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 the LORD searcheth all hearts and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou shalt seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou shalt forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

Take heed now; for the LORD 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 the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the LORD.

כִּי֩ ki “for”

Furthermore David the king said to all the congregation, 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 the LORD God.

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּ֖י ki “for”

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

כִּ֚י ki “for”

Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and on the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, 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 from thee, and of thy own have we given thee.

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

For we are strangers before thee, and sojourners, as were all our fathers: 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, who are present here, to offer willingly to thee.

כִּ֤י ki “that”

So Solomon, and all the congregation with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon: for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.

כִּי־ ki- “for”

But the ark of God David had brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it: for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem.

כִּ֧י ki “for”

Now, O LORD God, let thy promise to 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 great people?

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

כִּ֧י ki “for”

Send me also cedar trees, fir trees, and algum trees out of Lebanon: for I know that thy servants have skill 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 wonderfully great.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

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

כִּ֛י ki “that”

And it came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:

כִּ֠י ki “for”

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

כִּ֣י ki “for”כִּ֥י ki “for”

So that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of God.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

But the LORD said to David my father, Forasmuch as it was in thy heart to build a house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thy heart;

כִּ֥י ki “for”

Notwithstanding thou shalt not build the house; but thy son who 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, of 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 upon his knees before all the congregation of Israel, and spread forth his hands towards 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 built!

כִּ֚י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”