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our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.” <a href="/bsb/1_kings/8.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.” <a href="/kjv/1_kings/8.htm">King James Bible</a> For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD. <a href="/nkjv/1_kings/8.htm">New King James Version</a> For You separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be Your inheritance, as You spoke by Your servant Moses, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.” <a href="/nasb_/1_kings/8.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For You have singled them out from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, just as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord GOD.” <a href="/nasb/1_kings/8.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/1_kings/8.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For Thou hast separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Thine inheritance, as Thou didst speak through Moses Thy servant, when Thou didst bring our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord GOD.” <a href="/lsb/1_kings/8.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For You have separated them from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke by the hand of Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers forth from Egypt, O Lord Yahweh.” <a href="/amp/1_kings/8.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For You singled them out from all the peoples of the earth as Your heritage, just as You declared through Moses Your servant, when You brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.” <a href="/csb/1_kings/8.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For you, Lord GOD, have set them apart as your inheritance from all peoples of the earth, as you spoke through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt. <a href="/hcsb/1_kings/8.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For You, Lord GOD, have set them apart as Your inheritance from all the people on earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought their ancestors out of Egypt. <a href="/asv/1_kings/8.htm">American Standard Version</a> For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah. <a href="/cev/1_kings/8.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> When you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, you told your servant Moses to say to them, "From all people on earth, the LORD God has chosen you to be his very own." <a href="/erv/1_kings/8.htm">English Revised Version</a> For thou didst separate them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD. <a href="/gwt/1_kings/8.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> After all, you, LORD God, set them apart from all the people of the world to be your own as you promised through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt." <a href="/gnt/1_kings/8.htm">Good News Translation</a> You chose them from all the peoples to be your own people, as you told them through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt." <a href="/isv/1_kings/8.htm">International Standard Version</a> because you have separated them to yourself as your heritage from all the people of the earth, as you spoke through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, Lord GOD. <a href="/msb/1_kings/8.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For You, O Lord GOD, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth as Your inheritance, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.? <a href="/net/1_kings/8.htm">NET Bible</a> After all, you picked them out of all the nations of the earth to be your special possession, just as you, O sovereign LORD, announced through your servant Moses when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt." <a href="/nheb/1_kings/8.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord GOD." <a href="/wbt/1_kings/8.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thy inheritance, as thou didst speak by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD. <a href="/web/1_kings/8.htm">World English Bible</a> For you separated them from among all the peoples of the earth to be your inheritance, as you spoke by Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, Lord Yahweh.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_kings/8.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for You have separated them to Yourself for an inheritance, out of all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke by the hand of Your servant Moses, in Your bringing out our fathers from Egypt, O Lord YHWH.” <a href="/ylt/1_kings/8.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for Thou hast separated them to Thyself for an inheritance, out of all the peoples of the earth, as Thou didst speak by the hand of Moses Thy servant, in Thy bringing out our fathers from Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.' <a href="/slt/1_kings/8.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For thou didst separate them to thyself for an inheritance from all the people of the earth as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, in thy bringing our fathers out of the land of Egypt, O Lord Jehovah.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_kings/8.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For thou hast separated them to thyself for an inheritance from among all the people of the earth, as thou hast spoken by Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. <a href="/cpdv/1_kings/8.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For you have separated them to yourself as an inheritance, from among all the peoples of the earth, just as you spoke by Moses, your servant, when you led our fathers away from Egypt, O Lord God.” <a href="/nabre/1_kings/8.htm">New American Bible</a> For you have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth to be your heritage, as you declared through Moses your servant when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, Lord my GOD.” <a href="/nrsvce/1_kings/8.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For you have separated them from among all the peoples of the earth, to be your heritage, just as you promised through Moses, your servant, when you brought our ancestors out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_kings/8.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou didst speak through Moses thy servant, when thou didst bring our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God. <a href="/hpbt/1_kings/8.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because you separated them to yourself for an inheritance from all the nations of Earth, as you said by the agency of Moshe your Servant, when you brought out their fathers from Egypt, LORD JEHOVAH God!”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/1_kings/8.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For Thou didst set them apart from among all the peoples of the earth, to be Thine inheritance, as Thou didst speak by the hand of Moses Thy servant, when Thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.' <a href="/sep/1_kings/8.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Because thou hast set them apart for an inheritance to thyself out of all the nations of the earth, as thou spokest by the hand of thy servant Moses, when thou broughtest our fathers out of the land of Egypt, O Lord God. - Then spoke Solomon concerning the house, when he had finished building it - He manifested the sun in the heaven: the Lord said he would dwell in darkness: build thou my house, a beautiful house for thyself to dwell in anew. Behold, is not this written in the book of the song? <a href="/parallel/1_kings/8-53.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xx9A0AxPaoQ?start=3414" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_kings/8.htm">Solomon's Prayer of Dedication</a> …52May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You. 53<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">You,</a> <a href="/hebrew/136.htm" title="136: ’ă·ḏō·nāy (N-proper-ms) -- Lord. Am emphatic form of 'adown; the Lord.">O Lord</a> <a href="/hebrew/3069.htm" title="3069: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- YHWH. A variation of Yhovah.">GOD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5159.htm" title="5159: lə·na·ḥă·lāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- From nachal; properly, something inherited, i.e. occupancy, or an heirloom; generally an estate, patrimony or portion.">as Your inheritance,</a> <a href="/hebrew/914.htm" title="914: hiḇ·dal·tām (V-Hifil-Perf-2ms:: 3mp) -- To be divided, separate. A primitive root; to divide.">have set them apart</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: mik·kōl (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">from all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mê (N-mpc) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">the peoples</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the earth,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: dib·bar·tā (V-Piel-Perf-2ms) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">You spoke</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">through</a> <a href="/hebrew/5650.htm" title="5650: ‘aḇ·de·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- Slave, servant. From abad; a servant.">Your servant</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: bə·hō·w·ṣî·’ă·ḵā (Prep-b:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 2ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">when You brought</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/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: mim·miṣ·ra·yim (Prep-m:: 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.">out of Egypt.”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a> For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth. <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a> Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine. / And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.” <a href="/deuteronomy/14-2.htm">Deuteronomy 14:2</a> for you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all the peoples on the face of the earth. <a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a> You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-20.htm">Deuteronomy 4:20</a> Yet the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be the people of His inheritance, as you are today. <a href="/deuteronomy/9-26.htm">Deuteronomy 9:26-29</a> And I prayed to the LORD and said, “O Lord GOD, do not destroy Your people, Your inheritance, whom You redeemed through Your greatness and brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand. / Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin. / Otherwise, those in the land from which You brought us out will say, ‘Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land He had promised them, and because He hated them, He has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.’ ... <a href="/psalms/135-4.htm">Psalm 135:4</a> For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession. <a href="/isaiah/41-8.htm">Isaiah 41:8-9</a> “But you, O Israel, My servant, Jacob, whom I have chosen, descendant of Abraham My friend— / I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you. <a href="/isaiah/43-1.htm">Isaiah 43:1</a> But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine! <a href="/isaiah/44-1.htm">Isaiah 44:1-2</a> But now listen, O Jacob My servant, Israel, whom I have chosen. / This is the word of the LORD, your Maker, who formed you from the womb and who will help you: “Do not be afraid, O Jacob My servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a> But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. <a href="/titus/2-14.htm">Titus 2:14</a> He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds. <a href="/ephesians/1-4.htm">Ephesians 1:4</a> For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love <a href="/romans/8-28.htm">Romans 8:28-30</a> And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. / For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers. / And those He predestined, He also called; those He called, He also justified; those He justified, He also glorified. <a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a> What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For you did separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by the hand of Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O LORD God.separate<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5,6</a> Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine: … <a href="/exodus/33-16.htm">Exodus 33:16</a> For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.<a href="/numbers/23-9.htm">Numbers 23:9</a> For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.thine inheritance<a href="/deuteronomy/32-9.htm">Deuteronomy 32:9</a> For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.<a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Jeremiah 10:16</a> The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.<a href="/ephesians/1-18.htm">Ephesians 1:18</a> The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,as thou<a href="/deuteronomy/33-1.htm">Deuteronomy 33:1-3,26-29</a> And this is the blessing, wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_kings/5-16.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-51.htm">Broughtest</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-32.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/1_kings/2-41.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-43.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-51.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-48.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_samuel/15-32.htm">God</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-42.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-51.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-51.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-9.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-34.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-43.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/2_samuel/14-6.htm">Separate</a> <a href="/judges/4-11.htm">Separated</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-52.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/job/15-22.htm">Singled</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-26.htm">Spakest</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-26.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/1_kings/4-34.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_kings/10-15.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/11-2.htm">Broughtest</a> <a href="/1_kings/14-3.htm">Declare</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-3.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-60.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-65.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-57.htm">Fathers</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/24-7.htm">God</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-56.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/1_kings/21-3.htm">Heritage</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-16.htm">Inheritance</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-56.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/1_kings/11-2.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-60.htm">Peoples</a> <a href="/2_kings/15-5.htm">Separate</a> <a href="/2_kings/2-11.htm">Separated</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-56.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/job/15-22.htm">Singled</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/6-15.htm">Spakest</a> <a href="/1_kings/12-3.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/1_kings/10-24.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">1 Kings 8</div>1. <a href="/1_kings/8-1.htm">The feast of the temple</a> 12. <a href="/1_kings/8-12.htm">Solomon's blessing</a> 22. <a href="/1_kings/8-22.htm">Solomon's prayer</a> 54. <a href="/1_kings/8-54.htm">Solomon's blessing</a> 62. <a href="/1_kings/8-62.htm">His sacrifice of peace offerings</a> </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'; 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The use of "O Lord GOD" reflects the Hebrew names "Yahweh" and "Elohim," emphasizing both the covenantal and powerful aspects of God. This invocation is consistent with the reverence shown throughout the Old Testament, where God is recognized as the supreme ruler and creator.have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth This highlights the concept of Israel's election and sanctification. God chose Israel to be a holy nation, distinct from other nations. This idea is rooted in passages like <a href="/deuteronomy/7-6.htm">Deuteronomy 7:6</a>, where Israel is described as a "holy people" chosen by God. The setting apart signifies a special relationship and purpose, which includes being a light to the nations (<a href="/isaiah/42-6.htm">Isaiah 42:6</a>).as Your inheritance, The term "inheritance" signifies possession and value. In the ancient Near Eastern context, an inheritance was a treasured possession passed down through generations. Israel as God's inheritance implies a deep, enduring relationship. This concept is echoed in <a href="/deuteronomy/32-9.htm">Deuteronomy 32:9</a>, where the Lord's portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.as You spoke through Your servant Moses This phrase underscores the fulfillment of God's promises and the authority of Moses as a prophet. Moses is a central figure in the Old Testament, through whom God delivered the Law and established the covenant. References to Moses' role can be found in <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>, where God promises to make Israel a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.when You brought our fathers out of Egypt. This recalls the Exodus, a foundational event in Israel's history, symbolizing deliverance and redemption. The Exodus is frequently referenced throughout Scripture as a demonstration of God's power and faithfulness (Exodus 12-14). It prefigures the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who is seen as the Passover Lamb (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a>), providing spiritual liberation from sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/s/solomon.htm">Solomon</a> The king of Israel who is offering a prayer of dedication for the newly built temple in Jerusalem. He is acknowledging God's faithfulness and the special relationship between God and Israel. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God as His inheritance, set apart from all other nations. This verse highlights their unique covenant relationship with God. 3. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The servant of God through whom God declared His promises to Israel. Moses is a central figure in the history of Israel, representing the law and the covenant. 4. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land from which God delivered the Israelites, symbolizing bondage and God's power to save His people. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple_in_jerusalem.htm">The Temple in Jerusalem</a> The physical representation of God's presence among His people, where Solomon is dedicating this prayer.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a> God is faithful to His promises, as seen in His relationship with Israel. This encourages believers to trust in God's promises today. <a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_being_chosen.htm">The Significance of Being Chosen</a> Being chosen by God is a call to holiness and service. Believers are to live in a way that reflects their status as God's people. <a href="/topical/d/deliverance_and_redemption.htm">Deliverance and Redemption</a> Just as God delivered Israel from Egypt, He delivers us from sin. This calls for gratitude and a commitment to live for Him. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leaders_in_prayer.htm">The Role of Leaders in Prayer</a> Solomon's prayer demonstrates the importance of leaders interceding for their people, a practice that should be emulated in the church. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple_as_a_symbol_of_god's_presence.htm">The Temple as a Symbol of God's Presence</a> The temple was a physical symbol of God's presence. Today, believers are the temple of the Holy Spirit, called to live in a way that honors God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_1_kings_8.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 1 Kings 8</a> <a href="/q/how_does_joshua_3_compare_to_other_water-partings.htm">How does the crossing in Joshua 3 compare with contradictory or differing accounts of water-parting miracles elsewhere in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_bioethics.htm">What role did Egyptians play in biblical narratives?</a> <a href="/q/why_claim_no_prophet_like_moses_arose.htm">How can Deut. 34:10 claim no prophet like Moses ever arose when other prophets performed significant miracles too?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_israelite_king_ruled_'sea_to_sea'.htm">If Psalm 72:8 predicts dominion 'from sea to sea,' why doesn't history confirm any Israelite king ruling so extensively?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_kings/8.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 53. - For thou didst separate them from [<a href="/leviticus/20-24.htm">Leviticus 20:24, 26</a>; cf. <a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5, 6</a>] among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance [same expression, <a href="/deuteronomy/4-20.htm">Deuteronomy 4:20</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/9-26.htm">Deuteronomy 9:26, 29</a>. This is no idle repetition of ver. 51. The idea of that verse is deliverance, of this election. Cf. <a href="/numbers/16-9.htm">Numbers 16:9</a>; <a href="/numbers/8-14.htm">Numbers 8:14</a>], as thou spakest by the hand [see note on ch. 2:25] of Moses thy servant [<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5, 6</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/9-26.htm">Deuteronomy 9:26, 29</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/14-2.htm">Deuteronomy 14:2</a>], when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. In Chronicles (ch. 6:41, 42) the prayer ends somewhat differently. "Now therefore arise, O Lord God," etc. - words which are found in substance in <a href="/psalms/132-8.htm">Psalm 132:8-10</a>. These two verses look like an addition, and were probably inserted by the chronicler to form a connecting link with <a href="/1_kings/7-1.htm">1 Kings 7:1-3</a> (Bahr). The LXX. has an extremely curious addition, said to be taken from the "Book of the Song." Stanley sees in its very abruptness and obscurity an evidence of its genuineness ("Jewish Ch." 2:218). SECTION III. - The Concluding Blessing. The service of dedication concludes, as it commenced, with a benediction (ver. 14). <a href="/commentaries/1_kings/8-53.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction You, אַתָּ֞ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you O Lord אֲדֹנָ֥י (’ă·ḏō·nāy) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_136.htm">Strong's 136: </a> The Lord GOD, יְהוִֽה׃ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel as Your inheritance, לְֽנַחֲלָ֔ה (lə·na·ḥă·lāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5159.htm">Strong's 5159: </a> Something inherited, occupancy, an heirloom, an estate, patrimony, portion have set them apart הִבְדַּלְתָּ֤ם (hiḇ·dal·tām) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_914.htm">Strong's 914: </a> To be divided, separate from all מִכֹּ֖ל (mik·kōl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the peoples עַמֵּ֣י (‘am·mê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock of the earth, הָאָ֑רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land as כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that You spoke דִּבַּ֜רְתָּ (dib·bar·tā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue through בְּיַ֣ד ׀ (bə·yaḏ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand Your servant עַבְדֶּ֗ךָ (‘aḇ·de·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5650.htm">Strong's 5650: </a> Slave, servant Moses מֹשֶׁ֣ה (mō·šeh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver when You brought בְּהוֹצִיאֲךָ֧ (bə·hō·w·ṣî·’ă·ḵā) Preposition-b | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim our fathers אֲבֹתֵ֛ינוּ (’ă·ḇō·ṯê·nū) Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1.htm">Strong's 1: </a> Father out of Egypt.” מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם (mim·miṣ·ra·yim) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/1_kings/8-53.htm">1 Kings 8:53 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/1_kings/8-53.htm">1 Kings 8:53 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/1_kings/8-53.htm">1 Kings 8:53 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/1_kings/8-53.htm">1 Kings 8:53 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/1_kings/8-53.htm">1 Kings 8:53 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/1_kings/8-53.htm">1 Kings 8:53 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/1_kings/8-53.htm">1 Kings 8:53 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/1_kings/8-53.htm">1 Kings 8:53 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/1_kings/8-53.htm">1 Kings 8:53 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/1_kings/8-53.htm">1 Kings 8:53 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/1_kings/8-53.htm">OT History: 1 Kings 8:53 For you did separate them from among (1Ki iKi i Ki 1 Kg 1kg) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/1_kings/8-52.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Kings 8:52"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Kings 8:52" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/1_kings/8-54.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Kings 8:54"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Kings 8:54" /></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>