1 Kings 8:16

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹²Then Solomon said: "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. ¹³I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever." ¹⁴And as the whole assembly of Israel stood there, the king turned around and blessed them all ¹⁵and said: "Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who has fulfilled with His own hand what He spoke with His mouth to my father David, saying, ¹⁶'Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.'¹⁷Now it was in the heart of my father David to build a house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. ¹⁸But the LORD said to my father David, 'Since it was in your heart to build a house for My Name, you have done well to have this in your heart. ¹⁹Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.' ²⁰Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. ²¹And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt."

Bible Verse Review
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Since: 2 Samuel 7:6, 2 Samuel 7:7, 2 Chronicles 6:5-11

I chose: 1 Chronicles 17:5, 1 Chronicles 17:6, Psalms 132:13

my name: 1 Kings 8:29, 1 Kings 11:36, Deuteronomy 12:11, 2 Kings 23:27, Nehemiah 1:9, Jeremiah 7:12

I chose David: 1 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 7:8, 1 Chronicles 28:4, Psalms 78:70, Psalms 89:19, Psalms 89:20

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 12:5 - But unto 2 Samuel 7:5 - Shalt 1 Kings 8:44 - toward the city 1 Kings 14:21 - the city 1 Chronicles 13:6 - whose name 1 Chronicles 22:7 - unto the name 2 Chronicles 6:33 - this house 2 Chronicles 7:16 - have I chosen 2 Chronicles 21:3 - Jehoram Psalms 89:3 - made

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

Genesis 7:7
And Noah entered the ark, along with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives, to escape the waters of the flood.

Genesis 7:13
On that very day Noah entered the ark, along with his sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth, and his wife, and the three wives of his sons-

Genesis 8:16
"Come out of the ark, you and your wife, along with your sons and their wives.

Genesis 8:18
So Noah came out, along with his sons and his wife and his sons' wives.

Joshua 3:17
The priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the middle of the Jordan, while all Israel crossed over the dry ground, until the entire nation had crossed the Jordan.

Joshua 4:10
Now the priests who carried the ark remained standing in the middle of the Jordan until the people had completed everything the LORD had commanded Joshua to tell them, just as Moses had directed Joshua. The people hurried across,

Psalms 91:11
For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.

Psalms 121:8
The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

Zechariah 9:11
As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt,.... Which was now about four hundred and eighty eight years ago; see 1 Kings 6:1.

I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; he had chosen one in his mind from all eternity; but he had not made known this choice, nor the place he had chosen; he gave hints by Moses, that there was a place which he should choose, or declare he had chosen to put his name in, but did not express it, Deuteronomy 12:5 but now it was a clear case that he had chosen Jerusalem, and that was the city he always had in view, see 2 Chronicles 6:6,

but I chose David to be over my people Israel; to be their king, and to him he gave the first hint of the place where the temple was to be built, 1 Chronicles 22:1, and he chose no man, and his family with him, before him, to rule over Israel, and be concerned in such a work, see 2 Chronicles 6:5.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The marginal reference completes the sense of this verse here. The passage is in accordance with archaic modes of speech, and is probably the more verbally accurate of the two.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Kings 8:16. Since the day, c. — Mention is here made, says Dr. Kennicott, of some one place and some one person preferred before all others and the preference is that of Jerusalem to other places, and of David to other men. In consequence of this remark, we shall see the necessity of correcting this passage by its parallel in 2 Chronicles 6:5-6, where the thirteen Hebrew words now lost in Kings are happily preserved. Let us compare the passages: -

K. Since to day that I brought forth my people

C. Since the day that I brought forth my people

K. Israel out of Egypt, I chose no CITY

C. out of the land of Egypt, I chose no CITY

K. out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house,

C. among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in,

K. that my name might be therein; * * *

C. that my name might be there; neither chose I

K. * * * * * * *

C. any MAN to be a ruler over my people Israel:

K. * * * * * * *

C. but I have chosen JERUSALEM, that my name

K. * * * but I chose David to be

C. might be there; and have chosen DAVID to be

K. over my people Israel.

C. over my people Israel.

I would just observe here, that I do not think these thirteen words ever made a part of Kings, and consequently, are not lost from it; nor do they exist here in any of the versions; but their being found in Chronicles helps to complete the sense.