Verse 18
1 Kings 8:18
Young's Literal Translation
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and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house for My name, thou hast done well that it hath been with thy heart;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל דָּוִ֣ד אָבִ֔/י יַ֗עַן אֲשֶׁ֤ר הָיָה֙ עִם לְבָ֣בְ/ךָ֔ לִ/בְנ֥וֹת בַּ֖יִת לִ/שְׁמִ֑/י הֱטִיבֹ֔תָ כִּ֥י הָיָ֖ה עִם לְבָבֶֽ/ךָ
English Translation
And the Lord said to David, "Because you had in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was in your heart."
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Chapter 8 Context
1
Then doth Solomon assemble the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, princes of the fat...
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and all the men of Israel are assembled unto king Solomon, in the month of Ethanim, in the festival...
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And all the elders of Israel come in, and the priests lift up the ark,
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and bring up the ark of Jehovah, and the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that [are] in the...
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And king Solomon and all the company of Israel who are met unto him [are] with him before the ark, s...
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And the priests bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, unto the oracle of the h...
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for the cherubs are spreading forth two wings unto the place of the ark, and the cherubs cover over...
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and they lengthen the staves, and the heads of the staves are seen from the holy [place] on the fron...
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There is nothing in the ark, only the two tables of stone which Moses put there in Horeb, when Jehov...
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And it cometh to pass, in the going out of the priests from the holy [place], that the cloud hath fi...
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and the priests have not been able to stand to minister because of the cloud, for the honour of Jeho...
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Then said Solomon, 'Jehovah hath said to dwell in thick darkness;
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I have surely built a house of habitation for Thee; a fixed place for Thine abiding to the ages.'
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And the king turneth round his face, and blesseth the whole assembly of Israel; and all the assembly...
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And he saith, 'Blessed [is] Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, who spake by His mouth with David my fa...
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From the day that I brought out My people, even Israel, from Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out o...
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'And it is with the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Jehovah, God (Elohim)...
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and Jehovah saith unto David my father, Because that it hath been with thy heart to build a house fo...
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only, thou dost not build the house, but thy son who is coming out from thy loins, he doth build the...
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'And Jehovah doth establish His word which He spake, and I am risen up instead of David my father, a...
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and set there a place for the ark, where [is] the covenant of Jehovah which He made with our fathers...
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And Solomon standeth before the altar of Jehovah, over-against all the assembly of Israel, and sprea...
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and saith, 'Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, there is not a God (Elohim) like Thee, in the heavens a...
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who hast kept for Thy servant David my father that which Thou spakest to him; yea, Thou speakest wit...
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'And now, Jehovah, God (Elohim) of Israel, keep for Thy servant David my father that which Thou spak...
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'And now, O God (Elohim) of Israel, let it be established, I pray Thee, Thy word which Thou hast spo...
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But, is it true? -- God (Elohim) dwelleth on the earth! lo, the heavens, and the heavens of the heav...
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'Then thou hast turned unto the prayer of Thy servant, and unto his supplication, O Jehovah my God (...
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for Thine eyes being open towards this house night and day, towards the place of which Thou hast sai...
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'Then Thou hast hearkened unto the supplication of Thy servant, and of Thy people Israel, which they...
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that which a man sinneth against his neighbour, and he hath lifted up upon him an oath to cause him...
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then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast done, and hast judged Thy servants, to declare wicked t...
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'In Thy people Israel being smitten before an enemy, because they sin against Thee, and they have tu...
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then thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy people Israel, and brought them...
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'In the heavens being restrained, and there is no rain, because they sin against Thee, and they have...
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then Thou dost hear in the heavens, and hast forgiven the sin of Thy servants, and of Thy people Isr...
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'Famine -- when it is in the land; pestilence -- when it is; blasting, mildew, locust; caterpillar -...
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any prayer, any supplication that [is] of any man of all Thy people Israel, who know each the plague...
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then Thou dost hear in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast forgiven, and hast d...
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so that they fear Thee all the days that they are living on the face of the ground that Thou hast gi...
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'And also, unto the stranger who is not of Thy people Israel, and hath come from a land afar off for...
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(for they hear of Thy great name, and of Thy strong hand, and of Thy stretched-out arm) -- and he ha...
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Thou dost hear in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, and hast done according to all tha...
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'When Thy people doth go out to battle against its enemy, in the way that Thou dost send them, and t...
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then Thou hast heard in the heavens their prayer and their supplication, and hast maintained their c...
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'When they sin against Thee (for there is not a man who sinneth not), and Thou hast been angry with...
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and they have turned [it] back unto their heart in the land whither they have been taken captive, an...
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yea, they have turned back unto Thee, with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of...
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'Then Thou hast heard in the heavens, the settled place of Thy dwelling, their prayer and their supp...
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and hast forgiven Thy people who have sinned against Thee, even all their transgressions which they...
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(for Thy people and Thy inheritance [are] they, whom Thou didst bring out of Egypt, out of the midst...
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for Thine eyes being open unto the supplication of Thy servant, and unto the supplication of Thy peo...
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for Thou hast separated them to Thyself for an inheritance, out of all the peoples of the earth, as...
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And it cometh to pass, at Solomon's finishing to pray unto Jehovah all this prayer and supplication,...
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and he standeth and blesseth all the assembly of Israel [with] a loud voice, saying,
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'Blessed [is] Jehovah who hath given rest to His people Israel, according to all that He hath spoken...
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'Jehovah our God (Elohim) is with us as He hath been with our fathers; He doth not forsake us nor le...
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to incline our heart unto Himself, to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statut...
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and these my words with which I have made supplication before Jehovah, are near unto Jehovah our God...
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for all the peoples of the earth knowing that Jehovah, He [is] God (Elohim); there is none else;
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and your heart hath been perfect with Jehovah our God (Elohim), to walk in His statutes, and to keep...
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And the king and all Israel with him are sacrificing a sacrifice before Jehovah;
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and Solomon sacrificeth the sacrifice of peace-offerings, which he hath sacrificed to Jehovah, oxen,...
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On that day hath the king sanctified the middle of the court that [is] before the house of Jehovah,...
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And Solomon maketh, at that time, the festival -- and all Israel with him, a great assembly from the...
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On the eighth day he hath sent the people away, and they bless the king, and go to their tents, rejo...
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