1 Kings 8:27 (GNV)

Passage

Is it true in deede that God will dwell on the earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: howe much more vnable is this house that I haue built?

Nearby Context

1 Kings 8:25 Therefore now, Lord God of Israel, keepe with thy seruant Dauid my father that thou hast promised him, saying, Thou shalt not want a man in my sight to sit vpon ye throne of Israel: so that thy childre take heed to their way, that they walke before me; as thou hast walked in my sight

1 Kings 8:26 And nowe, O God of Israel, I pray thee, let thy worde be verified, which thou spakest vnto thy seruant Dauid my father.

1 Kings 8:27 Is it true in deede that God will dwell on the earth? beholde, the heauens, and the heauens of heauens are not able to conteine thee: howe much more vnable is this house that I haue built?

1 Kings 8:28 But haue thou respect vnto the prayer of thy seruant, and to his supplication, O Lord, my God, to heare the cry and prayer which thy seruant prayeth before thee this day:

1 Kings 8:29 That thine eyes may be open toward this house, night and day, euen towarde the place whereof thou hast said, My Name shalbe there: that thou mayest hearken vnto the prayer which thy seruant prayeth in this place.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "true", "deede", "dwell", "earth", "beholde", and "heauens". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "true" and "deede", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 26's "And nowe O God of Israel I..." into verse 28's "But haue thou respect vnto the prayer...", so "true" and "deede" belong inside that flow. In 1 Kings context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "true" and "deede" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.