9. Afterwards Solomon hearing his father
David speak these things, built a wondrous house, and foreseeing Him
who was to come into it, said in astonishment, Will God in very deed
dwell with men on the earth 1 Kings viii. 27; 2 Chron. vi.
18.? Yea,
saith David by anticipation in the Psalm inscribed For Solomon,
wherein is this, He shall come down like rain into a
fleece Ps. lxxii. Title,
and v. 6.: rain,
because of His heavenly nature, and into a fleece, because of His
humanity. For rain, coming down into a fleece, comes down
noiselessly: so that the Magi, not knowing the mystery of the
Nativity, say, Where is He that is born King of the
Jews Matt. ii. 2.? and Herod being
troubled inquired concerning Him who was born, and said, Where is
the Christ to be born Ib. ii.
4.?