Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 8:29

29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make towards this place .

To behold, to wit, with an Eye of favour and compassion. So it is a Synecdochical Expression; comp. Psal. 33. 18. and 34. 15. Zech. 12. 4.

My Presence, and Glory, and Grace. See above ver. 16.

This Temple, to which Solomon did now look, and it may be, point; and towards which, the godly Israelites directed their looks in their Prayers. See Dan. 6. 10.

Marginal references: Deut. 12. 11.; Or, in the place.