1 Kings 8:15-22
8:15 He said, “The
Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled
1 what he promised
2 my father David.
8:16 He told David,
3 ‘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.
4 But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’
8:17 Now my father David had a strong desire
5 to build a temple to honor the
Lord God of Israel.
6
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.
7
8:19 But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’
8
8:20 The
Lord has kept the promise he made.
9 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
10 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
11 when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
Solomon Prays for Israel
8:22 Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky. 12
1 tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his hand.”
2 tn The Hebrew text reads, “by his mouth.”
3 tn Heb “saying.”
4 tn Heb “to build a house for my name to be there.”
5 tn Heb “and it was with the heart of David my father.”
6 tn 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 reputation or honor. The “name” of the Lord sometimes designates the Lord himself, being indistinguishable from the proper name.
7 tn Heb “Because it was with your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was with your heart.”
9 tn Heb “your son, the one who came out of your body, he will build the temple for my name.”
11 tn Heb “his word that he spoke.”
12 tn Heb “name.”
13 tn Heb “fathers” (also in vv. 34, 40, 48, 53, 57, 58).
15 tn Or “heaven.”