Verse 18
1 Kings 8:18
GOD'S WORD Translation
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But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your 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 Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, with all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fa...
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All the men of Israel assembled themselves to king Solomon at the feast, in the month Ethanim, which...
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All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark.
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They brought up Yahweh’s ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent. T...
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King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the...
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The priests brought in the ark of Yahweh’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the ho...
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For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark...
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The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place before the inner san...
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There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahwe...
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It came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled Yahweh’s hou...
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so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud; for Yahweh’s glory filled Ya...
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12
Then Solomon said, “Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness.
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I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
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The king turned his face around, and blessed all the assembly of Israel; and all the assembly of Isr...
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15
He said, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your fath...
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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 o...
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“Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God (Elohim...
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But Yahweh said to David my father, ‘Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you...
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Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come out of your body, he shall...
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Yahweh has established his word that he spoke; for I have risen up in the place of David my father,...
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There I have set a place for the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with our fathers,...
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Solomon stood before Yahweh’s altar in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread out hi...
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and he said, “Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, there is no God (Elohim) like you, in heaven above...
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who has kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your...
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Now therefore, may Yahweh, the God (Elohim) of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that w...
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“Now therefore, God (Elohim) of Israel, please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your se...
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But will God (Elohim) in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can’...
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Yet have respect for the prayer of your servant, and for his supplication, Yahweh my God (Elohim), t...
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that your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have...
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Listen to the supplication of your servant, and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this pl...
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“If a man sins against his neighbor, and an oath is laid on him to cause him to swear, and he comes...
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then hear in heaven, and act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way on hi...
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“When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you; if...
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then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land whi...
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“When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray t...
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then hear in heaven, and forgive the sin of your servants, and of your people Israel, when you teach...
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“If there is famine in the land, if there is pestilence, if there is blight, mildew, locust or cater...
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whatever prayer and supplication is made by any man, or by all your people Israel, who shall each kn...
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then hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and forgive, and act, and give to every man according to a...
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that they may fear you all the days that they live in the land which you gave to our fathers.
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“Moreover concerning the foreigner, who is not of your people Israel, when he comes out of a far cou...
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(for they shall hear of your great name, and of your mighty hand, and of your outstretched arm); whe...
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hear in heaven, your dwelling place, and do according to all that the foreigner calls to you for; th...
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“If your people go out to battle against their enemy, by whatever way you shall send them, and they...
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then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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If they sin against you (for there is no man who doesn’t sin), and you are angry with them, and deli...
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yet if they repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication...
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if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who...
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then hear their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling place, and maintain their cau...
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and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions in which they have...
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(for they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of...
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that your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your peop...
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For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke...
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It was so, that when Solomon had finished praying all this prayer and supplication to Yahweh, he aro...
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He stood, and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
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“Blessed be Yahweh, who has given rest to his people Israel, according to all that he promised. Ther...
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May Yahweh our God (Elohim) be with us, as he was with our fathers. Let him not leave us or forsake...
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that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and hi...
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Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God (El...
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that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh himself is God (Elohim). There is no one else...
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“Let your heart therefore be perfect with Yahweh our God (Elohim), to walk in his statutes, and to k...
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The king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before Yahweh.
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Solomon offered for the sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered to Yahweh, twenty two thousan...
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The same day the king made the middle of the court holy that was before Yahweh’s house; for there he...
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So Solomon held the feast at that time, and all Israel with him, a great assembly, from the entrance...
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On the eighth day he sent the people away; and they blessed the king, and went to their tents joyful...
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