Archive THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (1 Kings Chapter 1 to 22)

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1 Kings 8:14 (NLT)
Then the king turned round to the entire community of Israel standing before him and gave this blessing:
 
1 Kings 8:15 (NLT)
Praise the LORD, the God of Israel, who has kept the promise he made to my father, David. For he told my father:
 
1 Kings 8:16 (NLT)
"From the day I brought my people out of the land of Egypt, I have never chosen a city among any of the tribes of Israel as the place where a temple should be built to honor my name but I have chosen David to be king over my people Israel.
 
1 Kings 8:17 (NLT)
Then Solomon said, "my father, David, wanted to build this Temple to honor the name of the LORD, the God of Israel.
 
1 Kings 8:20 (NLT)
"And now the LORD has fulfilled the promise he made, for I have become king in my father's place, and now I sit on the throne of Israel, just as the LORD promised. I have built this Temple to honor the name of the LORD the God of Israel.
 
1 Kings 8:21 (NLT)
And I have prepared it a place there for the Ark, which contains the Covenant that the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.
 
1 Kings 8:22 (NLT)
Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire community of Israel. He lifted his hand toward heaven,
 
1 Kings 8:23 (NLT)
and he prayed, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you in all of heaven above and on the earth below you keep your covenant and show unfailing love to all over before you in wholehearted devotion.
 
1 Kings 8:24 (NLT)
You have kept you promise to your servant David, my father. You made that promise with your own mouth, and with your own hands you have fulfilled it today.
 
1 Kings 8:25 (NLT)

25 “And now, O LORD, God of Israel, carry out the additional promise you made to your servant David, my father. For you said to him, ‘If your descendants guard their behavior and faithfully follow me as you have done, one of them will always sit on the throne of Israel.’
 
1 Kings 8:26-27 (NLT)

26 Now, O God of Israel, fulfill this promise to your servant David, my father.
27 “But will God really live on earth? Why, even the highest heavens cannot contain you. How much less this Temple I have built!
 
1 Kings 8:28-29 (NLT)

28 Nevertheless, listen to my prayer and my plea, O LORD my God. Hear the cry and the prayer that your servant is making to you today.
29 May you watch over this Temple night and day, this place where you have said, ‘My name will be there.’ May you always hear the prayers I make toward this place.
 
1 Kings 8:30 (NLT)

30 May you hear the humble and earnest requests from me and your people Israel when we pray toward this place. Yes, hear us from heaven where you live, and when you hear, forgive.
 
1 Kings 8:33 (NLT)

33 “If your people Israel are defeated by their enemies because they have sinned against you, and if they turn to you and acknowledge your name and pray to you here in this Temple,
 
1 Kings 8:34-35 (NLT)

34 then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and return them to this land you gave their ancestors.
35 “If the skies are shut up and there is no rain because your people have sinned against you, and if they pray toward this Temple and acknowledge your name and turn from their sins because you have punished them,
 
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