Solomon Blesses the Lord

1 Kings 8

¹² _r Then Solomon spoke:
"The LORD said He would dwell _s in the dark cloud. ¹³ _t I have surely built You an exalted house,
_u And a place for You to dwell in forever." ¹⁴ Then the king turned around and _v blessed the whole assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel was standing. ¹⁵ And he said: _w "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who _x spoke with His mouth to my father David, and with His hand has fulfilled it, saying, ¹⁶ 'Since the day that I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have chosen no city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house, that _y My name might be there; but I chose _z David to be over My people Israel.' ¹⁷ "Now _a it was in the heart of my father David to build a ₁ temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel. ¹⁸ _b "But the LORD said to my father David, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well that it was in your heart. ¹⁹ 'Nevertheless _c you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.' ²⁰ "So the LORD has fulfilled His word which He spoke; and I have ₂ filled the position of my father David, and sit on the throne of Israel, _d as the LORD promised; and I have built a temple for the name of the LORD God of Israel. ²¹ "And there I have made a place for the ark, in which is _e the covenant of the LORD which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of Egypt."

1. Cross References
   2 Chronicles 6:1
   Then Solomon spoke: "The LORD said He would dwell in the dark cloud.
   
2. Cross References
   Leviticus 16:2
   And the LORD said to Moses: "Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
   Psalms 18:11
   He made darkness His secret place; His canopy around Him was dark waters And thick clouds of the skies.
   Psalms 97:2
   Clouds and darkness surround Him; Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Samuel 7:13
   He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
   
4. Cross References
   Exodus 15:17
   You will bring them in and plant them In the mountain of Your inheritance, In the place, O LORD, which You have made For Your own dwelling, The sanctuary, O LORD, which Your hands have established.
   Psalms 132:14
   This is My resting place forever; Here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
   
5. Cross References
   2 Samuel 6:18
   And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the LORD of hosts.
   1 Kings 8:55
   Then he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying:
   
6. Cross References
   1 Chronicles 29:10
   Therefore David blessed the LORD before all the assembly; and David said: "Blessed are You, LORD God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever.
   1 Chronicles 29:20
   Then David said to all the assembly, "Now bless the LORD your God." So all the assembly blessed the LORD God of their fathers, and bowed their heads and prostrated themselves before the LORD and the king.
   Nehemiah 9:5
   And the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said: "Stand up and bless the LORD your God Forever and ever! "Blessed be Your glorious name, Which is exalted above all blessing and praise!
   Luke 1:68
   Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, For He has visited and redeemed His people.
   
7. Cross References
   2 Samuel 7:2
   That the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains.
   2 Samuel 7:12
   When your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who will come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
   2 Samuel 7:13
   He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
   2 Samuel 7:25
   Now, O LORD God, the word which You have spoken concerning Your servant and concerning his house, establish it forever and do as You have said.
   1 Chronicles 22:10
   'He shall build a house for My name, and he shall be My son, and I will be his Father; and I will establish the throne of his kingdom over Israel forever.'
   
8. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 12:5
   But you shall seek the place where the LORD your God chooses, out of all your tribes, to put His name for His dwelling place; and there you shall go.
   1 Kings 8:29
   That Your eyes may be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, 'My name shall be there,' that You may hear the prayer which Your servant makes toward this place.
   
9. Cross References
   1 Samuel 16:1
   Now the LORD said to Samuel, "How long will you mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil, and go; I am sending you to Jesse the Bethlehemite. For I have provided Myself a king among his sons.
   2 Samuel 7:8
   Now therefore, thus shall you say to My servant David, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts: "I took you from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.
   1 Chronicles 28:4
   However the LORD God of Israel chose me above all the house of my father to be king over Israel forever, for He has chosen Judah to be the ruler. And of the house of Judah, the house of my father, and among the sons of my father, He was pleased with me to make me king over all Israel.
   
10. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:2
    That the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells inside tent curtains.
    2 Samuel 7:3
    Then Nathan said to the king, "Go, do all that is in your heart, for the LORD is with you.
    1 Chronicles 17:1
    Now it came to pass, when David was dwelling in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under tent curtains.
    1 Chronicles 17:2
    Then Nathan said to David, "Do all that is in your heart, for God is with you.
    
11. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 6:8
    But the LORD said to my father David, 'Whereas it was in your heart to build a temple for My name, you did well in that it was in your heart.
    2 Chronicles 6:9
    'Nevertheless you shall not build the temple, but your son who will come from your body, he shall build the temple for My name.'
    
12. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:5
    Go and tell My servant David, 'Thus says the LO...
    2 Samuel 7:12
    When your days are fulfilled and you rest with ...
    2 Samuel 7:13
    He shall build a house for My name, and I will ...
    1 Kings 5:3
    You know how my father David could not build a ...
    1 Kings 5:5
    And behold, I propose to build a house for the ...
    1 Kings 6:38
    And in the eleventh year, in the month of Bul, ...
    1 Chronicles 17:11
    And it shall be, when your days are fulfilled, ...
    1 Chronicles 17:12
    He shall build Me a house, and I will establish...
    1 Chronicles 22:8 - 10
    But the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 'Y...
    2 Chronicles 6:2
    I have surely built You an exalted house, And a...
    
13. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 28:5
    And of all my sons (for the LORD has given me many sons) He has chosen my son Solomon to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.
    1 Chronicles 28:6
    Now He said to me, 'It is your son Solomon who shall build My house and My courts; for I have chosen him to be My son, and I will be his Father.
    
14. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 31:26
    Take this Book of the Law, and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there as a witness against you.
    1 Kings 8:9
    Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.