1 Kings 6:13

13 And I will dwell {among} the {Israelites}, and I will not forsake my people Israel."

1 Kings 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Kings 6:13

And I will dwell among the children of Israel
In this house now building, and which was in the middle of the land, and where he would meet with them, and accept their sacrifices, not only of slain beasts, but of prayer and praise:

and will not forsake my people Israel;
and leave them to the mercy of their enemies, and to be carried captive by them, but protect and defend them.

1 Kings 6:13 In-Context

11 Then the word of Yahweh came to Solomon, saying,

12 "[Regarding] this temple that you are building: if you walk in my ordinances and if you do my judgments and you keep all my commandments to walk in them, then I will establish my promise with you which I made to David your father.

13 And I will dwell {among} the {Israelites}, and I will not forsake my people Israel."

14 So Solomon built the temple and finished it.

15 He lined the walls {of the inside of the house} with boards of cedar; from the floor of the temple up to the rafters of the ceiling he covered [them with] wood {on the inside}. He also covered the floor of the temple with cypress boards.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "in the middle of"
• [b]. Literally "sons/children of Israel"