Verse 13
1 Kings 8:13
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
13
Building I have built a house for thy dwelling, to be thy most firm throne for ever.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בָּנֹ֥ה בָנִ֛יתִי בֵּ֥ית זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑/ךְ מָכ֥וֹן לְ/שִׁבְתְּ/ךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים
English Translation
I have built a house for you, a dwelling place for you to sit forever.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
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Then all the ancients of Israel with the princes of the tribes, and the heads of the families of the...
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And all Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon on the festival day in the month of Ethanim, the...
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And all the ancients of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark,
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And carried the ark of the Lord, and the tabernacle of the covenant, and all the vessels of the sanc...
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And king Solomon, and all the multitude of Israel, that were assembled unto him went with him before...
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And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord into its place, into the oracle of th...
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For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and covered the art, and the s...
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And whereas the staves stood out, the ends of them were seen without in the sanctuary before the ora...
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Now in the ark there was nothing else but the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, w...
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And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the sanctuary, that a cloud filled the house...
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And the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the Lord had fill...
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Then Solomon said: The Lord said that he would dwell in a cloud.
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Building I have built a house for thy dwelling, to be thy most firm throne for ever.
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And the king turned his face, and blessed all the assembly of Israel: for all the assembly of Israel...
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And Solomon said: Blessed be the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David...
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Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of...
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And David my father would have built a house to the name of the Lord the God (Elohim) of Israel:
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And the Lord said to David my father: Whereas thou hast thought in thy heart to build a house to my...
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Nevertheless thou shalt not build me a house, but thy son, that shall come forth out of thy loins, h...
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The Lord hath performed his word which he spoke : and I stand in the room of David my father, and si...
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And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with ou...
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And Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in the sight of the assembly of Israel, and spread fo...
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And said: Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, there is no God (Elohim) like thee in heaven above, or on ear...
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Who hast kept with thy servant David my father what thou hast promised him: with thy mouth thou dids...
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Now therefore, O Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father what thou hast s...
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And now, Lord God (Elohim) of Israel, let thy words be established, which thou hast spoken to thy se...
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Is it then to be thought that God (Elohim) should indeed dwell upon earth? for if heaven, and the he...
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But have regard to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, O Lord my God (Elohim): hear...
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That thy eyes may be open upon this house night and day: upon the house of which thou hast said: My...
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That thou mayest hearken to the supplication of thy servant and of thy people Israel, whatsoever the...
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If any man trespass against his neighbour, and have an oath upon him, wherewith he is bound: and com...
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Then hear thou in heaven: and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, and bringing his wa...
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If thy people Israel shall fly before their enemies, (because they will sin against thee,) and doing...
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Then hear thou in heaven, and for- give the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them back to the lan...
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If heaven shall be shut up, and there shall be no rain, because of their sins, and they praying in t...
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Then hear thou them in heaven, and forgive the sins of thy servants, and of thy people Israel: and s...
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If a famine arise in the land, or a pestilence, or corrupt air, or blasting, or locust, or mildew, i...
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Whatsoever curse or imprecation shall happen to any man of thy people Israel: when a man shall know...
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Then hear thou in heaven, in the place of thy dwelling, and forgive, and do so as to give to every o...
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That they may fear thee all the days that they live upon the face of the land, which thou hast given...
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Moreover also the stranger, who is not of thy people Israel, when he shall come out of a far country...
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And thy stretched out arm,) so when he shall come, and shall pray in this place,
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Then hear thou in heaven, in the firmament of thy dwelling place, and do all those things, for which...
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If thy people go out to war against their enemies, by what way soever thou shalt send them, they sha...
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And then hear thou in heaven their prayers, and their supplications, and do judgment for them.
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But if they sin against thee (for there is no man who sinneth not) and thou being angry deliver them...
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Then if they do penance in their heart in the place of captivity, and being converted make supplicat...
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And return to thee with all their heart, and all their soul, in the land of their enemies, to which...
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Then hear thou in heaven, in the firmament of thy throne, their prayers, and their supplications, an...
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And forgive thy people, that have sinned against thee, and all their iniquities, by which they have...
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For they are thy people, and thy inheritance, whom thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, from...
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That thy eyes may be open to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, to hear them...
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For thou hast separated them to thyself for an inheritance from among all the people of the earth, a...
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And it came to pass, when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication to the...
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And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a, loud voice, saying:
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Blessed be the Lord, who hath given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised: th...
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The Lord our God (Elohim) be with us, as he was with our fathers, and not leave us, nor cast us off:
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But may he incline our hearts to himself, that we may walk in all his ways, and keep his commandment...
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And let these my words, wherewith I have prayed before the Lord, he nigh unto the Lord our God (Eloh...
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That all the people of the earth may know, that the Lord he is God (Elohim), and there is no other b...
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Let our hearts also be perfect with the Lord our God (Elohim), that we may walk in his statutes, and...
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And the king, and all Israel him, offered victims before the Lord.
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And Solomon slew victims of peace offerings, which he sacrificed to the Lord, two and twenty thousan...
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In that day the king sanctified the middle of the court that was before the house of the Lord: for t...
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And Solomon made at the same time a solemn feast, and all Israel with him, a great multitude from th...
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And on the eighth day he sent away the people: and they blessed the king, and went to their dwelling...
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