1 Kings 8:21

World English Bible (2000)

There I have set a place for the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 31:26 : 26 "Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
  • 1 Kgs 8:9 : 9 There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
  • 1 Kgs 8:5-6 : 5 King Solomon and all the congregation of Israel, who were assembled to him, were with him before the ark, sacrificing sheep and cattle, that could not be counted nor numbered for multitude. 6 The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.
  • Exod 34:28 : 28 He was there with Yahweh forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread, nor drank water. He wrote on the tablets the words of the covenant, the ten commandments.
  • Deut 9:9 : 9 When I was gone up onto the mountain to receive the tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant which Yahweh made with you, then I stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I did neither eat bread nor drink water.
  • Deut 9:11 : 11 It came to pass at the end of forty days and forty nights, that Yahweh gave me the two tables of stone, even the tables of the covenant.

Similar Verses (AI)

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

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

    11 There I have set the ark, in which is the covenant of Yahweh, which he made with the children of Israel."

  • 1 Kgs 8:20
    83%

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

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
    78%

    19 He prepared an oracle in the midst of the house within, to set there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh.

  • 2 Kgs 21:7-8
    2 verses
    78%

    7 He set the engraved image of Asherah, that he had made, in the house of which Yahweh said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever;

    8 neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them."

  • 2 Chr 20:8
    77%

    8 They lived in it, and have built you a sanctuary in it for your name, saying,

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    77%

    4 But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath Jearim to the place that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

  • 1 Kgs 8:13
    77%

    13 I have surely built you a house of habitation, a place for you to dwell in forever."

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    76%

    19 Now set your heart and your soul to seek after Yahweh your God. Arise therefore, and build the sanctuary of Yahweh God, to bring the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and the holy vessels of God, into the house that is to be built to the name of Yahweh."

  • 2 Chr 6:2
    76%

    2 But I have built you a house of habitation, and a place for you to dwell in forever."

  • 1 Kgs 8:1
    76%

    1 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.

  • 1 Chr 28:2
    75%

    2 Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, "Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.

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

    15 He said, "Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

    16 '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.'

    17 "Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of Yahweh, the God of Israel.

  • 1 Chr 17:5-6
    2 verses
    75%

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

    6 In all places in which I have walked with all Israel, did I speak a word with any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

  • 2 Chr 33:7
    75%

    7 He set the engraved image of the idol, which he had made, in the house of God, of which God said to David and to Solomon his son, "In this house, and in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will I put my name forever:

  • 1 Chr 15:1
    75%

    1 [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

  • 1 Kgs 5:5
    74%

    5 Behold, I purpose to build a house for the name of Yahweh my God, as Yahweh spoke to David my father, saying, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, he shall build the house for my name.'

  • 1 Kgs 8:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

    7 For the cherubim spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.

  • 1 Kgs 8:9
    74%

    9 There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • 2 Sam 6:17
    74%

    17 They brought in the ark of Yahweh, and set it in its place, in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it; and David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.

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

    26 "Now therefore, God of Israel, please let your word be verified, which you spoke to your servant David my father.

    27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can't contain you; how much less this house that I have built!

  • 1 Kgs 8:3
    74%

    3 All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

  • 1 Chr 22:1
    74%

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

  • 2 Sam 7:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 For I have not lived in a house since the day that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day, but have moved around in a tent and in a tabernacle.

    7 In all places in which I have walked with all the children of Israel, did I say a word to any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to be shepherd of my people Israel, saying, 'Why have you not built me a house of cedar?'"'

  • 2 Kgs 21:4
    73%

    4 He built altars in the house of Yahweh, of which Yahweh said, "I will put my name in Jerusalem."

  • 2 Chr 7:16
    73%

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

  • 1 Kgs 8:22
    73%

    22 Solomon stood before the altar of Yahweh in the presence of all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;

  • 1 Kgs 8:24
    73%

    24 who have kept with your servant David my father that which you promised him. Yes, you spoke with your mouth, and have fulfilled it with your hand, as it is this day.

  • 2 Chr 5:2
    73%

    2 Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the princes of the fathers' [houses] of the children of Israel, to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the city of David, which is Zion.

  • 1 Chr 15:3
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 8:11
    73%

    11 Solomon brought up the daughter of Pharaoh out of the city of David to the house that he had built for her; for he said, "My wife shall not dwell in the house of David king of Israel, because the places where the ark of Yahweh has come are holy."

  • 2 Chr 6:7
    73%

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

  • 2 Chr 6:4
    73%

    4 He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and has with his hands fulfilled it, saying,

  • 1 Chr 22:10
    73%

    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 for ever.'

  • 1 Chr 17:1
    72%

    1 It happened, when David lived in his house, that David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of Yahweh is under curtains."

  • 2 Chr 5:7
    72%

    7 The priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Yahweh to its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

  • 1 Chr 17:12
    72%

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

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    72%

    12 and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

  • Exod 40:21
    72%

    21 He brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the veil of the screen, and screened the ark of the testimony, as Yahweh commanded Moses.

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

    10 I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and will plant them, that they may dwell in their own place, and be moved no more; neither shall the children of wickedness afflict them any more, as at the first,

    11 and as from the day that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. I will cause you to rest from all your enemies. Moreover Yahweh tells you that Yahweh will make you a house.

  • Exod 31:7
    72%

    7 the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent,

  • 2 Sam 7:2
    72%

    2 that the king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains."