1 Kings 8:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.”

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 31:26 : 26 “Take this scroll of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. It will remain there as a witness against you,
  • 1 Kgs 8:9 : 9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. It was there that the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
  • 1 Kgs 8:5-6 : 5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered. 6 The priests brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.
  • Exod 34:28 : 28 So he was there with the LORD forty days and forty nights; he did not eat bread, and he did not drink water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
  • Deut 9:9 : 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant that the LORD made with you, I remained there forty days and nights, eating and drinking nothing.
  • Deut 9:11 : 11 Now at the end of the forty days and nights the LORD presented me with the two stone tablets, the tablets of the covenant.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 2 Chr 6:10-11
    2 verses
    89%

    10The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the LORD God of Israel

    11and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the LORD made with the Israelites.”

  • 1 Kgs 8:20
    83%

    20The LORD has kept the promise he made. I have taken my father David’s place and have occupied the throne of Israel, as the LORD promised. I have built this temple for the honor of the LORD God of Israel

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
    78%

    19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the LORD had said to David and to his son Solomon,“This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

    8I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law my servant Moses ordered them to obey.”

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    77%

    8They settled down in it and built in it a temple to honor you, saying,

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    77%

    4(Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    77%

    13O LORD, truly I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    76%

    19Now seek the LORD your God wholeheartedly and with your entire being! Get up and build the sanctuary of the LORD God! Then you can bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant and the holy items dedicated to God’s service into the temple that is built to honor the LORD.”

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    76%

    2O LORD, I have built a lofty temple for you, a place where you can live permanently.”

  • 1 Kgs 8:1
    76%

    1Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple Then Solomon convened in Jerusalem Israel’s elders, all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the City of David(that is, Zion).

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    75%

    2King David rose to his feet and said:“Listen to me, my brothers and my people. I wanted to build a temple where the ark of the LORD’s covenant could be placed as a footstool for our God. I have made the preparations for building it.

  • 1 Kgs 8:15-17
    3 verses
    75%

    15He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

    16He 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.’

    17Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 17:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

    5For I have not lived in a house from the time I brought Israel up from Egypt to the present day. I have lived in a tent that has been in various places.

    6Wherever I moved throughout Israel, I did not say to any of the leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,‘Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?’”’

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    75%

    7He put an idolatrous image he had made in God’s temple, about which God had said to David and to his son Solomon,“This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home.

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    75%

    1David Brings the Ark to Jerusalem David constructed buildings in the City of David; he then prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    74%

    5So I have decided to build a temple to honor the LORD my God, as the LORD instructed my father David,‘Your son, whom I will put on your throne in your place, is the one who will build a temple to honor me.’

  • 1 Kgs 8:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6The priests brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

    7The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

  • 1 Kgs 8:9
    74%

    9There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. It was there that the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Sam 6:17
    74%

    17They brought the ark of the LORD and put it in its place in the middle of the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before the LORD.

  • 1 Kgs 8:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26Now, O God of Israel, may the promise you made to your servant, my father David, be realized.

    27“God does not really live on the earth! Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

  • 1 Kgs 8:3
    74%

    3When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    74%

    1David then said,“This is the place where the temple of the LORD God will be, along with the altar for burnt sacrifices for Israel.”

  • 2 Sam 7:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6I have not lived in a house from the time I brought the Israelites up from Egypt to the present day. Instead, I was traveling with them and living in a tent.

    7Wherever I moved among all the Israelites, I did not say to any of their leaders whom I appointed to care for my people Israel,“Why have you not built me a house made from cedar?”’

  • 2 Kgs 21:4
    73%

    4He built altars in the LORD’s temple, about which the LORD had said,“Jerusalem will be my home.”

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    73%

    16Now I have chosen and consecrated this temple by making it my permanent home; I will be constantly present there.

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
    73%

    22Solomon Prays for Israel Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in front of the entire assembly of Israel and spread out his hands toward the sky.

  • 1 Kgs 8:24
    73%

    24You have kept your word to your servant, my father David; this very day you have fulfilled what you promised.

  • 2 Chr 5:2
    73%

    2Solomon Moves the Ark into the Temple Then Solomon convened Israel’s elders– all the leaders of the Israelite tribes and families– in Jerusalem, so they could witness the transferal of the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the City of David(that is, Zion).

  • 1 Chr 15:3
    73%

    3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the LORD up to the place he had prepared for it.

  • 2 Chr 8:11
    73%

    11Solomon moved Pharaoh’s daughter up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her, for he said,“My wife must not live in the palace of King David of Israel, for the places where the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    73%

    7Now my father David had a strong desire to build a temple to honor the LORD God of Israel.

  • 2 Chr 6:4
    73%

    4He said,“The LORD God of Israel is worthy of praise because he has fulfilled what he promised my father David.

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    73%

    10He will build a temple to honor me; he will become my son, and I will become his father. I will grant to his dynasty permanent rule over Israel.’

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    72%

    1God Makes a Promise to David When David had settled into his palace, he said to Nathan the prophet,“Look, I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of the LORD’s covenant is under a tent.”

  • 2 Chr 5:7
    72%

    7The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubim.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    72%

    12He will build me a house, and I will make his dynasty permanent.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    72%

    12He told them:“You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the LORD God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it.

  • Exod 40:21
    72%

    21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung the protecting curtain, and shielded the ark of the testimony from view, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • 2 Sam 7:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10I will establish a place for my people Israel and settle them there; they will live there and not be disturbed any more. Violent men will not oppress them again, as they did in the beginning

    11and during the time when I appointed judges to lead my people Israel. Instead, I will give you relief from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that he himself will build a dynastic house for you.

  • Exod 31:7
    72%

    7the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid that is on it, all the furnishings of the tent,

  • 2 Sam 7:2
    72%

    2The king said to Nathan the prophet,“Look! I am living in a palace made from cedar, while the ark of God sits in the middle of a tent.”