1 Kings 8:16

Contextual Overview

¹²Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; ¹² Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would dwell in a dark cloud; ¹²Then Solomon said,"Yahweh has said that He would dwell in the cloud of dense gloom. ¹² Then Solomon said, "The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud. ¹² Then spake Solomon: The Lorde saide that he would dwell in the darke cloude. ¹² And Solomon said, Jehovah has said that He would dwell in the thick darkness. ¹² Then Solomon said, "The Lord caused the sun to shine in the sky, but he chose to live in a dark cloud. ¹² Then Solomon said, "The LORD has set the sun in the heavens, but has said that he would dwell in thick darkness. ¹² Then spoke Solomon, Yahweh has said that he would dwell in the thick darkness. ¹² Then spake Solomon; The Lord said that hee would dwell in the thicke darkenesse.

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
The LORD then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
The Lord then said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Then Yahweh said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time.

Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said vnto Noah: come thou and al thy house into ye arke: for thee haue I seen ryghteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Then the Lord said to Noah, "I have seen that you are a good man, even among the evil people of this time. So gather your family, and all of you go into the boat.

Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Go into the ark, you and all your household, for I have seen that you are righteous before me in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
Also the Lord seide to Noe, Entre thou and al thin hous in to the schip, for Y seiy thee iust bifore me in this generacioun.

Genesis 7:1
And the LORD saide vnto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the Arke: for thee haue I seene righteous before me, in this generation.

Genesis 7:1
And the Lord said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.

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.