1 Kings 8:16

‘Since the day I brought My people Israel out of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which to build a house so that My Name would be there. But I have chosen David to be over My people Israel.’

Cross References (15)

  • 1 Samuel 16:1 (6)

    Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? F

  • 1 Kings 8:29 (4)

    May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so

  • 1 Chronicles 28:4 (4)

    Yet the LORD, the God of Israel, chose me out of all my father’s house to be king over Israel forever. For He chose Juda

  • 2 Samuel 7:4–8 (4)

    But that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan, saying,

  • Deuteronomy 12:11 (4)

    then the LORD your God will choose a dwelling for His Name. And there you are to bring everything I command you: your bu

  • Psalms 132:13 (3)

    For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His home:

  • 1 Chronicles 17:5–6 (3)

    For I have not dwelt in a house from the day I brought Israel up out of Egypt until this day, but I have moved from tent

  • Deuteronomy 12:5 (3)

    Instead, you must seek the place the LORD your God will choose from among all your tribes to establish as a dwelling for

  • Nehemiah 1:9 (2)

    but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthe

  • 1 Kings 11:36 (2)

    I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city wher

  • 2 Chronicles 6:5–11 (2)

    ‘Since the day I brought My people out of the land of Egypt, I have not chosen a city from any tribe of Israel in which

  • Psalms 89:19–20 (2)

    You once spoke in a vision; to Your godly ones You said, “I have bestowed help on a warrior; I have exalted one chosen f

  • 2 Kings 23:27 (2)

    For the LORD had said, “I will remove Judah from My sight, just as I removed Israel. I will reject this city Jerusalem,

  • Jeremiah 7:12 (2)

    But go now to the place in Shiloh where I first made a dwelling for My Name, and see what I did to it because of the wic

  • Psalms 78:70 (2)

    He chose David His servant and took him from the sheepfolds;