1 Kings 8:13 BSB — MannaFest

1 Kings 8:13

I have indeed built You an exalted house, a place for You to dwell forever.”

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ASV

I have surely built thee a house of habitation, a place for thee to dwell in for ever.

KJV

I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בָּנֹ֥ה	ba.Noh	certainly <to build>	H1129 →
בָנִ֛יתִי	va.Ni.ti	I have built	H1129 →
בֵּ֥ית	beit	a house of	H1004 →
זְבֻ֖ל	ze.Vul	loftiness	H2073 →
לָ֑ךְ	Lakh	for you
מָכ֥וֹן	ma.Khon	a place	H4349 →
לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖	le.shiv.te.Kha	to dwell in you	H3427 →
עוֹלָמִֽים׃	o.la.Mim	forever	H5769 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:2
  Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand…
- Hebrews 9:11–12
  But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part…
- Hebrews 9:23
  So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
Through
2 Samuel 7:13
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
leads to
- Luke 1:31–33
  Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
- 1 Kings 8:19
  Nevertheless, you are not the one to build it; but your son, your own offspring, will build the house for My Name.’
- 2 Samuel 7:16
  Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
- 1 Kings 5:5
  So behold, I plan to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God, according to what the LORD said to my father David: ‘I will put your son on your throne…
- 1 Chronicles 22:9–10
  But a son will be born to you who will be a man of rest. I will give him rest from all his enemies on every side; for his name will be Solomon, and…

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