I Kings 8 Geneva Bible 1599 Meaning & Chapter Analysis

1Then King Salomon assembled the Elders of Israel, euen all the heads of the tribes, the chiefe fathers of the children of Israel vnto him in Ierusalem, for to bring vp the Arke of the couenant of the Lord from the citie of Dauid, which is Zion.

4They bare the Arke of the Lord, and they bare the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tabernacle: those did the Priestes and Leuites bring vp.

2 Chronicles 1:3, 1 Kings 3:4, 2 Chronicles 1:3, 1 Kings 3:4, Exodus 40:2

5And King Salomon and all the Congregation of Israel, that were assembled vnto him, were with him before the Arke, offering sheepe and beeues, which could not be tolde, nor nombred for multitude.

2 Samuel 6:13, 2 Samuel 6:13, 1 Kings 8:62, 1 Kings 8:63, 1 Chronicles 16:1

6So the Priestes brought the Arke of the couenant of the Lord vnto his place, into the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, euen vnder the wings of the Cherubims.

1 Kings 6:27, 2 Samuel 6:17, 1 Kings 6:19, 1 Kings 6:27, 2 Samuel 6:17

7For ye Cherubims stretched out their wings ouer the place of the Arke, and the Cherubims couered the Arke, and the barres thereof aboue.

8And they drewe out the barres, that the endes of the barres might appeare out of the Sanctuarie before the oracle, but they were not seene without: and there they are vnto this day.

Exodus 37:4, Exodus 37:5, Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:15, Exodus 37:4

9Nothing was in the Arke saue the two tables of stone which Moses had put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a couenant with the children of Israel, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 25:21, Exodus 25:21, Hebrews 9:4, Hebrews 9:4, Exodus 40:20

10And when the Priestes were come out of the Sanctuarie, the cloude filled the house of the Lord,

Exodus 40:34, Exodus 40:35, 2 Chronicles 7:1, 2 Chronicles 7:2, Exodus 40:34

11So that the Priestes could not stande to minister, because of the cloude: for the glorie of the Lord had filled the house of the Lord.

Ezekiel 44:4, Ezekiel 43:4, Ezekiel 43:5, 2 Corinthians 4:6, Leviticus 9:23

12Then spake Salomon, The Lord said, that he woulde dwell in the darke cloude.

Psalms 97:2, Psalms 97:2, 2 Chronicles 6:1, 2 Chronicles 6:11, 2 Chronicles 6:1

13I haue built thee an house to dwell in, an habitation for thee to abide in for euer.

2 Samuel 7:13, 2 Samuel 7:13, Exodus 15:17, Hebrews 9:24, Psalms 132:13

14And the King turned his face, and blessed all the Congregation of Israel: for all the Congregation of Israel stoode there.

2 Samuel 6:18, 2 Samuel 6:18, 1 Chronicles 16:2, 1 Kings 8:55, 1 Kings 8:56

15And he said, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who spake with his mouth vnto Dauid my father, and hath with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

Luke 1:68, Luke 1:68, 1 Chronicles 29:10, Nehemiah 9:5, 1 Chronicles 29:20

16Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no citie of all the tribes of Israel, to builde an house that my name might be there: but I haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.

1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Samuel 16:1, 1 Chronicles 28:4, 2 Samuel 7:4, 2 Samuel 7:8

17And it was in ye heart of Dauid my father to builde an house to the Name of the Lord God of Israel.

2 Samuel 7:2, 2 Samuel 7:3, 2 Samuel 7:2, 2 Samuel 7:3, 1 Chronicles 17:1

18And the Lord said vnto Dauid my father, Where as it was in thine heart to build an house vnto my Name, thou diddest well, that thou wast so minded:

2 Chronicles 6:7, 2 Chronicles 6:9, 2 Chronicles 6:7, 2 Chronicles 6:9, 2 Corinthians 8:12

19Neuerthelesse thou shalt not builde the house, but thy sonne that shall come out of thy loynes, he shall builde the house vnto my Name.

2 Samuel 7:5, 1 Chronicles 22:8, 1 Chronicles 22:10, 2 Samuel 7:5, 1 Chronicles 22:8

20And the Lord hath made good his worde that he spake: and I am risen vp in the roume of Dauid my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised, and haue built the house for the Name of the Lord God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Chronicles 28:6, 1 Chronicles 28:5, 1 Chronicles 28:6, Philippians 1:6

21And I haue prepared therein a place for the Arke, wherein is the couenant of the Lord which he made with our fathers, whe he brought them out of the lande of Egypt.

Deuteronomy 31:26, 1 Kings 8:9, Deuteronomy 31:26, 1 Kings 8:9, 1 Kings 8:5

22Then Salomon stoode before the altar of the Lord in the sight of all the Congregation of Israel, and stretched out his handes towarde heauen,

Ezra 9:5, Ezra 9:5, Exodus 9:33, 1 Kings 8:54, Exodus 9:33

23And sayd, O Lord God of Israel, there is no God like thee in heauen aboue, or in the earth beneath, thou that keepest couenant and mercie with thy seruants that walke before thee with all their heart,

2 Samuel 7:22, 2 Samuel 7:22, Deuteronomy 7:9, Deuteronomy 7:9, Daniel 9:4

24Thou that hast kept with thy seruant Dauid my father, that thou hast promised him: for thou spakest with thy mouth and hast fulfilled it with thine hande, as appeareth this day.

2 Samuel 7:16, 2 Samuel 7:16, 1 Kings 8:15, 2 Samuel 7:12, 1 Kings 8:15

25Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keepe with thy seruant Dauid my father that thou hast promised him, saying, Thou shalt not want a man in my sight to sit vpon ye throne of Israel: so that thy childre take heed to their way, that they walke before me; as thou hast walked in my sight

1 Kings 2:4, 1 Kings 2:4, Jeremiah 33:17, Jeremiah 33:26, 2 Chronicles 6:16

26And nowe, O God of Israel, I pray thee, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid my father.

2 Samuel 7:25, 2 Samuel 7:29, 2 Samuel 7:25, 2 Samuel 7:29, Jeremiah 11:5

27Is it true in deede that God will dwell on the earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: howe much more vnable is this house that I haue built?

2 Chronicles 2:6, Isaiah 66:1, 2 Chronicles 2:6, Isaiah 66:1, Jeremiah 23:24

28But haue thou respect vnto the prayer of thy seruant, and to his supplication, O Lord, my God, to heare the cry and prayer which thy seruant prayeth before thee this day:

Psalms 88:1, Psalms 88:2, Daniel 9:17, Daniel 9:19, 2 Chronicles 6:19

29That thine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day, euen towarde the place whereof thou hast said, My Name shalbe there: that thou mayest hearken vnto the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in this place.

2 Chronicles 6:20, 2 Chronicles 6:20, 1 Kings 8:16, Nehemiah 1:6, Deuteronomy 12:11

30Heare thou therefore the supplication of thy seruant, and of thy people Israel, which pray in this place, and heare thou in the place of thine habitation, euen in heauen, and when thou hearest, haue mercie.

1 Kings 8:36, 1 Kings 8:39, 1 Kings 8:34, 1 Kings 8:36, 1 Kings 8:39

31When a man shall trespasse against his neighbour, and he lay vpon him an othe to cause him to sweare, and the swearer shall come before thine altar in this house,

Exodus 22:8, Exodus 22:11, Exodus 22:8, Exodus 22:11, Leviticus 5:1

32Then heare thou in heauen, and doe and iudge thy seruants, that thou condemne the wicked to bring his way vpon his head, and iustifie the righteous, to giue him according to his righteousnesse.

Deuteronomy 25:1, Deuteronomy 25:1, Ezekiel 18:13, Ezekiel 18:20, Romans 2:6

33When thy people Israel shall be ouerthrowen before the enemie, because they haue sinned against thee, and turne againe to thee, and confesse thy Name, and pray and make supplication vnto thee in this house,

Leviticus 26:17, Leviticus 26:17, Deuteronomy 28:25, Deuteronomy 28:25, 2 Chronicles 6:24

34Then heare thou in heauen, and be mercifull vnto the sinne of thy people Israel, and bring them againe vnto the lande, which thou gauest vnto their fathers.

Genesis 13:15, Daniel 9:25, Jeremiah 31:4, Jeremiah 31:9, Exodus 6:8

35When heauen shalbe shut vp, and there shalbe no raine because they haue sinned against thee, and shall pray in this place, and confesse thy Name, and turne from their sinne, when thou doest afflict them,

Leviticus 26:19, 1 Kings 8:33, Deuteronomy 11:17, Leviticus 26:19, 1 Kings 8:33

36Then heare thou in heauen, and pardon the sinne of thy seruants and of thy people Israel (when thou hast taught the the good way wherein they may walke) and giue raine vpon the land that thou hast giuen to thy people to inherite.

Psalms 27:11, 1 Samuel 12:23, Psalms 27:11, 1 Samuel 12:23, Jeremiah 6:16

37When there shalbe famine in the land, when there shalbe pestilence, when there shall be blasting, mildewe, grashopper or caterpiller, when their enemie shall besiege them in the cities of their lande, or any plague, or any sickenesse,

Leviticus 26:16, Deuteronomy 28:21, Deuteronomy 28:22, Leviticus 26:16, Deuteronomy 28:21

38Then what prayer, and supplication so euer shalbe made of any man or of all thy people Israel, when euery one shall knowe the plague in his owne heart, and stretch foorth his handes in this house,

Philippians 4:6, Psalms 73:21, Psalms 73:22, Amos 7:1, Amos 7:6

39Heare thou then in heauen, in thy dwelling place, and be mercifull, and doe, and giue euery man according to all his wayes, as thou knowest his heart, (for thou only knowest the heartes of all the children of men)

1 Chronicles 28:9, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Jeremiah 17:10, Jeremiah 17:10, 1 Samuel 16:7

40That they may feare thee as long as they liue in ye lad, which thou gauest vnto our fathers.

Psalms 130:4, Psalms 130:4, Revelation 19:5, Revelation 19:5, Hosea 3:5

41Moreouer as touching the stranger that is not of thy people Israel, who shall come out of a farre countrey for thy Names sake,

1 Kings 10:1, 1 Kings 10:2, 1 Kings 10:1, 1 Kings 10:2, Acts 8:27

42(When they shall heare of thy great name, and of thy mightie hande, and of thy stretched out arme) and shall come and pray in this house,

Deuteronomy 3:24, Deuteronomy 3:24, Deuteronomy 4:6, Psalms 89:13, Daniel 2:47

43Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth for vnto thee: that all the people of the earth may know thy Name, and feare thee, as do thy people Israel: and that they may know, that thy Name is called vpon in this house which I haue built.

Psalms 102:15, 1 Samuel 17:46, Psalms 102:15, 1 Samuel 17:46, Psalms 22:27

44When thy people shall go out to battell against their enemie by the way that thou shalt sende them, and shall pray vnto the Lord towarde the way of the citie which thou hast chosen, and toward the house that I haue built for thy Name,

Psalms 132:13, Psalms 132:14, Numbers 31:1, Numbers 31:12, Deuteronomy 20:1

45Heare thou then in heauen their prayer and their supplication, and iudge their cause.

Psalms 9:4, Genesis 18:25, Psalms 9:4, Genesis 18:25, Jeremiah 5:28

46If they sinne against thee, ( for there is no man that sinneth not) and thou be angry with them, and deliuer them vnto the enemies, so that they cary them away prisoners vnto the land of the enemies, either farre or neere,

Ecclesiastes 7:20, Ecclesiastes 7:20, Proverbs 20:9, Proverbs 20:9, Isaiah 64:6

47Yet if they turne againe vnto their heart in the lande (to the which they be caryed away captiues) and returne and pray vnto thee in the lande of them that caryed them away captiues, saying, We haue sinned, we haue transgressed, and done wickedly,

Psalms 106:6, Psalms 106:6, Ezra 9:6, Ezra 9:7, Nehemiah 1:6

48If they turne againe vnto thee with all their heart, and with all their soule in the lande of their enemies, which led them away captiues, and pray vnto thee toward the way of their land, which thou gauest vnto their fathers, and toward the citie which thou hast chosen, and the house, which I haue built for thy Name,

Daniel 6:10, Deuteronomy 4:29, Jeremiah 29:12, Jeremiah 29:14, Daniel 6:10

49Then heare thou their prayer and their supplication in heauen thy dwelling place, and iudge their cause,

1 Kings 8:45, 2 Kings 19:19, Zechariah 1:15, Zechariah 1:16, 1 Kings 8:45

50And be mercifull vnto thy people that haue sinned against thee, and vnto all their iniquities (wherein they haue transgressed against thee) and cause that they, which led them away captiues, may haue pitie and compassion on them:

Psalms 106:46, Psalms 106:46, 2 Chronicles 30:9, 2 Chronicles 30:9, Acts 7:10

51For they be thy people, and thine inheritance, which thou broughtest out of Egypt from the middes of the yron fornace.

Nehemiah 1:10, Jeremiah 11:4, Deuteronomy 4:20, Nehemiah 1:10, Jeremiah 11:4

52Let thine eyes be open vnto the prayer of thy seruant, and vnto the prayer of thy people Israel, to hearken vnto them, in all that they call for vnto thee.

1 Kings 8:29, Psalms 145:18, 1 Kings 8:29, Psalms 145:18, Psalms 86:5

53For thou diddest separate them to thee from among all people of the earth for an inheritance, as thou saidest by the hand of Moses thy seruant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God.

Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Exodus 19:5, Exodus 19:6, Deuteronomy 32:9

54And when Salomon had made an ende of praying all this prayer and supplication vnto the Lord, he arose from before the altar of the Lord, from kneeling on his knees, and stretching of his handes to heauen,

2 Chronicles 6:12, 2 Chronicles 6:13, Luke 22:45, 2 Chronicles 7:1, 2 Chronicles 6:12

55And stoode and blessed all the Congregation of Israel with a loud voyce, saying,

1 Kings 8:14, 1 Kings 8:14, 2 Samuel 6:18, 2 Samuel 6:18, Numbers 6:23

56Blessed be the Lord that hath giuen rest vnto his people Israel, according to all that hee promised: there hath not fayled one word of all his good promise which he promised by the hand of Moses his seruant.

Joshua 23:14, Joshua 23:15, Joshua 23:14, Joshua 23:15, Joshua 21:44

57The Lord our God be with vs, as he was with our fathers, that he forsake vs not, neither leaue vs,

Joshua 1:5, Deuteronomy 31:6, Joshua 1:5, Deuteronomy 31:6, Deuteronomy 31:8

58That he may bow our heartes vnto him, that we may walke in all his waies, and keepe his commandements, and his statutes, and his lawes, which he commanded our fathers.

Psalms 119:36, Psalms 119:36, Ezekiel 36:26, Ezekiel 36:27, Ezekiel 36:26

59And these my wordes, which I haue prayed before the Lord, be neere vnto the Lord our God day and night, that he defende the cause of his seruant, and the cause of his people Israel alway as the matter requireth,

Psalms 141:2, John 17:9, Psalms 141:2, John 17:9, Psalms 102:1

60That all the people of ye earth may knowe, that the Lord is God, and none other.

Deuteronomy 4:35, Deuteronomy 4:35, 2 Kings 19:19, 1 Kings 18:39, Jeremiah 10:10

61Let your heart therefore be perfit with the Lord our God to walke in his statutes, and to keepe his commandements, as this day.

1 Kings 11:4, 1 Kings 11:4, 2 Kings 20:3, 2 Kings 20:3, 1 Kings 15:14

62Then the King and all Israel with him offred sacrifice before the Lord.

2 Samuel 6:17, 2 Samuel 6:19, 2 Samuel 6:17, 2 Samuel 6:19, 2 Chronicles 7:4

63And Salomon offered a sacrifice of peace offrings which he offered vnto the Lord, to wit, two and twentie thousande beeues, and an hundreth and twentie thousande sheepe: so the king and all the children of Israel dedicated the house of the Lord.

Ezra 6:16, Ezra 6:17, Ezra 6:16, Ezra 6:17, Nehemiah 12:27

64The same day did the King halowe the middle of the court, that was before the house of the Lord: for there he made burnt offerings, and the meate offrings, and the fat of the peace offeringes, because the brasen altar that was before the Lord, was too litle to receiue the burnt offerings, and the meate offerings, and the fat of the peace offrings.

2 Chronicles 4:1, 2 Chronicles 4:1, 2 Chronicles 7:7, 2 Chronicles 7:7

65And Salomon made at that time a feast and all Israel with him, a very great Congregation, euen from the entring in of Hamath vnto the riuer of Egypt, before the Lord our God, seuen dayes and seuen dayes, euen fourteene dayes.

Numbers 34:5, Numbers 34:5, Numbers 34:8, 1 Kings 8:2, Numbers 34:8

66And the eight day he sent the people away: and they thanked the King and went vnto their tentes ioyous and with glad heart, because of al the goodnesse that the Lord had done for Dauid his seruant, and for Israel his people.

Deuteronomy 12:7, Deuteronomy 12:12, Zechariah 9:17, Acts 2:46, Philippians 4:4

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