New International Version
1 Kings 8:13
13I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”
1 Kings 8:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have indeed built you an exalted house, a place for you to dwell in forever."
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have surely built You an exalted house, And a place for You to dwell in forever.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!”
Context of 1 Kings 8:13
11And the priests could not perform their service because of the cloud, for the glory of the Lord filled his temple. 12Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.” 14While the whole assembly of Israel was standing there, the king turned around and blessed them. 15Then he said: “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his own hand has fulfilled what he promised with his own mouth to my father David. For he said,
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בָּנֹ֥ה בָנִ֛יתִי בֵּ֥ית זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ מָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Kings 8:13
- 2 Samuel 7:13He is the one who will build a house for my Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 1 Chronicles 17:12He is the one who will build a house for me, and I will establish his throne forever.
- 1 Chronicles 22:10He is the one who will build a house for my Name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
- 1 Chronicles 28:6He said to me: ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build my house and my courts, for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
- 2 Chronicles 6:2I have built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”
- Psalms 78:68but he chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion, which he loved.
- Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Zion, he has desired it for his dwelling, saying,
- John 4:21“Woman,” Jesus replied, “believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
- Acts 6:14For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
- Hebrews 8:5They serve at a sanctuary that is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.”
- Hebrews 9:11But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that are now already here, he went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made with human hands, that is to say, is not a part of this creation.
Commentaries on 1 Kings 8:13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13I have surely built thee a house - He was now fully convinced that the thing pleased God, and that he had taken this place for his settled habitation.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-21Verses 12-21 Solomon encouraged the priests, who were much astonished at the dark cloud. The dark dispensations of Providence should quicken us in fleeing for refuge to the hope of the gospel. Nothing can more reconcile us to them, than to consider what God has said, and to compare his word and works together. Whatever good we do, we must look on it as the performance of God's promise to us, not of our promises to him.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13thick cloud: Solomon saw the cloud filling the inner sanctuary as a sign of God's presence. However, he knew that God could not be confined to a human-made temple (see 1 Kings 8:27). Solomon completed his task to build the temple (1 Kings 8:19; 1 Chronicles 28:10), trusting the promises that God would live in the sanctuary (see Exodus 15:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. I have surely built thee an house--This is an apostrophe to God, as perceiving His approach by the cloud, and welcoming Him to enter as guest or inhabitant of the fixed and permanent dwelling-place, which, at His command, had been prepared for His reception.Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Kings 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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