1 Kings 8:13
So I have made for you a living-place, a house in which you may be for ever present.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
In Context
Cross References
Exodus 15:17You will take them in, planting them in the mountain of your heritage, the place, O Lord, where you have made your house, the holy place, O Lord, the building of your hands.
1 Chronicles 17:12He will be the builder of my house, and I will make the seat of his authority certain for ever.
1 Chronicles 28:6And he said to me, Solomon your son will be the builder of my house and the open spaces round it; for I have taken him to be my son, and I will be his father.
1 Chronicles 28:20And David said to his son Solomon, Be strong and of a good heart and do your work; have no fear and do not be troubled, for the Lord God, my God, is with you; he will not give you up, and his face will not be turned away from you, till all the work necessary for the house of the Lord is complete.
Psalms 78:68But he took the tribe of Judah for himself, and the mountain of Zion, in which he had pleasure.
Psalms 132:14This is my rest for ever: here will I ever be; for this is my desire.
Matthew Henry on 1 Kings 8:13-22
12 Then spake Solomon, The Lord said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. 13 I have surely built thee a 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 congregation of Israel stood;) 15 And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which spake with his mouth unto David my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying, 16 Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I… Read the whole commentary →