1 Kings 8:16

KJV1611 – Modern English

Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    'Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a house where My name might be, but I chose David to rule My people Israel.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Since the day{H3117} that I brought forth{H3318} my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} out of Egypt,{H4714} I chose{H977} no city{H5892} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to build{H1129} a house,{H1004} that my name{H8034} might be there; but I chose{H977} David{H1732} to be over my people{H5971} Israel.{H3478}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Since the day{H3117} that I brought forth{H3318}{(H8689)} my people{H5971} Israel{H3478} out of Egypt{H4714}, I chose{H977}{(H8804)} no city{H5892} out of all the tribes{H7626} of Israel{H3478} to build{H1129}{(H8800)} an house{H1004}, that my name{H8034} might be therein; but I chose{H977}{(H8799)} David{H1732} to be over my people{H5971} Israel{H3478}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Sence the daye yt I broughte my people of Israel out of Egipte, haue I chosen no cite amoge all the trybes of Israel, to buylde me an house, that my name might be there. But Dauid haue I chosen, to be ouer my people of Israel.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no citie of all the tribes of Israel, to builde an house that my name might be there: but I haue chosen Dauid to be ouer my people Israel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Sence the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no citie of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein: But I haue chosen Dauid to be ruler ouer my people of Israel.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    From the day that I brought out My people, even Israel, from Egypt, I have not fixed on a city out of all the tribes of Israel, to build a house for My name being there; and I fix on David to be over My people Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    From the day when I took my people Israel out of Egypt, no town in all the tribes of Israel has been marked out by me for the building of a house for the resting-place of my name; but I made selection of David to be king over my people Israel.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    'Since the day that I brought forth my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel to build a house, that my name might be there; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.'

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    He told David,‘Since the day I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from all the tribes of Israel to build a temple in which to live. But I have chosen David to lead my people Israel.’

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 16:1 : 1 And 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 will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have provided for myself a king among his sons.
  • Deut 12:11 : 11 Then there will be a place which the LORD your God will choose to make His name dwell there; there you shall bring all that I command you; your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the heave offerings of your hand, and all your choice vows which you vow to the LORD:
  • 2 Sam 7:4-8 : 4 And it happened that night, that the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying, 5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in? 6 Since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, I have not dwelt in any house, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 7 In all the places where I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar? 8 Now therefore, so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:
  • 1 Kgs 8:29 : 29 That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, even toward the place of which you have said, My name shall be there: that you may listen to the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place.
  • 1 Chr 17:5-6 : 5 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another. 6 Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?
  • 1 Chr 28:4 : 4 However the LORD God of Israel chose me before 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 to make me king over all Israel:
  • 2 Chr 6:5-9 : 5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel: 6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel. 7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 8 But the LORD said to David my father, Because it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart: 9 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come from your loins, he shall build the house for my name. 10 The LORD therefore has performed his word that he has spoken; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel. 11 And in it have I put the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the children of Israel.
  • Neh 1:9 : 9 But if you turn to Me, and keep My commandments, and do them; though there were of you cast out to the farthest part of the heaven, yet I will gather them from there, and will bring them to the place that I have chosen to set My name there.
  • Ps 78:70 : 70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
  • Ps 89:19-20 : 19 Then you spoke in a vision to your holy one, and said, I have given help to one who is mighty; I have exalted one chosen from the people. 20 I have found David my servant; with my holy oil I have anointed him:
  • Ps 132:13 : 13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling.
  • Jer 7:12 : 12 But go now to my place which was in Shiloh, where I set my name at first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of my people Israel.
  • 1 Kgs 11:36 : 36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.
  • 2 Kgs 23:27 : 27 And the LORD said, I will also remove Judah out of my sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, My name shall be there.
  • Deut 12:5 : 5 But you shall seek the place which the LORD your God shall choose out of all your tribes to put His name there, to His habitation you shall come:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Chr 6:4-8
    5 verses
    91%

    4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who has with his hands fulfilled what he spoke with his mouth to my father David, saying,

    5 Since the day that I brought forth my people out of the land of Egypt, I chose no city among all the tribes of Israel to build a house in, that my name might be there; neither chose I any man to be a ruler over my people Israel:

    6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have chosen David to be over my people Israel.

    7 Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

    8 But the LORD said to David my father, Because it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well in that it was in your heart:

  • 1 Kgs 8:17-21
    5 verses
    84%

    17 And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

    18 And the LORD said to David my father, Whereas it was in your heart to build a house for my name, you did well that it was in your heart.

    19 Nevertheless, you shall not build the house; but your son who shall come from your body, he shall build the house for my name.

    20 And the LORD has performed his word that he spoke, and I have risen up in place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

    21 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 out of the land of Egypt.

  • 1 Chr 28:4-6
    3 verses
    82%

    4 However the LORD God of Israel chose me before 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 to make me king over all Israel:

    5 And of all my sons, (for the LORD has given me many sons,) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel.

    6 And he said to me, Solomon your son, he shall build my house and my courts: for I have chosen him to be my son, and I will be his father.

  • 2 Sam 7:5-8
    4 verses
    80%

    5 Go and tell my servant David, Thus says the LORD, Shall you build me a house for me to dwell in?

    6 Since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, I have not dwelt in any house, but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle.

    7 In all the places where I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

    8 Now therefore, so shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, to be ruler over my people, over Israel:

  • 1 Chr 17:4-7
    4 verses
    80%

    4 Go and tell David my servant, Thus says the LORD, You shall not build me a house to live in:

    5 For I have not lived in a house since the day I brought up Israel to this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another.

    6 Wherever I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have you not built me a house of cedar?

    7 Now therefore thus shall you say to my servant David, Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the sheepfold, even from following the sheep, that you should be ruler over my people Israel:

  • 1 Kgs 11:32
    78%

    32 (But he shall have one tribe for the sake of my servant David, and for Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.)

  • 1 Kgs 11:36
    78%

    36 And to his son I will give one tribe, that David my servant may always have a lamp before me in Jerusalem, the city which I have chosen for myself to put my name there.

  • 1 Kgs 8:15
    78%

    15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

  • Ps 78:70
    78%

    70 He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    77%

    16 For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart shall be there perpetually.

  • 1 Chr 17:9-10
    2 verses
    77%

    9 Also I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, and they shall dwell in their place, and shall be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness oppress them any more, as at the beginning,

    10 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover, I will subdue all your enemies. Furthermore, I tell you that the LORD will build you a house.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    77%

    2 Then King David stood up on his feet, and said, Hear me, my brothers, and my people: As for me, I had in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made preparations for the building:

  • 1 Kgs 11:38
    76%

    38 And it shall be, if you will listen to all that I command you, and will walk in my ways, and do what is right in my sight, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as David my servant did; that I will be with you, and build you a sure house, as I built for David, and will give Israel to you.

  • 1 Kgs 11:34
    76%

    34 However, I will not take the whole kingdom out of his hand: but I will make him prince all the days of his life for David my servant's sake, whom I chose, because he kept my commandments and my statutes.

  • 1 Chr 22:7
    76%

    7 And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build a house unto the name of the LORD my God:

  • 2 Chr 6:10
    76%

    10 The LORD therefore has performed his word that he has spoken; for I have risen up in the place of David my father, and am set on the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 7:10-11
    2 verses
    76%

    10 Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more; nor shall the children of wickedness afflict them anymore, as before,

    11 And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that he will make you a house.

  • 1 Chr 15:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 And David made himself houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

    2 Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    75%

    5 And behold, I plan to build a house for the name of the LORD my God, as the LORD spoke to David my father, saying, Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build a house for my name.

  • 2 Sam 5:12
    75%

    12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

  • Ps 132:13
    75%

    13 For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling.

  • 1 Chr 22:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1 Then David said, This is the house of the LORD God, and this is the altar of the burnt offering for Israel.

    2 And David commanded to gather together the foreigners who were in the land of Israel; and he appointed masons to cut hewn stones to build the house of God.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    74%

    12 He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.

  • 1 Chr 29:1
    74%

    1 Furthermore, King David said to all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God has chosen, is still young and tender, and the work is great: for the palace is not for man, but for the LORD God.

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    74%

    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.

  • 1 Kgs 11:13
    74%

    13 However, I will not tear away all the kingdom; but will give one tribe to your son for David my servant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake, which I have chosen.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    74%

    13 I have surely built you a house to dwell in, a settled place for you to abide in forever.

  • 1 Chr 14:2
    74%

    2 And David understood that the LORD had established him as king over Israel, for his kingdom was exalted because of his people Israel.

  • Ps 78:68
    74%

    68 But chose the tribe of Judah, Mount Zion which he loved.

  • 1 Kgs 6:13
    73%

    13 And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and will not forsake my people Israel.