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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 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).

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)

All the men of Israel assembled before King Solomon during the festival 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)

When all Israel's elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.

1 Kings 8:4 (show verse)

The priests and Levites carried the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy items in the tent.

Ark of the covenant » Brought by solomon into the temple with great solemnity
Dedication » Subjects of » Temple of solomon
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » Solomon
Tabernacle » Brought to the temple by solomon
The First Temple » The ark of God brought into with great solemnity

1 Kings 8:5 (show verse)

Now 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.

Ark of the covenant » Brought by solomon into the temple with great solemnity
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)

The 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 cherubs.

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 cherubs' wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles.

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 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.

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)

There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. It was there that the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them 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)

Once the priests left the holy place, a 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)

The priests could not carry out their duties because of the cloud; the Lord's glory filled his 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 in thick darkness.

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

1 Kings 8:13 (show verse)

O Lord, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently."

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 around and pronounced a blessing over the whole Israelite assembly as they stood there.

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)

He said, "The Lord God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

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

1 Kings 8:16 (show verse)

He 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.'

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)

Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor 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, 'It is right for you to have a strong desire to build a temple to honor me.

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 8:19 (show verse)

But you will not build the temple; your very own son will build the temple for my honor.'

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

1 Kings 8:20 (show verse)

The 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 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)

and 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."

Ark of the covenant » Tables of testimony alone placed in
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)

Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.

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Prayer » Postures in prayer » Standing
Prayer » Postures in » Standing
Prayer » Examples of » Solomon, at the dedication of the temple
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1 Kings 8:23 (show verse)

He 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.

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God » Mercy of » None like
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Spirituality » Defined as love and devotion to God
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1 Kings 8:24 (show verse)

You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

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1 Kings 8:25 (show verse)

Now, 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.'

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1 Kings 8:26 (show verse)

Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.

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Prayer » Plead in the » Promises of God
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1 Kings 8:27 (show verse)

"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!

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1 Kings 8:28 (show verse)

But 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.

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1 Kings 8:29 (show verse)

Night 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.

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Symbols and similitudes » Praying toward the temple
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1 Kings 8:30 (show verse)

Respond to the request of your servant and your people Israel for this place. Hear from inside your heavenly dwelling place and respond favorably.

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Heaven » God's dwelling-place
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intercession » Additional instances of » Solomon, for israel
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Mercy » Sought
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Intercessory prayer » Exemplified » Solomon
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1 Kings 8:31 (show verse)

"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.

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Oaths » Permitted in bearing witness
Oaths » Used for » Deciding controversies in courts of law
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1 Kings 8:32 (show verse)

Listen 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.

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1 Kings 8:33 (show verse)

"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,

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Prayer » Accompanied with » Repentance
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1 Kings 8:34 (show verse)

then listen from heaven, forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

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1 Kings 8:35 (show verse)

"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,

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1 Kings 8:36 (show verse)

then 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.

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1 Kings 8:37 (show verse)

"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.

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Agriculture » Foes of » Blasting of crops
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1 Kings 8:38 (show verse)

When all your people Israel pray and ask for help, as they acknowledge their pain and spread out their hands toward this temple,

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Plagues » Illustrative of » The diseased state of man's heart
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1 Kings 8:39 (show verse)

then 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.)

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1 Kings 8:40 (show verse)

Then they will obey you throughout their lifetimes as they live on the land you gave to our ancestors.

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1 Kings 8:41 (show verse)

"Foreigners, who do not belong to your people Israel, will come from a distant land because of your reputation.

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1 Kings 8:42 (show verse)

When they hear about your great reputation and your ability to accomplish mighty deeds, they will come and direct their prayers toward this temple.

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1 Kings 8:43 (show verse)

Then 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 like your people Israel do, and recognize that this temple I built belongs to you.

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1 Kings 8:44 (show verse)

"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,

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1 Kings 8:45 (show verse)

then listen from heaven to their prayers for help and vindicate them.

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1 Kings 8:46 (show verse)

"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.

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1 Kings 8:47 (show verse)

When 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.'

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1 Kings 8:48 (show verse)

When 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,

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1 Kings 8:49 (show verse)

then listen from your heavenly dwelling place to their prayers for help and vindicate them.

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1 Kings 8:50 (show verse)

Forgive all the rebellious acts of your sinful people and cause their captors to have mercy on them.

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1 Kings 8:51 (show verse)

After all, they are your people and your special possession whom you brought out of Egypt, from the middle of the iron-smelting furnace.

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1 Kings 8:52 (show verse)

"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.

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1 Kings 8:53 (show verse)

After 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."

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1 Kings 8:54 (show verse)

When 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.

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1 Kings 8:55 (show verse)

When he stood up, he pronounced a blessing over the entire assembly of Israel, saying in a loud voice:

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1 Kings 8:56 (show verse)

"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!

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1 Kings 8:57 (show verse)

May the Lord our God be with us, as he was with our ancestors. May he not abandon us or leave us.

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1 Kings 8:58 (show verse)

May he make us submissive, so we can follow all his instructions and obey the commandments, rules, and regulations he commanded our ancestors.

1 Kings 8:59 (show verse)

May 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.

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1 Kings 8:60 (show verse)

Then all the nations of the earth will recognize that the Lord is the only genuine God.

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1 Kings 8:61 (show verse)

May you demonstrate wholehearted devotion to the Lord our God by following his rules and obeying his commandments, as you are presently doing."

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1 Kings 8:62 (show verse)

The king and all Israel with him were presenting sacrifices to the Lord.

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1 Kings 8:63 (show verse)

Solomon 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.

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1 Kings 8:64 (show verse)

That 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.

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1 Kings 8:65 (show verse)

At 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 Brook of Egypt in the south.

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1 Kings 8:66 (show verse)

On 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.

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