1 Kings 8 (NET)

1 Kings 8:1¹Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the Lord ’s covenant from the City of David (that is, Zion).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 5:2-101 Chr 15:252 Sam 6:12-171 Chr 11:71 Chr 13:1-51 Chr 15:29-16:11 Chr 15:31 Chr 28:11 Kgs 3:151 Pet 2:6

1 Kings 8:2²All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival in the month of Ethanim (the seventh month).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 23:342 Chr 7:8-101 Kgs 8:652 Chr 5:3Deut 16:13Ezra 3:4John 7:2John 7:37Neh 8:14-18Num 29:12-40

1 Kings 8:3³When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 31:9Josh 3:6Josh 3:3Num 4:151 Chr 15:11-151 Chr 15:22 Chr 5:5-8Josh 3:14-15Josh 4:9Josh 6:6

1 Kings 8:4⁴The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy items in the tent.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 3:42 Chr 1:3Exod 40:2-33

1 Kings 8:5⁵Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 6:131 Chr 16:11 Kgs 8:62-63

1 Kings 8:6⁶The priests brought the ark of the Lord ’s covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the Most Holy Place, under the wings of the cherubim.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 6:191 Kgs 6:272 Sam 6:17Exod 26:33-341 Kgs 8:41 Sam 4:42 Chr 5:72 Sam 6:2Exod 25:20-22Exod 37:9

1 Kings 8:7⁷The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

1 Kings 8:8⁸The poles were so long their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 25:13-15Exod 37:4-52 Chr 5:9Exod 40:20Josh 4:9Matt 28:15

1 Kings 8:9⁹There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. It was there that the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 25:21Heb 9:4Exod 40:20Deut 10:2-52 Chr 5:102 Chr 7:1-3Deut 4:13Exod 34:27-281 Kgs 8:212 Chr 5:13-14

1 Kings 8:10¹⁰Once the priests left the Holy Place, a cloud filled the Lord ’s temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 7:1-2Exod 40:34-35

1 Kings 8:11¹¹The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord ’s glory filled his temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezek 43:4-5Ezek 44:42 Cor 3:182 Cor 4:6Lev 9:23Ezek 43:2John 1:14Rev 21:23Acts 7:55Lev 9:6

1 Kings 8:12¹²Then Solomon said, “The Lord has said that he lives in thick darkness.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 97:22 Chr 6:1-11Lev 16:2Isa 45:15Exod 20:21Ps 18:8-11Deut 5:22Heb 12:18Deut 4:11

1 Kings 8:13¹³O Lord, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:13Exod 15:17Heb 9:24Ps 132:13-141 Chr 17:121 Chr 22:10-111 Chr 28:101 Chr 28:201 Chr 28:62 Chr 6:2

1 Kings 8:14¹⁴Then the king turned around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 6:181 Chr 16:21 Kgs 8:55-562 Chr 30:18-202 Chr 6:32 Chr 7:6Josh 22:6Luke 24:50-51Matt 13:2Neh 8:7

1 Kings 8:15¹⁵He said, “The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 1:681 Chr 29:101 Chr 29:20Neh 9:52 Chr 6:4Josh 21:45Luke 1:70Ps 115:181 Chr 17:121 Pet 1:3

1 Kings 8:16¹⁶He told David, ‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 16:11 Chr 28:41 Kgs 8:292 Sam 7:4-8Deut 12:111 Chr 17:5-6Deut 12:5Ps 132:131 Kgs 11:362 Chr 6:5-11

1 Kings 8:17¹⁷Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the Lord God of Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:2-31 Chr 17:1-151 Chr 22:71 Chr 28:2

1 Kings 8:18¹⁸The Lord told my father David, ‘It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 6:7-92 Cor 8:12

1 Kings 8:19¹⁹But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 22:8-102 Sam 7:51 Chr 17:11-121 Chr 28:62 Sam 7:12-131 Chr 17:41 Kgs 5:3-5

1 Kings 8:20²⁰The Lord has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the Lord promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the Lord God of IsraelCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 28:5-61 Kgs 8:15Ezek 12:25Ezek 37:14Isa 9:7Jer 29:10-11Mic 7:20Neh 9:8Phil 1:6Rom 4:21

1 Kings 8:21²¹and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:9Deut 31:261 Kgs 8:5-6Deut 9:11Deut 9:9Exod 34:28

1 Kings 8:22²²Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 9:51 Kgs 8:54Exod 9:33Exod 9:29Isa 1:151 Tim 2:82 Chr 6:12-422 Kgs 11:142 Kgs 23:3Job 11:13

1 Kings 8:23²³He prayed: “O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:22Deut 7:9Dan 9:4Neh 1:51 Sam 2:2Neh 9:32Exod 15:11Isa 40:25Jer 10:16Jer 10:6

1 Kings 8:24²⁴You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:161 Kgs 8:152 Sam 7:122 Chr 6:14-15

1 Kings 8:25²⁵Now, O Lord, God of Israel, keep the promise you made to your servant, my father David, when you said, ‘You will never fail to have a successor ruling before me on the throne of Israel, provided that your descendants watch their step and serve me as you have done.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 2:41 Kgs 9:4-62 Chr 6:16-17Jer 33:17-262 Sam 7:27-29Luke 1:68-721 Chr 17:23-271 Chr 28:9

1 Kings 8:26²⁶Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 7:25-291 Kgs 8:23Isa 41:17Ps 119:49Ps 41:131 Sam 1:172 Chr 1:9Exod 24:10Ezek 36:36-37Isa 45:3

1 Kings 8:27²⁷“God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 2:6Isa 66:1Jer 23:242 Chr 6:18Acts 7:48-49Ps 139:7-16Deut 10:14Ps 113:4John 1:141 John 3:1

1 Kings 8:28²⁸But respond favorably to your servant’s prayer and his request for help, O Lord my God. Answer the desperate prayer your servant is presenting to you today.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 6:19Dan 9:17-19Luke 18:1Luke 18:7Ps 141:2Ps 4:1Ps 5:1Ps 86:3Ps 88:1-2Ps 86:6-7

1 Kings 8:29²⁹Night and day may you watch over this temple, the place where you promised you would live. May you answer your servant’s prayer for this place.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 6:202 Chr 7:15-161 Kgs 8:16Deut 12:11Neh 1:62 Chr 33:42 Chr 6:5-62 Kgs 23:27Dan 6:10Dan 9:18

1 Kings 8:30³⁰Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:341 Kgs 8:361 Kgs 8:39Dan 9:19Eccl 5:2Isa 57:15Ps 130:3-41 Kgs 8:431 Kgs 8:492 Chr 20:8-9

1 Kings 8:31³¹“When someone is accused of sinning against his neighbor and the latter pronounces a curse on the alleged offender before your altar in this temple, be willing to forgive the accused if the accusation is false.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 22:8-112 Chr 6:22-23Lev 5:1Num 5:16-22Prov 30:9

1 Kings 8:32³²Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants’ claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 25:1Exod 34:7Ezek 18:13Ezek 18:20Isa 3:10-11Rom 2:6-10Exod 23:7Ezek 18:30Num 5:27Prov 1:31

1 Kings 8:33³³“The time will come when your people Israel are defeated by an enemy because they sinned against you. If they come back to you, renew their allegiance to you, and pray for your help in this temple,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 26:17Deut 28:252 Chr 6:24-25Deut 28:48Jonah 3:10Lev 26:25Lev 26:39-422 Chr 36:14-172 Kgs 18:11-12Dan 9:3-19

1 Kings 8:34³⁴then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 9:191 Kgs 8:30Amos 7:2Dan 9:12Dan 9:25Exod 6:8Ezra 1:1-6Gen 13:15Jer 31:27Jer 31:4-9

1 Kings 8:35³⁵“The time will come when the skies are shut up tightly and no rain falls because your people sinned against you. When they direct their prayers toward this place, renew their allegiance to you, and turn away from their sin because you punish them,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:33Deut 11:17Lev 26:192 Sam 24:13Luke 4:25Rev 11:61 Kgs 17:11 Kgs 8:29-302 Chr 6:242 Chr 6:26

1 Kings 8:36³⁶then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 12:23Ps 27:11Jer 6:161 Kgs 18:11 Kgs 18:45Jer 14:22Ps 25:4-5Ps 94:121 Kgs 18:27-402 Chr 6:26-27

1 Kings 8:37³⁷“The time will come when the land suffers from a famine, a plague, blight and disease, or a locust invasion, or when their enemy lays siege to the cities of the land, or when some other type of plague or epidemic occurs.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 28:21-22Lev 26:162 Chr 20:9Deut 28:38-421 Chr 21:122 Chr 6:28-312 Kgs 6:25-29Deut 28:25Deut 28:52-61Ezek 14:21

1 Kings 8:38³⁸When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:22Amos 7:1-6Phil 4:6Ps 73:21-222 Chr 20:5-13Isa 1:15Isa 37:15-21Isa 37:4Joel 2:17Prov 14:10

1 Kings 8:39³⁹then listen from your heavenly dwelling place, forgive their sin, and act favorably toward each one based on your evaluation of his motives. (Indeed you are the only one who can correctly evaluate the motives of all people.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 28:9Jer 17:101 Sam 16:7Acts 1:241 Kgs 8:321 Kgs 8:362 Chr 6:30Heb 4:12-13Jer 32:19John 2:24-25

1 Kings 8:40⁴⁰Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 130:4Rev 19:51 Sam 12:24Acts 10:2Deut 6:13Deut 6:2Exod 20:20Gen 22:12Heb 12:28Hos 3:5

1 Kings 8:41⁴¹“Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 10:1-2Acts 8:27-40Exod 18:8-12Isa 56:3-72 Chr 6:322 Kgs 5:1-72 Kgs 5:16-17Acts 10:1-4Isa 60:1-10John 12:20

1 Kings 8:42⁴²When they hear about your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 3:242 Chr 32:312 Kgs 17:36Acts 8:27Dan 2:47Dan 3:28Dan 4:37Deut 11:2-3Deut 4:34Deut 4:6

1 Kings 8:43⁴³Then listen from your heavenly dwelling place and answer all the prayers of the foreigners. Then all the nations of the earth will acknowledge your reputation, obey you as your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 17:46Ps 102:152 Kgs 19:19Isa 11:9Ps 22:27Ps 67:2Ps 86:92 Chr 6:33Josh 4:24Ps 117:1-2

1 Kings 8:44⁴⁴“When you direct your people to march out and fight their enemies, and they direct their prayers to the Lord toward his chosen city and this temple I built for your honor,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 6:34Ps 78:67-691 Kgs 8:16Dan 9:17-19Ps 132:13-141 Sam 15:181 Sam 15:31 Sam 30:82 Chr 14:9-122 Chr 18:31

1 Kings 8:45⁴⁵then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Gen 18:25Ps 9:4

1 Kings 8:46⁴⁶“The time will come when your people will sin against you (for there is no one who is sinless!) and you will be angry with them and deliver them over to their enemies, who will take them as prisoners to their own land, whether far away or close by.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Eccl 7:20Prov 20:91 John 1:8-10Isa 53:6Isa 64:6Rom 3:23Ps 130:3Jas 3:22 Kgs 17:182 Kgs 17:6

1 Kings 8:47⁴⁷When your people come to their senses in the land where they are held prisoner, they will repent and beg for your mercy in the land of their imprisonment, admitting, ‘We have sinned and gone astray; we have done evil.’Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 106:6Ezra 9:6-7Neh 1:6-11Neh 9:26-302 Chr 33:12-13Deut 30:1-2Deut 4:29-31Lev 26:40-452 Chr 6:37Dan 9:5-11

1 Kings 8:48⁴⁸When they return to you with all their heart and being in the land where they are held prisoner, and direct their prayers to you toward the land you gave to their ancestors, your chosen city, and the temple I built for your honor,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 6:10Deut 4:29Jer 29:12-141 Sam 7:3-4Jonah 2:4Neh 1:91 Kgs 8:29-30Acts 8:36Dan 9:13Deut 6:5-6

1 Kings 8:49⁴⁹then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help and vindicate them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:452 Kgs 19:19Zech 1:15-16

1 Kings 8:50⁵⁰Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 106:462 Chr 30:9Acts 7:10Dan 1:9-10Ezra 7:27-28Ezra 7:6Neh 1:11Neh 2:4-8Prov 16:7

1 Kings 8:51⁵¹After all, they are your people and your special possession whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 4:20Jer 11:4Neh 1:10Deut 9:26-29Exod 32:11-12Jer 51:19Num 14:13-191 Kgs 8:532 Chr 6:39Isa 63:16-18

1 Kings 8:52⁵²“May you be attentive to your servant’s and your people Israel’s requests for help and may you respond to all their prayers to you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 145:181 Kgs 8:29Ps 86:52 Chr 6:40

1 Kings 8:53⁵³After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O Sovereign Lord, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Exod 19:5-6Deut 14:2Deut 32:91 Pet 2:92 Cor 6:14-18Deut 33:1-3Deut 33:26-29Deut 4:34Deut 7:6-8Deut 9:26-29

1 Kings 8:54⁵⁴When Solomon finished presenting all these prayers and requests to the Lord, he got up from before the altar of the Lord where he had kneeled and spread out his hands toward the sky.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 6:12-132 Chr 7:1Luke 22:45Ps 95:61 Kgs 8:22Acts 20:36Acts 21:5Luke 11:1Luke 22:41

1 Kings 8:55⁵⁵When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice:Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 8:142 Sam 6:18Num 6:23-261 Chr 16:2

1 Kings 8:56⁵⁶“The Lord is worthy of praise because he has made Israel his people secure just as he promised! Not one of all the faithful promises he made through his servant Moses is left unfulfilled!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 23:14-15Josh 21:44-451 Sam 3:19Luke 21:33Luke 1:72-732 Kgs 10:10Deut 12:10Deut 3:202 Chr 14:6Deut 12:12

1 Kings 8:57⁵⁷May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Josh 1:5Deut 31:6Deut 31:8Heb 13:5Josh 1:91 Sam 12:221 Chr 28:9Matt 1:23Matt 28:20Rom 8:31

1 Kings 8:58⁵⁸May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 119:36Ezek 36:26-27Jer 31:33Phil 2:13Heb 13:21Deut 4:1Deut 4:45Deut 6:1Song 1:4Ps 110:3

1 Kings 8:59⁵⁹May the Lord our God be constantly aware of these requests of mine I have presented to him, so that he might vindicate his servant and his people Israel as the need arises.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 17:9Ps 141:21 John 2:2Deut 33:25John 17:20-24Luke 11:3Ps 102:1-2

1 Kings 8:60⁶⁰Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 4:351 Kgs 18:392 Kgs 19:19Jer 10:10-12Isa 44:6Isa 44:8Isa 45:22Isa 45:5-61 Sam 17:46Deut 4:39

1 Kings 8:61⁶¹May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are now doing.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Kgs 11:42 Kgs 20:31 Kgs 15:141 Kgs 15:32 Cor 7:1Deut 18:131 Chr 28:9Job 1:8Gen 17:1Job 1:1

1 Kings 8:62⁶²The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 6:17-192 Chr 7:4-10Ezra 6:16-17

1 Kings 8:63⁶³Solomon offered as peace offerings to the Lord 22,000 cattle and 120,000 sheep. Then the king and all the Israelites dedicated the Lord ’s temple.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ezra 6:16-172 Chr 15:11Neh 12:271 Chr 29:212 Chr 2:42 Chr 29:32-352 Chr 30:242 Chr 35:7-92 Chr 7:5Ezek 45:17

1 Kings 8:64⁶⁴That day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard that is in front of the Lord ’s temple. He offered there burnt sacrifices, grain offerings, and the fat from the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold all these offerings.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 4:12 Chr 7:7

1 Kings 8:65⁶⁵At that time Solomon and all Israel with him celebrated a festival before the Lord our God for two entire weeks. This great assembly included people from all over the land, from Lebo Hamath in the north to the Stream of Egypt in the south.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Num 34:51 Kgs 8:2Num 34:82 Chr 7:8-92 Kgs 14:25Gen 15:18Josh 13:5Judg 3:3Exod 23:31Josh 13:3

1 Kings 8:66⁶⁶On the fifteenth day after the festival started, he dismissed the people. They asked God to empower the king and then went to their homes, happy and content because of all the good the Lord had done for his servant David and his people Israel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 2:46Deut 12:12Deut 12:7Gal 5:22Phil 4:4Zech 9:171 Kgs 8:11 Kgs 8:472 Chr 29:362 Chr 30:26-31:1