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Literal Standard Version

1 Kings 6:13

and have dwelt in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel."

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Solomon;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Temple, the First;  

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jerusalem;   Palm Tree;   Solomon;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Oracle;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jerusalem;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cedar;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Shekinah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will dwell among the Israelites and not abandon my people Israel.”
Hebrew Names Version
I will dwell among the children of Yisra'el, and will not forsake my people Yisra'el.
King James Version
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
English Standard Version
And I will dwell among the children of Israel and will not forsake my people Israel."
New Century Version
I will live among the Israelites in this Temple, and I will never leave my people Israel."
New English Translation
I will live among the Israelites and will not abandon my people Israel."
Amplified Bible
"I will dwell among the sons (descendants) of Israel, and will not abandon My people Israel."
New American Standard Bible
"And I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not abandon My people Israel."
Geneva Bible (1587)
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and wil not forsake my people Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
And I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel."
Complete Jewish Bible
I will live in it among the people of Isra'el, and I will not abandon my people Isra'el."
Darby Translation
and I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
I will live among the children of Israel in this Temple that you are building, and I will never leave the people of Israel."
George Lamsa Translation
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and I will not forsake my people Israel.
Good News Translation
I will live among my people Israel in this Temple that you are building, and I will never abandon them."
Lexham English Bible
And I will dwell among the Israelites, and I will not forsake my people Israel."
Literal Translation
And I shall dwell in the midst of the sons of Israel, and shall not forsake My people Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& wyll dwell amonge the childre of Israel, and wil not forsake my people of Israel.
American Standard Version
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
Bible in Basic English
And I will be ever among the children of Israel, and will not go away from my people.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
in that I will dwell therein among the children of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel.'
King James Version (1611)
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And king Solomon sent, and took Chiram out of Tyre,
English Revised Version
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
And I will dwell among the Israelites and will not abandon My people Israel."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Y schal dwelle in the myddis of the sones of Israel, and Y schal not forsake my puple Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
and have tabernacled in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel.'
Update Bible Version
And I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
World English Bible
I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.
New King James Version
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel."
New Living Translation
I will live among the Israelites and will never abandon my people Israel."
New Life Bible
I will live among the sons of Israel. And I will not leave My people Israel alone."
New Revised Standard
I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and will make my habitation in the midst of the sons of Israel, - and will not forsake my people Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will dwell in the midst of the children of Israel, and I will not forsake my people Israel.
Revised Standard Version
And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"I will dwell among the sons of Israel, and will not forsake My people Israel."

Contextual Overview

11And the word of YHWH is to Solomon, saying, 12"This house that you are building—if you walk in My statutes, and do My judgments, indeed, have done all My commands, to walk in them, then I have established My word with you, which I spoke to your father David, 13and have dwelt in the midst of the sons of Israel, and do not forsake My people Israel."14And Solomon builds the house and completes it;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will dwell: 1 Kings 8:27, Exodus 25:8, Leviticus 26:11, Psalms 68:18, Psalms 132:12, Psalms 132:13, Isaiah 57:15, Ezekiel 37:26-28, 2 Corinthians 6:16, Revelation 21:3

will not forsake: Deuteronomy 31:6, Deuteronomy 31:8, 1 Samuel 12:22, 1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Chronicles 28:20, Hebrews 13:5

Reciprocal: Numbers 35:34 - dwell among 1 Kings 11:4 - his heart 1 Kings 11:10 - commanded 1 Kings 11:33 - they have forsaken 1 Chronicles 28:7 - if Nehemiah 9:17 - forsookest Jeremiah 7:5 - if ye thoroughly Jeremiah 51:5 - Israel Revelation 7:15 - dwell

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
And it comes to pass that mankind has begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,
Genesis 6:2
and the sons of God see that they, the daughters of men, [are] beautiful, and they take women for themselves of all whom they have chosen.
Genesis 6:4
The giants were in the earth in those days, and even afterward, when sons of God come in to the daughters of men, and they have borne to them those who [were] the mighty from of old, the men of renown.
Genesis 6:6
and YHWH regrets that He has made man in the earth, and He grieves Himself—to His heart.
Genesis 6:7
And YHWH says, "I wipe away man whom I have created from off the face of the ground, from man to beast, to creeping thing, and to bird of the heavens, for I have regretted that I have made them."
Genesis 6:10
And Noah begets three sons: Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
Genesis 6:11
And the earth is corrupt before God, and the earth is filled [with] violence.
Genesis 6:12
And God sees the earth, and behold, it has been corrupted, for all flesh has corrupted its way on the earth.
Genesis 7:23
And all the substance that is on the face of the ground is wiped away—from man to beast, to creeping thing, and to bird of the heavens; indeed, they are wiped away from the earth, and only Noah is left, and those who [are] with him in the ark;
Genesis 49:5
Simeon and Levi [are] brothers! Instruments of violence—their espousals!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will dwell among the children of Israel,.... In this house now building, and which was in the middle of the land, and where he would meet with them, and accept their sacrifices, not only of slain beasts, but of prayer and praise:

and will not forsake my people Israel; and leave them to the mercy of their enemies, and to be carried captive by them, but protect and defend them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The first promise to “dwell among” the Israelites had been made to Moses Exodus 25:8; Exodus 29:45, but had not been repeated to David. The next promise, “I will not forsake, etc.,” if not absolutely new, seems to have been more positive and general than previous similar promises Deuteronomy 31:6, Deuteronomy 31:8; Joshua 1:5. God will not at any time or under any circumstances wholly forsake Israel.


 
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