Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 8:30

30 And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray towards this place: and hear thou in heaven thy dwelling-place , and when thou hearest, forgive .

Which he adds, that the People might not Idolize the Temple, nor presume upon it, as if God were now fast tied to them, as having no other Dwelling-place; and to direct them in all their Addresses to God in this Temple, to lift up their eyes above it, even to Heaven, where God's most True, and most Glorious Dwelling-place is.

To wit, the Sins of thy People, praying, and even of their prayers; which, if not pardoned, will certainly hinder the Success of all their Prayers, and the course of all thy Blessings upon them.

Marginal references: Or, in this place▪; Or, be favorable. So Gr.