And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the LORD, and the king’s house, and all Solomon’s desire which he was pleased to do,
God had given a real answer to Solomon's prayer, and tokens of his acceptance of it, immediately, by the fire from heaven which consumed the sacrifices (as we find Ch2 7:1); but here we have a more express and distinct answer to it. Observe, I. In what way God gave him this answer.
Commenting on 1 Kings 9:1-9
And it came to pass, when Solomon had finished the building of the house of the Lord,.... Which was done in seven years, Kg1 6:38. and the king's house; his own palace, which was finished in thirteen years, Kg1 7:1, and all Solomon's desire which he was pleased to do; all his other buildings, the house for Pharaoh's daughter, the house of the forest of...
1Ki 9:1-2 The Answer of the Lord to Solomon’s Dedicatory Prayer (cf. 2Ch 7:11-22). - 1Ki 9:1, 1Ki 9:2. When Solomon had finished the building of the temple, and of his palace, and of all that he had a desire to build, the Lord appeared to him the second time, as He had appeared to him at Gibeon, i.e., by night in a dream (see...
Commenting on 1 Kings 9:1-2