New Living Translation
1 Kings 8:13
13Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live 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.
- New International Version (NIV)I have indeed built a magnificent temple for you, a place for you to dwell forever.”
- 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.”
Context of 1 Kings 8:13
11The priests could not continue their service because of the cloud, for the glorious presence of the Lord filled the Temple of the Lord. 12Then Solomon prayed, “O Lord, you have said that you would live in a thick cloud of darkness. Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!” 14Then the king turned around to the entire community of Israel standing before him and gave this blessing: 15“Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father, David. For he told my father,
Read all of 1 Kings 81 Kings 8:13 word by word
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—a temple—for my name. And I will secure his royal throne forever.
- 1 Chronicles 17:12He is the one who will build a house—a temple—for me. And I will secure his throne forever.
- 1 Chronicles 22:10He is the one who will build a Temple to honor my name. He will be my son, and I will be his father. And I will secure the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.’
- 1 Chronicles 28:6He said to me, ‘Your son Solomon will build my Temple and its courtyards, for I have chosen him as my son, and I will be his father.
- 2 Chronicles 6:2Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!”
- Psalms 78:68He chose instead the tribe of Judah, and Mount Zion, which he loved.
- Psalms 132:13For the Lord has chosen Jerusalem; he has desired it for his home.
- John 4:21Jesus replied, “Believe me, dear woman, the time is coming when it will no longer matter whether you worship the Father on this mountain or in Jerusalem.
- Acts 6:14We have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy the Temple and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
- Hebrews 8:5They serve in a system of worship that is only a copy, a shadow of the real one in heaven. For when Moses was getting ready to build the Tabernacle, God gave him this warning: “Be sure that you make everything according to the pattern I have shown you here on the mountain.”
- Hebrews 9:11So Christ has now become the High Priest over all the good things that have come. He has entered that greater, more perfect Tabernacle in heaven, which was not made by human hands and is not part of this created world.
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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