Passage Research
1 Kings 8 — Sermon Preparation
Solomon brings the ark into the completed temple, God's glory fills the sanctuary in a cloud, and Solomon offers a lengthy dedicatory prayer. Below is a research summary for 1 Kings 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 66
- verses
- 1146 / 253
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 10
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
1 Kings 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 21 | people, tribe |
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 15 | sky, aloft |
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 15 | servant |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 15 | father |
| שֵׁם | shêm | H8034 | 14 | appellation, honor |
| בָּנָה | bânâh | H1129 | 12 | build |
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 14 | hear, tell |
How preachers through history handled this text
10 public-domain excerpts on 1 Kings 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“In this excellent prayer, Solomon does as we should do in every prayer; he gives glory to God. Fresh experiences of the truth of God's promises call for larger praises. He sues for grace and favour from God. The experiences we have of God's performing his promises, should encourage us to depend upon them, and to plead them with him; and those who expect further mercies, must be thankful for former mercies. God's promises must be the guide of our desires, and the ground of our hopes and expectations in prayer. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Kings 8:22–53 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- City of David— 1 Kgs 8:1
- Jerusalem— 1 Kgs 8:1
- Zion— 1 Kgs 8:1
- Holy Place 2— 1 Kgs 8:10
- Egypt— 1 Kgs 8:16
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