And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy
supplication that thou hast made before me
With delight and pleasure, and had accepted it; meaning the prayer recorded in the preceding chapter:
I have hallowed this house which thou hast built;
by the cloud of glory filling it, and by fire descending from heaven, and consuming the sacrifices offered in it, ( 2 Chronicles 7:1 )
to put my name there for ever;
there to grant his presence, so long as his pure worship should be continued in it; so the Targum adds,
``and my Shechinah or divine Majesty shall abide in it, if my will is done there continually:''and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually;