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Solomon Blesses the People

12 (A)Then Solomon said,

“Yahweh has said that (B)He would dwell in the cloud of dense gloom.
13 (C)I have surely built You a lofty house,
(D)A place for Your dwelling forever.”

14 Then the king turned his face around and (E)blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing. 15 And he said, “(F)Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, (G)who spoke with His mouth to my father David and has fulfilled it by His hand, saying, 16 (H)Since the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that (I)My name might be there, but (J)I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’ 17 (K)And it was [a]in the heart of my father David to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 18 But Yahweh said to my father David, ‘Because it was [b]in your heart to build a house for My name, you did well that it was [c]in your heart. 19 (L)Nevertheless you shall not build the house, but your son who will (M)come forth from your loins, he shall build the house for My name.’ 20 And Yahweh has established His word which He spoke; and (N)I have been established in place of my father David and sit on the throne of Israel, as Yahweh [d]promised, and have built the house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel. 21 And there I have set a place for the ark, (O)in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which He cut with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Kings 8:17 Lit with
  2. 1 Kings 8:18 Lit with
  3. 1 Kings 8:18 Lit with
  4. 1 Kings 8:20 Lit spoke