1 Reis 8:22

A Oração de Dedicação

22 Depois Salomão colocou-se diante do altar do SENHOR, diante de toda a assembleia de Israel, levantou as mãos para o céu

1 Reis 8:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 8:22

And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord
The altar of the burnt offering in the court of the priests, where he prayed the following prayer; and which altar was typical of Christ, who is always to be in sight in prayer, and through whom all sacrifices of prayer and praise become acceptable to God. In ( 2 Chronicles 6:13 ) he is said to stand upon a scaffold of brass, five cubits long, five broad, and three high, which stood in the midst of the court; it was a sort of a pulpit, round, as a laver, for which the word is sometimes used, and on which he kneeled:

in the presence of all the congregation of Israel;
who stood in the great court before him, called the court of Israel:

and spread forth his hands toward heaven;
and hence it appears, that though Solomon stood before the altar, he did not lay hold on it with his hands, as the Heathens did when they prayed; for they say ^F25, that prayer alone does not appease the Deity, unless he that prays also lays hold on the altar with his hands; hence altars, at first, as we are told ^F26, were called "ansae"; and lifting up or spreading the hands towards heaven was a proper gesture with the Greeks and Romans ^F1.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Macrob. Saturnal. l. 3. c. 2. Vid. Sperling. de Baptism. Ethiac, c. 6. p. 103.
F26 Varro Rer. Divin. l. 5. apud ib.
F1 Homer. Iliad. 3. ver. 275. & 6. ver. 301. Vid. Barth. Animadv. ad Claudian. in Rufin. l. 2. ver. 205.

1 Reis 8:22 In-Context

20 “E o SENHOR cumpriu a sua promessa: Sou o sucessor de meu pai, Davi, e agora ocupo o trono de Israel, como o SENHOR tinha prometido, e construí o templo em honra ao nome do SENHOR, o Deus de Israel.

21 Providenciei nele um lugar para a arca, na qual estão as tábuas da aliança do SENHOR, aliança que fez com os nossos antepassados quando os tirou do Egito”.

22 Depois Salomão colocou-se diante do altar do SENHOR, diante de toda a assembleia de Israel, levantou as mãos para o céu

23 e orou:“SENHOR, Deus de Israel, não há Deus como tu em cima nos céus nem embaixo na terra! Tu que guardas a tua aliança de amor com os teus servos que, de todo o coração, andam segundo a tua vontade.

24 Cumpriste a tua promessa a teu servo Davi, meu pai; com tua boca prometeste e com tua mão a cumpriste, conforme hoje se vê.