1 Kings 8:13
I have surely built a house of habitation for You; a fixed place for Your abiding for all ages.”
Literal Standard Version
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
12Then Solomon said, “YHWH has said [He is] to dwell in thick darkness;
Cross References
Exodus 15:17You bring them in, and plant them || In a mountain of Your inheritance, || A fixed place for Your dwelling You have made, O YHWH; A sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established;
1 Chronicles 17:12he builds a house for Me, and I have established his throne for all time;
1 Chronicles 28:6and says to me, Your son Solomon builds My house and My courts, for I have fixed on him [to be] to Me for a son, and I am to him for a father.
1 Chronicles 28:20And David says to his son Solomon, “Be strong and courageous, and do; do not fear nor be frightened, for YHWH God, my God, [is] with you; He does not fail you, nor forsake you, to the completion of all the work of the service of the house of YHWH.
Psalms 78:68And He chooses the tribe of Judah, || With Mount Zion that He loved,
Psalms 132:14“This [is] My rest forever and ever, || Here I sit, for I have desired it.
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 →