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class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/1_kings/8.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/1_kings/8.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />I have provided a place there for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_kings/8.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />And I have prepared a place there for the Ark, which contains the covenant that the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_kings/8.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And there I have provided a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_kings/8.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein <i>is</i> the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_kings/8.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And there I have made a place for the ark, in which <i>is</i> the covenant of the LORD which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_kings/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And there I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_kings/8.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_kings/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And there I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_kings/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And there I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which He cut with our fathers when He brought them from the land of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_kings/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />There I have made a place [in the Holy of Holies] for the ark, in which is the covenant (solemn agreement) of the LORD, which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_kings/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have provided a place there for the ark, where the LORD’s covenant is that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_kings/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I have provided a place there for the ark, where the LORD&#8217s covenant is that He made with our ancestors when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_kings/8.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of Jehovah, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_kings/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />I've also made a place in the temple for the sacred chest. And in that chest are the two flat stones on which is written the solemn agreement the LORD made with our ancestors when he led them out of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_kings/8.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_kings/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I've made a place there for the ark which contains the LORD's promise that he made to our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_kings/8.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />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." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_kings/8.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I have placed there the ark in which the covenant is stored that the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_kings/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_kings/8.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the LORD made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_kings/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_kings/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them from the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_kings/8.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />There I have set a place for the ark, in which is Yahweh’s covenant, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_kings/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and I set a place for the Ark there, where the covenant of YHWH [is], which He made with our fathers in His bringing them out from the land of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_kings/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and set there a place for the ark, where is the covenant of Jehovah which He made with our fathers in His bringing them out from the land of Egypt.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_kings/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And I will set there a place for the ark, where is there the covenant of Jehovah which he cut out with our fathers in his bringing them out of the land of Egypt.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_kings/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord, which he made with our fathers, when they came out of the land of Egypt. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_kings/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And there I have appointed a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord that he struck with our fathers, when they went forth from the land of Egypt.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_kings/8.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I have provided there a place for the ark in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.” <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />There I have provided a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the LORD that he made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I have set there the ark of the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/1_kings/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I set there the Ark of the Covenant of LORD JEHOVAH which he established with our fathers, when he brought them out from the land of Egypt.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/1_kings/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And there have I set a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which He made with our fathers, when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/1_kings/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I have set there a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of the Lord, which the Lord made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_kings/8-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=3023" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_kings/8.htm">Solomon Praises the LORD</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>Now the LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke. I have succeeded my father David, and I sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: wā·’ā·śim (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-1cs) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">And there I have provided</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: mā·qō·wm (N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">a place</a> <a href="/hebrew/727.htm" title="727: lā·’ā·rō·wn (Prep-l, Art:: N-cs) -- A chest, ark. Or laron; from 'arah; a box.">for the ark,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which contains</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1285.htm" title="1285: bə·rîṯ (N-fsc) -- A covenant. From barah (like bara'); a compact.">the covenant</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: kā·raṯ (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">He made</a> <a href="/hebrew/5973.htm" title="5973: ‘im- (Prep) -- From amam; adverb or preposition, with, in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/1.htm" title="1: ’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū (N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Father. A primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application).">our fathers</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: bə·hō·w·ṣî·’ōw (Prep-b:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">when He brought them out</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: mê·’e·reṣ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·rā·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt.”</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/25-21.htm">Exodus 25:21-22</a></span><br />Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark. / And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/10-1.htm">Deuteronomy 10:1-5</a></span><br />At that time the LORD said to me, “Chisel out two stone tablets like the originals, come up to Me on the mountain, and make an ark of wood. / And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.” / So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/6-11.htm">2 Chronicles 6:11</a></span><br />And there I have placed the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with the children of Israel.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/40-20.htm">Exodus 40:20</a></span><br />Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-4.htm">Hebrews 9:4</a></span><br />containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/31-26.htm">Deuteronomy 31:26</a></span><br />“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/5-10.htm">2 Chronicles 5:10</a></span><br />There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/16-34.htm">Exodus 16:34</a></span><br />And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/17-10.htm">Numbers 17:10</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-16.htm">Jeremiah 3:16</a></span><br />“In those days, when you multiply and increase in the land,” declares the LORD, “they will no longer discuss the ark of the covenant of the LORD. It will never come to mind, and no one will remember it or miss it, nor will another one be made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-3.htm">Hebrews 9:3-5</a></span><br />Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, / containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. / Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/7-6.htm">2 Samuel 7:6-7</a></span><br />For 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. / In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people Israel, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-44.htm">Acts 7:44-45</a></span><br />Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen. / And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/132-8.htm">Psalm 132:8-10</a></span><br />Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength. / May Your priests be clothed with righteousness, and Your saints shout for joy. / For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/11-19.htm">Revelation 11:19</a></span><br />Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.</p><p class="hdg">And I have</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-5.htm">1 Kings 8:5,6</a></b></br> And king Solomon, and all the congregation of Israel, that were assembled unto him, <i>were</i> with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and oxen, that could not be told nor numbered for multitude… </p><p class="hdg">the covenant</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/8-9.htm">1 Kings 8:9</a></b></br> <i>There was</i> nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made <i>a covenant</i> with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Exodus 34:28</a></b></br> And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote upon the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/9-9.htm">Deuteronomy 9:9,11</a></b></br> When I was gone up into the mount to receive the tables of stone, <i>even</i> the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, then I abode in the mount forty days and forty nights, I neither did eat bread nor drink water: … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/8-6.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-9.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-9.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-16.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-27.htm">Provided</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-26.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/11-11.htm">Agreement</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/6-31.htm">Ark</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-23.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-51.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-34.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-25.htm">Provided</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-36.htm">Wherein</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 8</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">The feast of the temple</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-12.htm">Solomon's blessing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">Solomon's prayer</a></span><br><span class="reftext">54. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-54.htm">Solomon's blessing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">62. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_kings/8-62.htm">His sacrifice of peace offerings</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/8.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/1_kings/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/1_kings/8.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>And there I have provided a place for the ark</b><br>Solomon speaks of the temple he has built in Jerusalem, a permanent dwelling for the Ark of the Covenant. The Ark, previously housed in the tabernacle, now finds a resting place in the Holy of Holies. This transition from a movable tent to a fixed temple signifies a new era of stability and divine presence among the Israelites. The temple's location on Mount Moriah, where Abraham was to sacrifice Isaac, adds historical and spiritual significance, symbolizing God's provision and faithfulness.<p><b>which contains the covenant of the LORD</b><br>The Ark holds the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments, representing God's covenant with Israel. This covenant is central to Israel's identity, outlining their relationship with God and their obligations. The Ark's presence in the temple underscores the importance of the law and God's enduring promises. The covenant is a precursor to the New Covenant through Jesus Christ, who fulfills the law and offers salvation to all.<p><b>that He made with our fathers</b><br>The reference to "our fathers" connects the present generation to the patriarchs and the Exodus. It emphasizes continuity in God's dealings with His people, from Abraham to Moses and beyond. This historical link reinforces the idea of a chosen people with a divine mission. The faithfulness of God to past generations assures His continued faithfulness to the present and future.<p><b>when He brought them out of the land of Egypt</b><br>This phrase recalls the Exodus, a foundational event in Israel's history. It highlights God's deliverance and power, freeing the Israelites from slavery and leading them to the Promised Land. The Exodus is a type of Christ's redemptive work, as Jesus delivers believers from the bondage of sin. The memory of Egypt serves as a reminder of God's grace and the call to live in obedience and gratitude.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a></b><br>The king of Israel who built the temple in Jerusalem, fulfilling his father David's desire to create a permanent dwelling place for the Ark of the Covenant.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_ark_of_the_covenant.htm">The Ark of the Covenant</a></b><br>A sacred chest that held the tablets of the Ten Commandments, representing God's covenant with Israel and His presence among His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a></b><br>The holy place constructed by Solomon as a permanent home for the Ark, symbolizing God's dwelling among His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_covenant_of_the_lord.htm">The Covenant of the LORD</a></b><br>The agreement made between God and the Israelites, initially given through Moses, signifying God's promises and the people's obligations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_exodus_from_egypt.htm">The Exodus from Egypt</a></b><br>The historical event where God delivered the Israelites from slavery, forming the foundation of their identity as His chosen people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a></b><br>The placement of the Ark in the temple is a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His promises. Just as He was faithful to Israel, He remains faithful to us today.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_worship.htm">The Importance of Worship</a></b><br>The temple served as a central place of worship for Israel. In our lives, we should prioritize worship and create spaces where we can encounter God's presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>The Ark symbolizes the covenant relationship between God and His people. We are called to live in obedience and faithfulness to God's covenant through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/historical_continuity.htm">Historical Continuity</a></b><br>The temple and the Ark connect the Israelites to their history and identity. As Christians, understanding our spiritual heritage strengthens our faith and commitment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence.htm">God's Presence</a></b><br>The Ark's presence in the temple signifies God's dwelling among His people. Today, through the Holy Spirit, God dwells within us, guiding and empowering us.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 8</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_ark_of_the_covenant.htm">What is the Ark of the Covenant?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_the_ark's_location_host_god's_presence.htm">Psalm 132:8: Is there any scientific or historical basis for believing the ark's physical location could host God's presence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_israel's_borders_expanded.htm">In Psalm 80:8-11, is there any historical or archaeological proof that Israel's borders expanded so miraculously they 'covered the mountains' and 'the mighty cedars?'</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_bible_passages_vary_on_israel's_land.htm">If Psalm 47:4 says God chooses Israel's inheritance, why do other Bible passages suggest different territorial boundaries and covenants?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_kings/8.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) <span class= "bld">Wherein is the covenant of the Lord</span>--the Tables, that is, containing the "words of the covenant" (<a href="/exodus/34-28.htm" title="And he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did neither eat bread, nor drink water. And he wrote on the tables the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.">Exodus 34:28</a>). This remarkable application of the word "covenant" illustrates strikingly the characteristics of the Divine covenants with man. Such covenants are not (like most human covenants) undertakings of reciprocal engagements between parties regarded as independent. For such a conception of the relation between God and man is monstrous. God's covenants proceed simply from His will, expressed in His call to an individual or a nation. They begin in free grace and blessing from Him; they require simply that men should believe and accept His call, and act in obedience to that belief. Thus the Decalogue opens with the words, "I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage," describing the gift of salvation from the mercy of God, which constituted Israel afresh as His peculiar people. (See <a href="/context/exodus/3-7.htm" title="And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;">Exodus 3:7-15</a>.) On the ground of this salvation, rather than of His Omnipotence as Creator and Sustainer of the world, He calls for their obedience to the commandments, which are thus "the words of the covenant." Similarly St. Paul, when (<a href="/romans/12-1.htm" title="I beseech you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.">Romans 12:1</a>) he calls Christians to absolute self-devotion, appeals to them by "the mercies of God," on which he had so fully dwelt--the larger and more spiritual covenant in Christ.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the Lord</span> [Hence its name, "the ark of the covenant" (<a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Exodus 34:28</a>; cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/9-11.htm">Deuteronomy 9:11</a>)] <span class="cmt_word">which he made with our forefathers</span> <span class="cmt_word">when he brought them out of the land of Egypt</span> [vers. 9, 16]. <span class="cmt_word">SECTION II.</span> - The Prayer. The prayer of dedication, properly so called, now begins. This solemn and beautiful composition was probably copied by our author from the "Book of the Acts of Solomon" (<a href="/1_kings/11-41.htm">1 Kings 11:41</a>), possibly from the "Book of Nathan the prophet" (<a href="/2_chronicles/9-29.htm">2 Chronicles 9:29</a>). It was evidently committed to writing beforehand, and would, no doubt, as a matter of course, be religiously preserved. The later criticism objects to its authenticity that the many references to the Pentateuch (compare ver. 12 with <a href="/exodus/19-9.htm">Exodus 19:9</a>; ver. 31 with <a href="/exodus/22-11.htm">Exodus 22:11</a>, <a href="/leviticus/5-1.htm">Leviticus 5:1</a>; ver. 33 with <a href="/leviticus/26-17.htm">Leviticus 26:17</a>, <a href="/deuteronomy/28-25.htm">Deuteronomy 28:25</a>; ver. 36 with <a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25</a>; ver. 50 with <a href="/leviticus/26-40.htm">Leviticus 26:40, 42</a>; ver. 51 with <a href="/deuteronomy/4-20.htm">Deuteronomy 4:20</a>, etc.) prove it to be of a later date. Ewald assigns it to the <span class="date">seventh century B.C.</span>; but this is simply to beg the question of the date of the Pentateuch. It is obviously open to reply that these references only prove that the king was acquainted, as he was bound to be (<a href="/deuteronomy/17-18.htm">Deuteronomy 17:18</a>), with the words of the law. It divides itself into three parts. The first (vers. 22-30) is general; the second (vers. 31-53) consists of seven special petitions; the last (vers. 50-53) consists of a general conclusion and appeal to God's covenant mercy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_kings/8-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And there I have provided</span><br /><span class="heb">וָאָשִׂ֨ם</span> <span class="translit">(wā·’ā·śim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a place</span><br /><span class="heb">מָקוֹם֙</span> <span class="translit">(mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for the ark,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָֽאָר֔וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(lā·’ā·rō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_727.htm">Strong's 727: </a> </span><span class="str2">A chest, ark</span><br /><br /><span class="word">which contains</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the covenant</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּרִ֣ית</span> <span class="translit">(bə·rîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1285.htm">Strong's 1285: </a> </span><span class="str2">A covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֤ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He made</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּרַת֙</span> <span class="translit">(kā·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">עִם־</span> <span class="translit">(‘im-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5973.htm">Strong's 5973: </a> </span><span class="str2">With, equally with</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our fathers</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> </span><span class="str2">Father</span><br /><br /><span class="word">when He brought them out</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּהוֹצִיא֥וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·hō·w·ṣî·’ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the land</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵאֶ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Egypt.”</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·rā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/8-21.htm">1 Kings 8:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/1_kings/8-21.htm">1 Kings 8:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/1_kings/8-21.htm">1 Kings 8:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/1_kings/8-21.htm">1 Kings 8:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/1_kings/8-21.htm">1 Kings 8:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/8-21.htm">1 Kings 8:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/8-21.htm">1 Kings 8:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/8-21.htm">1 Kings 8:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/8-21.htm">1 Kings 8:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/1_kings/8-21.htm">1 Kings 8:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/1_kings/8-21.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 8:21 There have I set a place (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/8-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 8:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 8:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 8:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 8:22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>