Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 8:27

27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold, the heaven , and heaven of heavens , cannot contain thee , how much less this house that I have builded ?

Reflecting upon Gods performance of his promise concerning the building of the Temple, he breaks forth into admiration, Is it possible that the Great, and High, and Lofty God should stoop so low, as to take up his dwelling here amongst men? O, astonishing condescension!

All thi[illegible: 1+ letters] vast space of the visible Heaven.

The third and highest, and therefore the largest Heaven, called the heaven of heavens here, as also Deut. 10. 14. Psal. 148. 4. for its eminency and comprehensiveness.

For thy Essence reacheth far beyond them, being Omnipresent.

This House therefore was not built as if it were proportionable to thy greatness, or could contain thee, but onely that therein we might serve and glorify thee.

Marginal references: 2 Chr. 2. 6. Isa. 66. 1. Jer. 23. 24 Act. 7. 49.; Amos 7. 10.