Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Kings 9:2 - 9:2

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 1 Kings 9:2 - 9:2


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That - rather, “For.”

the Lord appeared - This appearance was, like the former one at Gibeon, most probably made in a supernatural vision, and on the night immediately following the dedication of the temple (2Ch 7:12). The strain of it corresponds to this view, for it consists of direct answers to his solemn inaugural prayer (1Ki 9:3 is in answer to 1Ki 8:29; 1Ki 9:4, 1Ki 9:5 is in answer to 1Ki 8:25, 1Ki 8:26; 1Ki 9:6-9 to 1Ki 8:33-46; see also Deu 29:22-24).