1 Kings 8:27

“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?”

"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?" - 1 Kings 8:27
Commentary

What does 1 Kings 8:27 mean?

In 1 Kings 8:27, the King James Version of the Bible reads, "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?" This verse comes from the passage in the Bible where King Solomon has…

Read full commentaryDevotional

The Infinite God and Our Finite Worship

**Scripture Reference: 1 Kings 8:27 (KJV)** "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?" As Solomon inaugurated the temple, a monumental achievement for the nation of Israel…

Read devotionalPrayer

A Prayer of Reverence and Acknowledgment of God's Majesty

O Lord God, Creator of the heavens and the earth, I come before Thee humbly, drawn by the profound wisdom encapsulated in the words of Solomon when he posed the questioning wonder: "But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain…

Read prayer

Artwork for 1 Kings 8:27

See all →
1 Kings 8:27 - "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?"
1 Kings 8:27 - "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?"
1 Kings 7:27-38
Exodus 27:1-8
1 Kings 7:27-38
1 Kings 8:6-8
1 Kings 8:10
1 Kings 8:21
1 Kings 8:21
1 Kings 8:10
1 kings 8:7
1 Kings 8:10
1 Kings 8:10
1 Kings 8:7
1 Kings 8:21
1 Kings 8:10
1 Chronicles 8:27 - "And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham."
2 Kings 8:27 - "And he walked in the way of the house of Ahab, and did evil in the sight of the LORD, as did the house of Ahab: for he was the son in law of the house of Ahab."
1 Kings 8:10
1 kings 8:7
1 Kings 8:22
1 Kings 8:21
1 Kings 8:10
1 Kings 16:27 - "Now the rest of the acts of Omri which he did, and his might that he shewed, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?"
1 Kings 13:27 - "And he spake to his sons, saying, Saddle me the ass. And they saddled him."
1 kings 7:8
1 Kings 10:27 - "And the king made silver to be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars made he to be as the sycomore trees that are in the vale, for abundance."
1 Kings 3:27 - "Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof."
1 Kings 9:27 - "And Hiram sent in the navy his servants, shipmen that had knowledge of the sea, with the servants of Solomon."