Metal melted in it : or rather, from the Marter of which it coniiſted,an Iron Furnace being more hot and terrible, than one of Brick, or Stonee He underitands hereby, their cruel Bondage, and painful Labours. Sce on Deur. 4. 20.
| F2 Thar thine eyes may be open unto the ſupplica-
tion of thy ſervant, and unto the ſupplication of thy people Iſrael, to hearken unto them in all that they call for unto thee.
53 For thou did(t ſeparate them from among all the people of the earth, zo be thine inheritance z, * as thou {pakeſt by the hand of Moſes thy ſervant, when thou broughteſt our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD GOD.
z Thou haſt begun to build a Work of great and glorious Mercy to them ; do not give occaſion to thine Enemics to think, thou
waſt unable to finith it ; or that thou art unſtable in thy ways and Counſels, or unkind to thine own Children.
54 And it was /o, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and ſupplication unto the LORD, he aroſe from before the altar of the LORD, from kneeling on his knees, with his hands ſpread up to heaven. 55 And he ſtood and bleſſed all the congregation of
[ſracl with a loud voice, ſaying,
| 56 Blefled be the LORD, that hath given reſt unto his people Iſrael, according to all that he promiſed : * there hath nor 7 failed one word of all his good + pro- * De, miſe «, which he + promiſed by the hand of Moſcs his !2:19
y Jer. U4
* Exod: 19. 5,
ſervant. fue - a See the like, Joſh. 21: 45: and 23: 14. 2 Kings 10: 10, f Heb
57 The LORD our God be with us b, as he was wo, with our fathers : let him not leave us, nor forſake at. 29:10 us : "
b By the preſence of his Grace and Mercy. Jpake,
58 Thar he may incline our hearc unto him c, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his ſtatutes, and his judzments, which he com- manded our fathers.
c That he may not only bleſs us with outward Proſperity,and Glory ; bur eſpecially,with Spiritual bleflings : and thar as he hath given us his Word and Starutes ro teach and dire& us,ſo he would by his Holy Spirit, effe&ually incline and engage our Hearts to keep and obey them. E ts
59 And let theſe my words wherewith I have made {upplication before the LOR D,be nigh unto the LORD our God, day and night, that he + maintain the cauſc + Heb: of his ſervant 4,and the cauſe of his people Ifrael e | at 74 jus: ail times, as the matters ſhall require : + Heb4h
4 1. e, Ot me, as ver. 28, 29, 30. their King,and conſequently of | ping of s all my Succeſfors. e According to mine, or cheir various necefſi- j,,*, ti; ties and exigencies. oy
60 Thar all the people of the earth may know f that * * the LORD zs God, and that there is none elſe.
F Both by our vertuous and holy Lives, to which thou inclineſt us by thy Grace ; and by the eminent manifeſtations-of thy Power
and Goodneſs, in defending, and delivering us from all the afiaults and devices of our Enemies.
61 Let your heart cherefore be perſe& g with the LORD our God, to walk in his ſtatutes, and to keep his commandments, as at this day.
g 7. e. Sincere and ſerious in your purpoſes of Obedience ; for ſinleſs Perfection, he himſelf taught them was not to be expected here, Eccleſ. 9: 20.
62 © And * the king, and all Iſrael with him, of- fered ſacrifice before the LORD.
63 And Solomon offered a ſacrifice b of peace-offer- ings which he offered unto the LORD,two and twen- ty thouſand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thouſand ſheep z : ſo & the king and all che children of Ifrael dedicated the houſe of the LORD U. |
h By the hands of the Prieſts. i Not all in one day, but in the 7, or, it may be in the 14 days, mentioned wer. 65. k& i.e. By theſe Sacrifices,and Holy Exerciſcs. / 7. e, Began to ſet it apart for the Work and Service of God.
64 The * ſame day did the king hallow the middle «, Chron E the court » that was before the houſe of the LORD: 7: 7:
or there he offered burnt-offerings,and meat-offcrings, and the far of the peace-offerings, becaule * the brazen — altar that was before the LORD, was too little to re- * ceive the burnt-offerings, and meat- oiterings, and the
* Deut. 4 35, 39:
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m To wit, of the Prieſts Court, in which the great Altar was-
This he Conſecrated as he did the great Altar, to wit,by Sacrifices; |
but with this difference, That he Conſecrated Thar for laſting and particular uſe : but This only for the preſent time and occaſion,
being warranted to do ſo both by the neceſſity of it for God's |