1 Kings 8:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.””
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“I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.”
King James Version · Public Domain“I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“I have surely built a house of habitation for Thee; a fixed place for Thine abiding to the ages.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Kings 8:13 — 18 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 15:17You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of Your inheritance— the place, O LORD, You have prepared for Your dwelling, the sanctuary, O Lord, Your hands have established.
- 2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 1 Chronicles 17:12He 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 28:6And He said to me, ‘Solomon your son is the one who will build My house and My courts, for I have chosen him as My son, and I will be his Father.
- 1 Chronicles 28:10Consider now that the LORD has chosen you to build a house for the sanctuary. Be strong and do it.”
- 1 Chronicles 28:20David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
- 2 Chronicles 6:2and I have built You an exalted house, 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 home:
- Psalms 132:14“This is My resting place forever and ever; here I will dwell, for I have desired this home.
- Ezekiel 43:7and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
- Ezekiel 43:9Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
- John 4:21“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “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 Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
- Hebrews 8:5The place where they serve 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 have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.
- Hebrews 9:24For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).