Now when Solomon had finished building the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and had achieved all that he had desired 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