Bible Cross References
he still
1 Kings 8:12-21
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Then Solomon prayed: "You, LORD, have placed the sun in the sky, yet you have chosen to live in clouds and darkness.
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Now I have built a majestic temple for you, a place for you to live in forever."
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As the people stood there, King Solomon turned to face them, and he asked God's blessing on them.
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He said, "Praise the LORD God of Israel! He has kept the promise he made to my father David, when he told him,
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'From the time I brought my people out of Egypt, I have not chosen any city in all the land of Israel in which a temple should be built where I would be worshiped. But I chose you, David, to rule my people.' "
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And Solomon continued, "My father David planned to build a temple for the worship of the LORD God of Israel,
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but the LORD said to him, 'You were right in wanting to build a temple for me,
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but you will never build it. It is your son, your own son, who will build my temple.'
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"And now the LORD has kept his promise. I have succeeded my father as king of Israel, and I have built the Temple for the worship of the LORD God of Israel.
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I have also provided a place in the Temple for the Covenant Box containing the stone tablets of the covenant which the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt."
1 Kings 10:8
How fortunate are your wives! And how fortunate your servants, who are always in your presence and are privileged to hear your wise sayings!
he gave
1 Kings 4:32
He composed three thousand proverbs and more than a thousand songs.
Proverbs 1:1
The proverbs of Solomon, son of David and king of Israel.
Proverbs 10:1
These are Solomon's proverbs: Wise children make their fathers proud of them; foolish ones bring their mothers grief.
Proverbs 25:1
Here are more of Solomon's proverbs, copied by scribes at the court of King Hezekiah of Judah.