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1 Kings 9:3

And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.

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ASV

And Jehovah said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and my heart shall be there perpetually.

KJV

And the Lord said unto him, I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication, that thou hast made before me: I have hallowed this house, which thou hast built, to put my name there for ever; and mine eyes and mine heart shall be there perpetually.

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֵלָ֗יו'e.Lavto himH413 →
שָׁ֠מַעְתִּיSha.ma'.tiI have heardH8085 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
תְּפִלָּתְךָ֣te.fi.la.te.Khaprayer yourH8605 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
תְּחִנָּתְךָ֮te.chi.na.te.Khasupplication yourH8467 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
הִתְחַנַּ֣נְתָּהhit.cha.Nan.tahyou have sought favorH2603 →
לְפָנַי֒le.fa.Nai<to> before meH6440 →
הִקְדַּ֗שְׁתִּיhik.Dash.tiI have consecratedH6942 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַבַּ֤יִתha.Ba.yitthe houseH1004 →
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834 →
בָּנִ֔תָהba.Ni.tahyou have builtH1129 →
לָשֽׂוּם־la.sum-by puttingH7760 →
שְׁמִ֥יshe.Miname myH8034 →
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033 →
עַד־'ad-untilH5704 →
עוֹלָ֑םo.LamperpetuityH5769 →
וְהָי֨וּve.ha.Yuand they will beH1961 →
עֵינַ֧י'ei.Naieyes myH5869 →
וְלִבִּ֛יve.li.Biand heart myH3820 →
שָׁ֖םshamthereH8033 →
כָּל־kol-allH3605 →
הַיָּמִֽים׃hai.ya.Mimthe daysH3117 →

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Exodus 20:24You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.Ephesians 6:18Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.Psalms 10:17You have heard, O LORD, the desire of the humble; You will strengthen their hearts. You will incline Your ear,2 Kings 20:5“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.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.1 John 5:14And this is the confidence that we have before Him: If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.Psalms 116:1I love the LORD, for He has heard my voice— my appeal for mercy.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.Deuteronomy 11:12It is a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning to the end of the year.Ezra 6:12May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.Psalms 132:13–14For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:2 Chronicles 6:40Now, my God, may Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.Acts 10:31and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.Exodus 20:11For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.Matthew 6:9So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.2 Kings 21:7Manasseh even took the carved Asherah pole he had made and set it up in the temple, of which the LORD had said to David and his son Solomon, “In this temple and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, I will establish My Name forever.1 Kings 8:10–11And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORDNumbers 16:38As for the censers of those who sinned at the cost of their own lives, hammer them into sheets to overlay the altar, for these were presented before the LORD, and so have become holy. They will serve as a sign to the Israelites.”

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The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Judgment of Solomon — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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