But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
Parallel translations
- WEB But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
- BSB and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”
- NKJV I have surely built You an exalted house, And a place for You to dwell in forever.”
- NASB “I have built You a lofty house, And a place for Your dwelling forever.”
- NLT Now I have built a glorious Temple for you, a place where you can live forever!”
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Quick answer
Solomon announced that he had built a permanent house for God to dwell in forever. He presented the temple as a settled dwelling place for the Lord.
Overview
Solomon spoke of the temple as an exalted, lasting home for God among his people. While the building itself would not endure forever, it symbolized God's commitment to dwell with Israel. Its ultimate fulfillment came in Christ and in the church as God's temple, and finally in the eternal city where God dwells with his people forever.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 13
- 2 Chr 2:4–6Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual shewbread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the sabbaths, and on the new moons, and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God. This is an ordinance for ever to Israel.
- 1 Kgs 8:13I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.
- Ps 135:21Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
- Ps 132:13–14For the LORD hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation.
- Rev 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
- 2 Sam 7:13He shall build an house for my name, and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever.
- 1 Chr 28:20And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.
- Ps 132:5Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.
- 1 Chr 17:12He shall build me an house, and I will stablish his throne for ever.
- 1 Chr 22:10–11He shall build an house for my name; and he shall be my son, and I will be his father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel for ever.
- John 4:21–23Jesus saith unto her, Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father.
- 1 Chr 28:6And he said unto me, Solomon thy son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.
- Heb 9:11–12But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;
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