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Themes in 1 Kings 8

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Themes in 1 Kings 8

1 Kings 8:1 (show verse)

Then Solomon gathered together the elders of Israel, including all the heads of the tribes and the leaders of the ancestral households of the Israelis, to meet with him in Jerusalem so they could bring up the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

Ark of the covenant » Brought by solomon into the temple with great solemnity
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Government » Mosaic » Assists solomon at the dedication of the temple
Jerusalem » General references to
Jerusalem » The names given to » Zion
Jerusalem » Called » Zion
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Mountains » Names of » Zion, or sion
Tabernacle » Brought to the temple by solomon
The First Temple » The ark of God brought into with great solemnity
Zion » Mount of
Zion » Called thereafter "the city of david,"
Zion » The ark of the covenant » Placed in
Zion » The ark of the covenant » Removed » Solomon's temple » Mount moriah

1 Kings 8:2 (show verse)

So all the men gathered together to meet with King Solomon at the Festival of Tents in the month Ethanim, the seventh month.

Ark of the covenant » Brought by solomon into the temple with great solemnity
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Ethanim » Temple dedicated in
Feast of Tabernacles » Remarkable celebrations of » At the dedication of solomon's temple
Government » Mosaic » Assists solomon at the dedication of the temple
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Month » Ethanim (october) » Solomon's temple dedicated in
Month » Ethanim (october)
Months » Names of the twelve » Seventh, ethanim
Months » 7 ethanim, or tisri, october
The First Temple » The ark of God brought into with great solemnity

1 Kings 8:3 (show verse)

All the Elders of Israel showed up, and the priests picked up the ark

1 Kings 8:4 (show verse)

and brought it, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy implements that were in the tent. The priests and descendants of Levi carried them up to Jerusalem.

Ark of the covenant » Brought by solomon into the temple with great solemnity
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1 Kings 8:5 (show verse)

King Solomon and the entire congregation of Israel that had assembled to be with him stood in front of the ark, sacrificing so many sheep and oxen that they were neither counted nor inventoried.

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Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Sheep » Offered in sacrifice under the law
Tabernacle » Brought to the temple by solomon
The First Temple » The ark of God brought into with great solemnity

1 Kings 8:6 (show verse)

After this, the priests brought the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD to the place prepared for it, into the inner sanctuary of the Temple, under the wings of the cherubim in the Most Holy Place.

Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Transferred to solomon's temple
Ark of the covenant » Brought by solomon into the temple with great solemnity
Cherubim » Of gold » Placed over the ark of the covenant
Cherubim » The ark of the covenant rested beneath the wings of
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Holy » Love for prophecies of the rebuilding of » Of holies
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Contents of the holy of holies » The ark of the covenant
Temple » Solomon's » Apartments and furnishings of » The oracle (holy of holies) in
The First Temple » The ark of God brought into with great solemnity

1 Kings 8:7 (show verse)

The wings of the cherubim spread over the resting place for the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering over the ark and its poles when viewed from above.

Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Transferred to solomon's temple
Cherubim » Of gold » Placed over the ark of the covenant
Cherubim » The ark of the covenant rested beneath the wings of
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
The First Temple » The ark of God brought into with great solemnity

1 Kings 8:8 (show verse)

The poles extended so far that their ends could be seen from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside. They remain there to this day.

Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Transferred to solomon's temple
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » The holy place
The First Temple » The ark of God brought into with great solemnity

1 Kings 8:9 (show verse)

The ark was empty except for the two stone tablets that Moses had placed there at Horeb when the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelis after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Contents of » The law
Ark » In the tabernacle. Called the ark » Transferred to solomon's temple
Ark of the covenant » Tables of testimony alone placed in
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Horeb » A range of mountains of which mount sinai is the most prominent
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Mountains » Names of » Horeb, sinai or mount of God
Tables » Of testimony » Were placed in the ark of the covenant
The First Temple » The ark of God brought into with great solemnity

1 Kings 8:10 (show verse)

When the priests left the Holy Place after setting the ark in place, the cloud filled the LORD's Temple

Cloud of glory » Manifested in the temple of solomon
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
special divine Manifestations » Shekinah glory » Mercy-seat
Temple » Solomon's » Uses of the temple » A dwelling place of the lord
Temple » Solomon's » Holiness of
Temple » Solomon's » The holy place
The First Temple » Filled with the cloud of glory

1 Kings 8:11 (show verse)

so that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud, since the glory of the LORD filled the LORD's Temple.

Cloud of glory » Manifested in the temple of solomon
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Glory » Christ's » God's
God » Glorifying » Glory of
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Uses of the temple » A dwelling place of the lord
The First Temple » Filled with the cloud of glory

1 Kings 8:12 (show verse)

Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he lives shrouded in darkness.

Darkness » Illustrative of » Greatness and unsearchableness of God
Darkness » Figurative » See also the following scriptures
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
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Symbols and similitudes » Darkness, of God's inscrutability
The First Temple » Solemnly dedicated to God by solomon

1 Kings 8:13 (show verse)

Now I have been constructing a magnificent Temple dedicated to you that will serve as a place for you to inhabit forever."

Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Liberality » Instances of » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's
Temple » Solomon's » Uses of the temple » A dwelling place of the lord
The First Temple » Solemnly dedicated to God by solomon
Worship » Temples » Solomon's

1 Kings 8:14 (show verse)

Then the king turned to face the entire congregation of Israel while the congregation of Israel remained standing.

Benedictions » Instances of » By solomon, upon the people
Blessings » Pronounced upon persons by men
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
The First Temple » Solemnly dedicated to God by solomon

1 Kings 8:15 (show verse)

Then Solomon prayed: "Blessed is the LORD God of Israel, who made a commitment to my father David and then personally fulfilled what he had promised when he said:

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Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
The First Temple » Solemnly dedicated to God by solomon

1 Kings 8:16 (show verse)

"From the day I brought out my people Israel from Egypt I never chose a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple where my name might reside. I have chosen David to be over my people Israel.'

Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
The First Temple » Solemnly dedicated to God by solomon

1 Kings 8:17 (show verse)

"My father David wanted to build a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Liberality » Instances of » David
The First Temple » Solemnly dedicated to God by solomon

1 Kings 8:18 (show verse)

The LORD told my father David:

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Liberality » Instances of » David
The First Temple » Solemnly dedicated to God by solomon

1 Kings 8:19 (show verse)

"Therefore, since you determined to build a temple for my name, you acted well, because it was your choice to do so. Nevertheless, you are not to build the Temple, but your son who will be born to you is to build a temple for my name.'

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1 Kings 8:20 (show verse)

"The LORD has brought to fulfillment what he promised, and now here I stand, having succeeded my father David to sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the Temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
God, Faithfulness of » Manifested » In fulfilling his promises
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
The First Temple » Solemnly dedicated to God by solomon
Throne » Of israel

1 Kings 8:21 (show verse)

I have placed there the ark in which the covenant is stored that the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."

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Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Temple » Solomon's » Uses of the temple » To contain the ark of the covenant
The First Temple » Solemnly dedicated to God by solomon

1 Kings 8:22 (show verse)

Then Solomon took his place in front of the LORD's altar in the presence of the entire congregation of Israel, spread out his hands toward heaven,

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1 Kings 8:23 (show verse)

and said:

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1 Kings 8:24 (show verse)

"LORD God of Israel, there is no one like you, God in heaven above or on the earth below, who watches over his covenant, showing gracious love to your servants who live their lives in your presence with all their hearts. It is you, LORD God, who have kept your promise to my father, your servant David, that you made to him. Indeed, you made a commitment to my father David and then personally fulfilled what you had promised today.

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1 Kings 8:25 (show verse)

"Now therefore, LORD God of Israel, keep your promise that you made to my father, your servant David, when you said, "You will not lack a man to sit on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants will watch their lives, to live in my presence just as you have lived in my presence.'

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1 Kings 8:26 (show verse)

"Now therefore, God of Israel, may your promise that you made to your servant David my father be fulfilled"

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1 Kings 8:27 (show verse)

and yet, will God truly reside on earth? Look! Neither the sky nor the highest heaven can contain you! How much less this Temple that I have built!

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1 Kings 8:28 (show verse)

Pay attention to the prayer of your servant and to his request, LORD my God, and listen to the cry and prayer that your servant is praying in your presence today.

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1 Kings 8:29 (show verse)

Let your eyes always look toward this Temple night and day, toward the location where you have said "My name will reside there.' Listen to the prayer that your servant prays in this direction.

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1 Kings 8:30 (show verse)

Listen to the requests from your servant and from your people Israel as they pray in this direction, listen from the place where you reside in heaven, then hear and forgive.

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1 Kings 8:31 (show verse)

"If a man should sin against his neighbor and he is required to take an oath, and he then comes to take an oath in front of your altar in this Temple,

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1 Kings 8:32 (show verse)

then listen in heaven, act, and judge your servants, condemning the wicked by bringing back to him the consequences of his choices and by justifying the righteous by recompensing him according to his righteousness.

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1 Kings 8:33 (show verse)

"If your people Israel are defeated in a battle with their enemy because they have sinned against you, when they return to you and confess to you, pray, and in this Temple they ask you to show grace to them,

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1 Kings 8:34 (show verse)

then hear in heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and return them to the soil that you gave to their ancestors.

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1 Kings 8:35 (show verse)

"When heaven remains closed, and there is no rain because they have sinned against you, and they pray in the direction of this place, confessing your name and turning from their sin when you afflict them,

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1 Kings 8:36 (show verse)

then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants and of your people Israel. Indeed, teach them the best way to live and send rain on your land that you have given to your people as an inheritance.

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1 Kings 8:37 (show verse)

"If a famine comes to the land, or if plant diseases, mildew, locust, or grasshoppers appear, or if their enemies attack them in their settlements of the land, no matter what the epidemic or illness is,

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1 Kings 8:38 (show verse)

whatever prayer or request is made, no matter whether it's made by a single man or by all of your people Israel, each praying out of his own hurting heart and anguish and stretching out his hands toward this Temple,

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1 Kings 8:39 (show verse)

then hear from heaven, the place where you reside, and forgive, repaying each person according to all of his ways, since you know their hearts for you alone know the hearts of all human beings

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1 Kings 8:40 (show verse)

so they will fear you every day and live on the surface of the land that you have given to our ancestors.

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1 Kings 8:41 (show verse)

"Now concerning the foreigner who is not from your people Israel, when he comes from a land far away for the sake of your name

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1 Kings 8:42 (show verse)

(for people will hear of your great name, your mighty acts, and your obvious power), when he comes and prays facing this Temple,

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1 Kings 8:43 (show verse)

then hear in heaven where you reside, and do whatever the foreigner asks of you, so that all the people of the earth may know your name, fear you as do your people Israel, and so they may know that this Temple that I have built is called by your name.

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1 Kings 8:44 (show verse)

"When your people go out to war against their enemies, no matter what way you send them, and they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city that you have chosen and in the direction of the Temple that I have built for your name,

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1 Kings 8:45 (show verse)

then hear their prayer and their request in heaven, and fight for their cause.

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1 Kings 8:46 (show verse)

"When they sin against you because there isn't a single human being who doesn't sin and you become angry with them and deliver them over to their enemy, who takes them away captive to the land that belongs to their enemy, whether near or far away,

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1 Kings 8:47 (show verse)

if they turn their hearts back to you in the land where they have been taken captive, repent, and pray to you even if they do so in the land of their captivity confessing, "We have sinned, we have committed abominations, and practiced wickedness,'

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1 Kings 8:48 (show verse)

if they return to you with all of their heart and with all of their soul in the land of their enemies who have taken them captive, as they pray to you in the direction of their land that you have given to their ancestors and to the city that you have chosen, and to the Temple that I have built for your name,

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1 Kings 8:49 (show verse)

then hear their prayer and requests in heaven, where you reside, and fight for their cause,

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1 Kings 8:50 (show verse)

forgiving your people who have sinned against you, along with their transgressions by which they have transgressed against you.

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1 Kings 8:51 (show verse)

"Show your compassion in the presence of those who have taken them captive, so they may show compassion on them, since they are your people and your heritage, which you brought out of Egypt, from an iron fire furnace.

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1 Kings 8:52 (show verse)

Do this so your eyes may remain open to the requests of your servant and to the requests of your people's prayers, to listen to them whenever they call out to you,

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1 Kings 8:53 (show verse)

because you have separated them to yourself as your heritage from all the people of the earth, as you spoke through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, Lord GOD.

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1 Kings 8:54 (show verse)

When Solomon had completed saying this entire prayer to the LORD, he got up from kneeling with his hands spread out toward heaven in the presence of the LORD's altar,

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1 Kings 8:55 (show verse)

stood up, and blessed all of the assembly of Israel in a loud voice. He said:

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1 Kings 8:56 (show verse)

"Blessed is the LORD, who has given security to his people Israel, just as he promised. Not one of his promises has failed to come about that he gave through his servant Moses.

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1 Kings 8:57 (show verse)

May the LORD our God be with us, just as he was with our ancestors. May he never leave us or abandon us,

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1 Kings 8:58 (show verse)

so that he may turn our hearts toward him, so that we may live life his way, keeping his commands, statutes, and ordinances that he gave to our ancestors.

1 Kings 8:59 (show verse)

And may what I've had to say to the LORD remain with the LORD our God both day and night, so that he may defend the cause of his servant and the cause of his people Israel, as the need of the day may require it,

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1 Kings 8:60 (show verse)

so that, in turn, all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God there is no one else.

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1 Kings 8:61 (show verse)

Now let your heart be completely devoted to the LORD our God, to live according to his statutes and to keep his commands, as we are doing today."

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1 Kings 8:62 (show verse)

Then the king and all of Israel with him offered sacrifices to the LORD.

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1 Kings 8:63 (show verse)

Solomon offered peace offerings to the LORD consisting of 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelis dedicated the LORD's Temple.

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1 Kings 8:64 (show verse)

That same day, the king consecrated the middle court that stood in front of the LORD's Temple, because that was where he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and fat from the peace offerings and because the bronze altar that was in the LORD's presence was too small to hold the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and fat from the peace offerings.

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1 Kings 8:65 (show verse)

So Solomon observed the Festival of Tents at that time, as did all of Israel with him. A large assembly came up from as far away as Lebo-hamath and the Wadi of Egypt to appear in the presence of the LORD our God, not just for seven days, but for seven days after that, a total of fourteen days.

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1 Kings 8:66 (show verse)

The following day, Solomon sent the people away as they blessed the king. Then they went back to their tents, rejoicing and glad for all the good things that the LORD had done for his servant David and to his people Israel.

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