'Presence' in the Bible

Seek the Lord and His strength;Seek His face continually [longing to be in His presence].

Splendor and majesty are [found] in His presence;Strength and joy are [found] in His place (sanctuary).

David said to Solomon, “My son, I had intended to build a house for the Name (Presence) of the Lord my God.

He shall build a house for My Name (Presence). He shall be My son and I will be his father; and I will establish his royal throne over Israel forever.’

Shemaiah, the son of Nethanel the scribe, from the Levites, recorded them in the presence of the king, the officers, Zadok the priest, Ahimelech the son of Abiathar [the priest who escaped Saul’s massacre at Nob], and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites; one father’s household taken for Eleazar and one taken for Ithamar.

These also cast lots as did their relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites—the head of father’s households as well as those of his younger brother.

But God said to me, ‘You shall not build a house for My Name (Presence), because you are a man of war and have shed blood.’

O Lord our God, all this abundance that we have prepared to build You a house for Your holy Name, it is from Your hand, and is all Your own.