Solomon Blesses the Lord

1 Kings 8

¹² _y Then Solomon said, "The Lord ₁ has said that he would dwell _z in thick darkness. ¹³ _a I have indeed built you an exalted house, _b a place for you to dwell in forever." ¹⁴ Then the king turned around and _c blessed all the assembly of Israel, while all the assembly of Israel stood. ¹⁵ And he said, _d "Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who with his hand has fulfilled _e what he promised with his mouth to David my father, saying, ¹⁶ _f 'Since the day that I brought my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house, _g that my name might be there. _h But I chose David to be over my people Israel.' ¹⁷ _i Now it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. ¹⁸ But 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 _j Nevertheless, you shall not build the house, but your son who shall be born to you shall build the house for my name.' ²⁰ Now the Lord has fulfilled his promise that he made. For I have risen in the place of David my father, and sit on the throne of Israel, _k as the Lord promised, and I have built the house for the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. ²¹ And there I have provided a place for the ark, _l in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."

1. Cross References
   1 Kings 8:12 - 50
   Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
   2 Chronicles 6:1 - 39
   Then Solomon said, "The Lord has said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
   
2. Cross References
   Psalms 18:11
   He made darkness his covering, his canopy around him, thick clouds dark with water.
   Psalms 97:2
   Clouds and thick darkness are all around him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
   Leviticus 16:2
   And the Lord said to Moses, "Tell Aaron your brother not to come at any time into the Holy Place inside the veil, before the mercy seat that is on the ark, so that he may not die. For I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Samuel 7:13
   He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
   
4. Cross References
   Exodus 15:17
   You will bring them in and plant them on your own mountain, the place, O Lord, which you have made for your abode, the sanctuary, O Lord, which your hands have established.
   Psalms 132:14
   This is my resting place forever; here I will dwell, for I have desired it.
   
5. Cross References
   1 Kings 8:55
   And he stood and blessed all the assembly of Israel with a loud voice, saying.
   2 Samuel 6:18
   And when David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts
   
6. Cross References
   Luke 1:68
   Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people
   
7. Cross References
   1 Kings 6:12
   Concerning this house that you are building, if you will walk in my statutes and obey my rules and keep all my commandments and walk in them, then I will establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
   
8. Cross References
   2 Samuel 7:4 - 16
   But that same night the word of the Lord came to Nathan.
   2 Samuel 7:25
   And now, O Lord God, confirm forever the word that you have spoken concerning your servant and concerning his house, and do as you have spoken.
   
9. Cross References
   1 Kings 8:29
   That your eyes may be open night and day toward this house, the place of which you have said, 'My name shall be there,' that you may listen to the prayer that your servant offers toward this place.
   Deuteronomy 12:11
   Then to the place that the Lord your God will choose, to make his name dwell there, there you shall bring all that I command you: your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution that you present, and all your finest vow offerings that you vow to the Lord.
   
10. Cross References
    1 Samuel 16:1
    The Lord said to Samuel, "How long will you grieve over Saul, since I have rejected him from being king 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.
    2 Samuel 7:8
    Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel.
    1 Chronicles 28:4
    Yet the Lord God of Israel chose me from all my father's house to be king over Israel forever. For he chose Judah as leader, and in the house of Judah my father's house, and among my father's sons he took pleasure in me to make me king over all Israel.
    
11. Cross References
    2 Samuel 7:2 - 3
    The king said to Nathan the prophet, "See now, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells in a tent.
    1 Chronicles 17:1 - 2
    Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the Lord is under a tent.
    
12. Cross References
    1 Kings 5:3
    You know that David my father could not build a house for the name of the Lord his God because of the warfare with which his enemies surrounded him, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
    1 Kings 5:5
    And so I intend to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, as the Lord said to David my father, 'Your son, whom I will set on your throne in your place, shall build the house for my name.
    2 Samuel 7:5
    Go and tell my servant David, 'Thus says the Lord : Would you build me a house to dwell in?
    2 Samuel 7:12 - 13
    When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom.
    
13. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 28:5 - 6
    And of all my sons (for the Lord has given me many sons) he has chosen Solomon my son to sit on the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.
    
14. Cross References
    1 Kings 8:9
    There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone that Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
    Deuteronomy 31:26
    Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.