he still
1 Kings 8:12-21
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Then spoke Solomon: "The LORD said that He would dwell in the thick darkness.
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I have surely built Thee a house to dwell in, a settled place for Thee to abide in for ever."
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And the king turned his face about and blessed all the congregation of Israel, and all the congregation of Israel were standing.
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And he said, "Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, who spoke with His mouth unto David my father, and hath with His hand fulfilled it, saying,
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`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 therein; but I chose David to be over My people Israel.'
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And it was in the heart of David my father to build a house for the name of the LORD God of Israel.
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And the LORD said unto David my father, `Whereas it was in thine heart to build a house unto My name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart.
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Nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son who shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto My name.'
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And the LORD hath performed His word that He spoke; and I have risen up in the 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.
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And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD which He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt."
1 Kings 10:8
Happy are thy men, happy are these thy servants, who stand continually before thee and who hear thy wisdom.
he gave
1 Kings 4:32
And he spoke three thousand proverbs, and his songs were a thousand and five.
Proverbs 1:1
The Proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
Proverbs 10:1
A wise son maketh a glad father, but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.
Proverbs 25:1
These are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah, king of Judah, copied out: