Verse 13
1 Kings 8:13
New King James Version
13
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in 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.
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Chapter 8 Context
1
Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathe...
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2
And all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim,...
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3
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
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4
And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy ve...
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5
And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that
were
assembled unto him, were with him b...
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6
And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of th...
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7
For the cherubims spread forth
their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered...
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8
And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy
place before the...
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9
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the...
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10
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy
place, that the cloud filled the hou...
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11
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had...
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12
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
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13
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
14
And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the congregation of Israel: (and all the congreg...
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15
And he said, Blessed
be the LORD God (Elohim) of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my fa...
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16
Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tri...
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17
And it was in the heart of David my father to build an house for the name of the LORD God (Elohim) o...
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18
And the LORD said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name...
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19
Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he...
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20
And the LORD hath performed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my father...
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21
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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22
And Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of all the congregation of Israel, an...
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23
And he said, LORD God (Elohim) of Israel,
there is no God (Elohim) like thee, in heaven above, or on...
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24
Who hast kept with thy servant David my father that thou promisedst him: thou spakest also with thy...
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25
Therefore now, LORD God (Elohim) of Israel, keep with thy servant David my father that thou promised...
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26
And now, O God (Elohim) of Israel, let thy word, I pray thee, be verified, which thou spakest unto t...
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27
But will God (Elohim) indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot con...
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28
Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God (Elohim...
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29
That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day,
even
toward the place of which thou ha...
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30
And hearken thou to the supplication of thy servant, and of thy people Israel, when they shall pray...
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31
If any man trespass against his neighbour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and t...
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32
Then hear thou in heaven, and do, and judge thy servants, condemning the wicked, to bring his way up...
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33
When thy people Israel be smitten down before the enemy, because they have sinned against thee, and...
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34
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the la...
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35
When heaven is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against thee; if they pray to...
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36
Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy servants, and of thy people Israel, that thou t...
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37
If there be in the land famine, if there be pestilence, blasting, mildew, locust,
or if there be cat...
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38
What prayer and supplication soever be
made by any man,
or by all thy people Israel, which shall kno...
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39
Then hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and forgive, and do, and give to every man according to...
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40
That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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41
Moreover concerning a stranger, that
is not of thy people Israel, but cometh out of a far country fo...
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42
(For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm;) when...
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43
Hear thou in heaven thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth to thee fo...
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44
If thy people go out to battle against their enemy, whithersoever thou shalt send them, and shall pr...
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45
Then hear thou in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
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46
If they sin against thee, (for
there is no man that sinneth not,) and thou be angry with them, and d...
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47
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and...
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48
And
so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies,...
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49
Then hear thou their prayer and their supplication in heaven thy dwelling place, and maintain their...
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50
And forgive thy people that have sinned against thee and all their transgressions wherein they have...
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51
For they
be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest forth out of Egypt, from the mi...
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52
That thine eyes may be open unto the supplication of thy servant, and unto the supplication of thy p...
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53
For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth,
to be thine inheritance, as tho...
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54
And it was
so, that when Solomon had made an end of praying all this prayer and supplication unto th...
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55
And he stood, and blessed all the congregation of Israel with a loud voice, saying,
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56
Blessed
be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised:...
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57
The LORD our God (Elohim) be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake...
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58
That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and...
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59
And let these my words, wherewith I have made supplication before the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD ou...
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60
That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD
is
God (Elohim),
and that there is none els...
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61
Let your heart therefore be perfect with the LORD our God (Elohim), to walk in his statutes, and to...
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62
And the king, and all Israel with him, offered sacrifice before the LORD.
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63
And Solomon offered a sacrifice of peace offerings, which he offered unto the LORD, two and twenty t...
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64
The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that
was before the house of the LORD: for...
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65
And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Israel with him, a great congregation, from the enter...
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66
On the eighth day he sent the people away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joyf...
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