Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents unto thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you.
- BSB Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
- NKJV Because of Your temple at Jerusalem, Kings will bring presents to You.
- NASB Because of Your temple at Jerusalem Kings will bring gifts to You.
- NLT The kings of the earth are bringing tribute to your Temple in Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
Because of God's temple in Jerusalem, even foreign kings will bring tribute to him. It anticipates the nations coming to honor the true God.
Overview
David envisions kings bringing gifts to God on account of his dwelling place at Jerusalem, a sign of the nations acknowledging his glory. This expectation of Gentile homage runs throughout Scripture. It finds fulfillment as the gospel draws peoples and rulers to bow before Christ, the true temple and King to whom all tribute is due.
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Cross-references · 18
- 1 Kgs 10:10And she gave the king an hundred and twenty talents of gold, and of spices very great store, and precious stones: there came no more such abundance of spices as these which the queen of Sheba gave to king Solomon.
- 1 Chr 29:3Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,
- Ps 76:11Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
- Isa 18:7In that time shall the present be brought unto the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.
- Isa 60:16–17Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
- Ps 45:12And the daughter of Tyre shall be there with a gift; even the rich among the people shall intreat thy favour.
- Isa 60:6–11The multitude of camels shall cover thee, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah; all they from Sheba shall come: they shall bring gold and incense; and they shall shew forth the praises of the LORD.
- 1 Kgs 10:24–25And all the earth sought to Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.
- Ezra 7:13–28I make a decree, that all they of the people of Israel, and of his priests and Levites, in my realm, which are minded of their own freewill to go up to Jerusalem, go with thee.
- Ps 72:10–11The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.
- 2 Chr 32:23And many brought gifts unto the LORD to Jerusalem, and presents to Hezekiah king of Judah: so that he was magnified in the sight of all nations from thenceforth.
- 1 Chr 22:7–11And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the LORD my God:
- 2 Chr 32:33And Hezekiah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons of David: and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem did him honour at his death. And Manasseh his son reigned in his stead.
- Neh 2:8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
- 2 Chr 2:5–6And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
- 1 Chr 28:10–21Take heed now; for the LORD hath chosen thee to build an house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.
- 2 Chr 6:8–9But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart:
- 1 Chr 17:4–12Go and tell David my servant, Thus saith the LORD, Thou shalt not build me an house to dwell in:
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