Quotes about Presence
Solomon also made all the furnishings for the house of the LORD: the golden altar; the golden table on which was placed the Bread of the Presence;
— 1 Kings 7:48
For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles.
— 1 Kings 8:7
The poles extended far enough that their ends were visible from the Holy Place in front of the inner sanctuary, but not from outside the Holy Place; and they are there to this day.
— 1 Kings 8:8
And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
— 1 Kings 8:10
so that the priests could not stand there to minister because of the cloud; for the glory of the LORD filled the house of the LORD.
— 1 Kings 8:11
Then Solomon declared: “The LORD has said that He would dwell in the thick cloud.
— 1 Kings 8:12
May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
— 1 Kings 8:29
May the LORD our God be with us, as He was with our fathers. May He never leave us nor forsake us.
— 1 Kings 8:57
And the LORD said to him: “I have heard your prayer and petition before Me. I have consecrated this temple you have built by putting My Name there forever; My eyes and My heart will be there for all time.
— 1 Kings 9:3
then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples.
— 1 Kings 9:7
“It is I,” he answered. “Go tell your master, ‘Elijah is here!’”
— 1 Kings 18:8
And now you say, ‘Go tell your master that Elijah is here!’
— 1 Kings 18:11