1 Kings 8:16 References

16 'aSince the day that I brought My people Israel from Egypt, I did not choose a city out of all the tribes of Israel in which to build a house that bMy name might be there, but cI chose David to be over My people Israel.'

c 1 Samuel 16:1, 2 Samuel 7:8

1 Samuel 16

1 Now the Lord said to Samuel, "aHow long will you grieve over Saul, since bI have rejected him from being king over Israel? cFill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to dJesse the Bethlehemite, for I have eselected a king for Myself among his sons."

2 Samuel 7

8 "Now therefore, thus you shall say to My servant David, 'Thus says the Lord of hosts, "aI took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, bto be ruler over My people Israel.

Other references for 1 Kings 8:16

a 2 Samuel 7:4, 2 Samuel 7:5, 1 Chronicles 17:3-10, 2 Chronicles 6:5

b Deuteronomy 12:5, Deuteronomy 12:11