1 Kings 8:29

8:29 Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. ¹  May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place. ² 

Psalms 76:2

76:2 He lives in Salem; ³ 

he dwells in Zion. ⁴ 

Psalms 132:13-14

132:13 Certainly ⁵  the Lord has chosen Zion;

he decided to make it his home. ⁶ 

132:14 He said, ⁷  “This will be my resting place forever;

I will live here, for I have chosen it. ⁸ 

[8:29]  ¹ tn Heb “so your eyes might be open toward this house night and day, toward the place about which you said, ‘My name will be there.’”

[8:29]  ² tn Heb “by listening to the prayer which your servant is praying concerning this place.”

[76:2]  ³ sn Salem is a shorter name for Jerusalem (see Gen 14:18).

[76:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “and his place of refuge is in Salem, and his lair in Zion.” God may be likened here to a lion (see v. 4).

[132:13]  ⁵ tn Or “for.”

[132:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “he desired it for his dwelling place.”

[132:14]  ⁷ tn The words “he said” are added in the translation to clarify that what follows are the Lord’s words.

[132:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “for I desired it.”