...the time of its dedication. " But will God indeed," he asked, "dwell on the earth? behold the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded." § This temple which he had raised, * Luke, ii. 22, 24. comp. 27. t Mai. iii. 1. J Hagg. ii. 7. $ 1...

...the occasion of the dedicating his temple, " Will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain Thee ; how much less this house that I have builded." (1 Kings viii. 27.) Certainly the Infinite Being cannot in strictness be comprehended within walls,...

...spakest unto thy servant David my father. 27 But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heaven ow much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines ? 4 Then Da ? 28 Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O LORD my God,...

...simplicity of his -own powerful mind, " But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded !" He then proceeds to call upon the Lord in language as reverential as it is dignified, that his eye...

...circumstance, he inquired, " But will God in very deed dwell with man upon the earth ? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee : how much less this house that I have made !" Only for the space of little more than thirty years did the temple on Moriah retain its pristine...

...spakest unto thy servant David my father. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken...

...first sight, it does seem to do full justice to what can be read in IKings 8.27: 'Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee; how much less this house that I have builded?'43 God could also be conceived as a being who 40 Bultmann, 'New Testament and Mythology' ,...

...place for thee to abide in forever . . . But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?"5 According to the Scriptures, Solomon had later 'turned away his heart after other gods'...

...express the inexpressible is an ancient one: 'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?' (I Kings 8.27) There is a delightful congruity between some concluding remarks by Anzieu (1989, 230)...

...before thee with all their heart. . . . But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded? %t have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God. . . ....