1 Kings 8:13

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Now, Lord, I have built a beautiful Temple for you, where you may live forever.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 7:13

He will build a house for my name, and I will make his kingdom strong forever.

Hebrews 9:24

Christ went into the Most Holy Place. But it was not the man-made one, which is only a copy of the real one. He went into heaven, and he is there now before God to help us.

Exodus 15:17

You will lead your people to your own mountain. You will let them live by the place that you, Lord, prepared as your home. It is the Temple, Lord, that you yourself built.

Acts 6:14

We heard him say that Jesus from Nazareth will destroy this place and change what Moses told us to do.”

2 Chronicles 6:2

But, Lord, I have built a beautiful house for you to live in forever.”

1 Chronicles 28:20

David also said to his son Solomon, “Be strong and brave and finish this work. Don’t be afraid, because the Lord God, my God, is with you. He will help you until all the work is finished. He will not leave you. You will build the Lord’s Temple.

1 Chronicles 28:10

Solomon, you must understand that the Lord has chosen you to build his holy place—the Temple. Be strong and finish the job.”

1 Chronicles 28:6

He said to me, ‘David, your son Solomon will build my Temple and the area around it, because I have chosen Solomon to be my son, and I will be his father.

1 Chronicles 17:12

Your son will build a house for me. I will make your son’s family rule forever.

Matthew 23:21

And anyone who uses the Temple to make a promise is really using the Temple and God, who lives in it.

Ezekiel 43:7

The voice from the Temple said to me, “Son of man, this is the place with my throne and footstool. I will live in this place among the people of Israel forever. The family of Israel will not ruin my holy name again. The kings and their people will not bring shame to my name by committing sexual sins or by burying the dead bodies of their kings in this place.

Ezekiel 43:9

Now let them take their sexual sins and the dead bodies of their kings far away from me. Then I will live among them forever.