H3588A–כִּי–ki

And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind; for Jehovah searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

Take heed now; for Jehovah hath chosen thee to build a house for the sanctuary: be strong, and do it.

כִּֽי־ ki- “that”

And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished.

כִּי֩ ki “for”

And David the king said unto all the assembly, Solomon my son, whom alone God hath chosen, is yet young and tender, and the work is great; for the palace is not for man, but for Jehovah God.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּ֖י ki “for”

Then the people rejoiced, for that they offered willingly, because with a perfect heart they offered willingly to Jehovah: and David the king also rejoiced with great joy.

כִּ֚י ki “for”

Thine, O Jehovah, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heavens and in the earth [ergänzt: is thine]; thine is the kingdom, O Jehovah, and thou art exalted as head above all.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.

וְכִ֨י (כִ֨י) Khi “that”כִּֽי־ ki- “that”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as all our fathers were: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is no abiding.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of my heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, that are present here, offer willingly unto thee.

כִּ֤י ki “that”

So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for there was the tent of meeting of God, which Moses the servant of Jehovah had made in the wilderness.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

But the ark of God had David brought up from Kiriath-jearim to [ergänzt: the place] that David had prepared for it; for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

כִּ֧י ki “for”

Now, O Jehovah God, let thy promise unto David my father be established; for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

Give me now wisdom and knowledge, that I may go out and come in before this people; for who can judge this thy people, that is so great?

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And the house which I build is great; for great is our God above all gods.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

But who is able to build him a house, seeing heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain him? who am I then, that I should build him a house, save only to burn incense before him?

כִּ֧י ki “for”

Send me also cedar-trees, fir-trees, and algum-trees, out of Lebanon; for I know that thy servants know how to cut timber in Lebanon: and, behold, my servants shall be with thy servants,

כִּ֚י ki “for”

even to prepare me timber in abundance; for the house which I am about to build shall be great and wonderful.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

Thus Solomon made all these vessels in great abundance: for the weight of the brass could not be found out.

כִּ֛י ki “that”

And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not keep their courses;

כִּ֠י ki “for”

it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking Jehovah; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised Jehovah, [ergänzt: saying], For he is good; for his lovingkindness [ergänzt: endureth] for ever; that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of Jehovah,

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּ֥י ki “for”

so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of Jehovah filled the house of God.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

But Jehovah said unto David my father, Whereas it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well that it was in thy heart:

כִּ֥י ki “for”

nevertheless thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

(for Solomon had made a brazen scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of the court; and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!

כִּ֚י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”