1 Kings 8
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1 Kings 8:12-21

12ThenH227 spake SolomonH8010, Jehovah hath saidH559 that he would dwellH7931 in the thickH6205 darknessH6205. 13I have surely builtH1129 thee a houseH1004 of habitation, a placeH4349 for thee to dwellH3427 in for everH5769. 14And the kingH4428 turnedH5437 his faceH6440 about, and blessedH1288 all the assemblyH6951 of IsraelH3478: and all the assemblyH6951 of IsraelH3478 stoodH5975. 15And he saidH559, BlessedH1288 be Jehovah, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, who spake with his mouthH6310 unto DavidH1732 my fatherH1, and hath with his handH3027 fulfilled it, sayingH559, 16Since the dayH3117 that I broughtH3318 forthH3318 my peopleH5971 IsraelH3478 out of EgyptH4714, I choseH977 no cityH5892 out of all the tribesH7626 of IsraelH3478 to buildH1129 a houseH1004, that my nameH8034 might beH1961 there; but I choseH977 DavidH1732 to beH1961 over my peopleH5971 IsraelH3478. 17Now it was in the heartH3824 of DavidH1732 my fatherH1 to buildH1129 a houseH1004 for the nameH8034 of Jehovah, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478. 18But Jehovah saidH559 unto DavidH1732 my fatherH1, Whereas it was in thy heartH3824 to buildH1129 a houseH1004 for my nameH8034, thou didst wellH2895 that it was in thy heartH3824: 19nevertheless thou shalt not buildH1129 the houseH1004; but thy sonH1121 that shall comeH3318 forthH3318 out of thy loinsH2504, he shall buildH1129 the houseH1004 for my nameH8034. 20And Jehovah hath establishedH6965 his wordH1697 that he spake; for I am risenH6965 up in the room of DavidH1732 my fatherH1, and sitH3427 on the throneH3678 of IsraelH3478, as Jehovah promised, and have builtH1129 the houseH1004 for the nameH8034 of Jehovah, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478. 21And there have I setH7760 a placeH4725 for the arkH727, wherein is the covenantH1285 of Jehovah, which he madeH3772 with our fathersH1, whenH834 he broughtH3318 them out of the landH776 of EgyptH4714.

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