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1 Kings 8:16

‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

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ASV

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

KJV

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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מִן־min-sinceH4480 →
הַיּ֗וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117 →
אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhenH834 →
הוֹצֵ֜אתִיho.Tze.tiI brought outH3318 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
עַמִּ֣י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֮Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
מִמִּצְרַיִם֒mi.mitz.ra.Yimfrom EgyptH4714 →
לֹֽא־lo'-notH3808 →
בָחַ֣רְתִּיva.Char.tiI choseH977 →
בְעִ֗ירve.'Ir<in> a cityH5892 →
מִכֹּל֙mi.Kolfrom allH3605 →
שִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.Tei[the] tribes ofH7626 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
לִבְנ֣וֹתliv.Notto buildH1129 →
בַּ֔יִתBa.yita houseH1004 →
לִהְי֥וֹתlih.Yotto beH1961 →
שְׁמִ֖יshe.Miname myH8034 →
שָׁ֑םShamthereH8033 →
וָאֶבְחַ֣רva.'ev.Charand I have chosenH977 →
בְּדָוִ֔דbe.da.Vid<in> DavidH1732 →
לִֽהְי֖וֹתlih.Yotto beH1961 →
עַל־'al-overH5921 →
עַמִּ֥י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →

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2 Samuel 7:6For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought the Israelites up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved about with a tent as My dwelling.1 Samuel 16:1Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”Psalms 89:3You said, “I have made a covenant with My chosen one, I have sworn to David My servant:2 Samuel 7:4–8But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,1 Chronicles 28:4Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Judah as leader, and from the house of Judah He chose my father’s household, and from my father’s sons He was pleased to make me king over all Israel.1 Kings 8:29May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.Deuteronomy 12:11then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and special gifts, and all the choice offerings you vow to the LORD.1 Chronicles 17:5For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.1 Chronicles 17:5–6For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent to tent and dwelling to dwelling.Psalms 132:13For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:Deuteronomy 12:5Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for His Name, and there you must go.2 Chronicles 7:16For I have now chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever. My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.1 Kings 8:44When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,Psalms 89:19–20You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen from the people.2 Kings 23:27For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem, which I chose, and the temple of which I said, ‘My Name shall be there.’”1 Kings 11:36I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.Psalms 78:70He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;Nehemiah 1:9but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’

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