From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in [any] one tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
KJV
1 Kings 8:16
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 an house, that my name might be therein; but I chose David to be over my people Israel.
Parallel Translations
From the day that I brought out my people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city in [any] one tribe of Israel to build a house, so that my name should be there: but I chose Jerusalem that my name should be there, and I chose David to be over my people Israel.
‘Since the day that I brought 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.’
Cross References
1 Samuel 16:1Deuteronomy 12:112 Samuel 7:4–81 Chronicles 28:41 Kings 8:291 Chronicles 17:5–6Deuteronomy 12:5Psalms 132:13Psalms 78:70Jeremiah 7:12Psalms 89:19–202 Chronicles 6:5–112 Kings 23:271 Kings 11:36Nehemiah 1:9
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