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Text -- 1 Kings 8:1-21 (NET)
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Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple
8:1 Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem Israel’s elders , all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families , so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord’s covenant from the city of David (that is, Zion ).
8:2 All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month Ethanim (the seventh month ).
8:3 When all Israel’s elders had arrived , the priests lifted the ark .
8:4 The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord , the tent of meeting , and all the holy items in the tent .
8:5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered .
8:6 The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple , in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubs .
8:7 The cherubs ’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat ; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles .
8:8 The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary , but they could not be seen from beyond that point . They have remained there to this very day .
8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb . It was there that the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt .
8:10 Once the priests left the holy place , a cloud filled the Lord’s temple .
8:11 The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud ; the Lord’s glory filled his temple .
8:12 Then Solomon said , “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness .
8:13 O Lord, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently .”
8:14 Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.
8:15 He said , “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David .
8:16 He told David, ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt , I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live . But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel .’
8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel .
8:18 The Lord told my father David , ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.
8:19 But you will not build the temple ; your very own son will build the temple for my honor .’
8:20 The Lord has kept the promise he made . I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel , as the Lord promised . I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of Israel
8:21 and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt .”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Solomon |
PRAYER |
BARUCH, BOOK OF |
Temple, Solomon's |
STAVES |
Temple |
Dedication |
Church and State |
TEMPLE, A1 |
Ark |
ARK OF THE COVENANT |
INTERCESSION |
Worship |
Cloud |
Shechinah |
Quotations and Allusions |
God |
Liberality |
TEMPLE, B |
Government |
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NET Notes -> 1Ki 8:1; 1Ki 8:1; 1Ki 8:1; 1Ki 8:2; 1Ki 8:2; 1Ki 8:4; 1Ki 8:4; 1Ki 8:4; 1Ki 8:5; 1Ki 8:6; 1Ki 8:7; 1Ki 8:8; 1Ki 8:9; 1Ki 8:9; 1Ki 8:11; 1Ki 8:11; 1Ki 8:13; 1Ki 8:14; 1Ki 8:14; 1Ki 8:15; 1Ki 8:15; 1Ki 8:16; 1Ki 8:16; 1Ki 8:16; 1Ki 8:17; 1Ki 8:17; 1Ki 8:18; 1Ki 8:19; 1Ki 8:20; 1Ki 8:20; 1Ki 8:21
NET Notes: 1Ki 8:1 Heb “Then Solomon convened the elders of Israel, the heads of the tribes, the chiefs of the fathers belonging to the sons of Israel to King Solo...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 8:4 Heb “and they carried the ark of the Lord…. The priests and the Levites carried them.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 8:5 Heb “And King Solomon and all the assembly of Israel, those who had been gathered to him, [were] before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle wh...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 8:13 The words “O Lord” do not appear in the original text, but they are supplied for clarification; Solomon addresses the Lord in prayer at th...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 8:14 Heb “and he blessed all the assembly of Israel, and all the assembly of Israel was standing.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 8:16 To build a temple in which to live (Heb “to build a house for my name to be there”). In the OT, the word “name” sometimes refe...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 8:17 Heb “to build a house for the name of the Lord God of Israel.” The word “name” in the OT sometimes refers to one’s reput...
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NET Notes: 1Ki 8:18 Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”
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NET Notes: 1Ki 8:19 Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”
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