I have surely built You an exalted house, And a place for You to dwell in forever.”
Parallel translations
- WEB But I have built you a house and home, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
- KJV But I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever.
- BSB and I have built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell 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 am about to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, to dedicate it to him, to burn before him incense of sweet spices, for the continual show bread, and for the burnt offerings morning and evening, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts of Yahweh our God. This is an ordinance forever to Israel.
- 1 Kgs 8:13I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever.”
- Ps 135:21Blessed be Yahweh from Zion, Who dwells at Jerusalem. Praise Yah!
- Ps 132:13–14For Yahweh has chosen Zion. He has desired it for his habitation.
- Rev 21:3I heard a loud voice out of heaven saying, “Behold, God’s dwelling is with people, and he will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
- 2 Sam 7:13He will build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- 1 Chr 28:20David said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed; for Yahweh God, even my God, is with you. He will not fail you, nor forsake you, until all the work for the service of Yahweh’s house is finished.
- Ps 132:5until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.”
- 1 Chr 17:12He will build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
- 1 Chr 22:10–11He shall build a house for my name; and he will 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 said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.
- 1 Chr 28:6He said to me, ‘Solomon, your son, 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 having come as a high priest of the coming good things, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation,
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Temple, priesthood, and the repeated need for a faithful king who seeks the LORD all point past every imperfect reign to the King and Temple who finally and fully dwell with God's people.
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