1st Kings 8:16
From the day in which I led my people Israel out of Egypt, I chose not a city of all the lineages of Israel, that an house should be builded, and my name should be there; but I chose David, that he should be over my people Israel.This verse in the real world
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- בָּחַרbâcharproperly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select
- שֵׁבֶטshêbeṭa scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.
- בָּנָהbânâhto build (literally and figuratively)
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimMitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- שֵׁםshêman appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, ch
- עִירʻîyra city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampme
- דָּוִדDâvidDavid, the youngest son of Jesse
- יָצָאyâtsâʼto go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figurati
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
1Sa 16:1, 1Ki 8:29, Deu 12:11, 2Sa 7:4–8, 1Ch 28:4, 1Ch 17:5–6, Psa 132:13, Deu 12:5