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929/1 Kings 4-8: The Chosen Place
(א) וַיְהִ֣י בִשְׁמוֹנִ֣ים שָׁנָ֣ה וְאַרְבַּ֣ע מֵא֣וֹת שָׁנָ֡ה לְצֵ֣את בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֣ל מֵאֶֽרֶץ־מִצְרַ֩יִם֩ בַּשָּׁנָ֨ה הָרְבִיעִ֜ית בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ זִ֗ו ה֚וּא הַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִ֔י לִמְלֹ֥ךְ שְׁלֹמֹ֖ה עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּ֥בֶן הַבַּ֖יִת לַיקוק׃
(1) In the four hundred and eightieth year after the Israelites left the land of Egypt, in the month of Ziv—that is, the second month—in the fourth year of his reign over Israel, Solomon began to build the House of the LORD.
(יז) תְּבִאֵ֗מוֹ וְתִטָּעֵ֙מוֹ֙ בְּהַ֣ר נַחֲלָֽתְךָ֔ מָכ֧וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֛ פָּעַ֖לְתָּ יקוק מִקְּדָ֕שׁ אדושם כּוֹנְנ֥וּ יָדֶֽיךָ׃
(17) You will bring them and plant them in Your own mountain,
The place You made to dwell in, יקוק,
The sanctuary, O my lord, which Your hands established.
(ח) וְעָ֥שׂוּ לִ֖י מִקְדָּ֑שׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּ֖י בְּתוֹכָֽם׃

(8) And let them make Me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them.

(מה) וְשָׁ֣כַנְתִּ֔י בְּת֖וֹךְ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְהָיִ֥יתִי לָהֶ֖ם לֵאלֹקִֽים׃ (מו) וְיָדְע֗וּ כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י יקוק אֱלֹ֣הֵיהֶ֔ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצֵ֧אתִי אֹתָ֛ם מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרַ֖יִם לְשׇׁכְנִ֣י בְתוֹכָ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יקוק אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ {פ}
(45) I will abide among the Israelites, and I will be their God. (46) And they shall know that I יקוק am their God, who brought them out from the land of Egypt that I might abide among them—I, their God יקוק.
אֲזַל אִיעֲסֵק לֵיהּ לִבְרֵיהּ בֵּי רַבִּי יוֹסֵי בֶּן זִימְרָא. פְּסַקוּ לֵיהּ תַּרְתֵּי סְרֵי שְׁנִין לְמֵיזַל בְּבֵי רַב. אַחְלְפוּהָ קַמֵּיהּ, אֲמַר לְהוּ: נִיהְווֹ שֵׁית שְׁנִין. אַחְלְפוּהָ קַמֵּיהּ, אֲמַר לְהוּ: אֶיכְנֹיס וַהֲדַר אֵיזִיל. הֲוָה קָא מִכְּסִיף מֵאֲבוּהּ. אֲמַר לֵיהּ: בְּנִי, דַּעַת קוֹנְךָ יֵשׁ בָּךְ — מֵעִיקָּרָא כְּתִיב: ״תְּבִיאֵמוֹ וְתִטָּעֵמוֹ״, וּלְבַסּוֹף כְּתִיב: ״וְעָשׂוּ לִי מִקְדָּשׁ וְשָׁכַנְתִּי בְּתוֹכָם״.

He (rabbi Yehuda HaNasi) went and arranged for his son to marry a daughter of the household of Rabbi Yosei ben Zimra. They agreed for first he would sit and learn for 12 years before marrying. They showed him the girl and he said: Let it be just six years. They passed her in front of him again and he said to them: I will marry her now and then go study. He was then ashamed to see his father, but his father said: My son, you have your Maker’s trait: Initially it is written: “You bring them and plant them.” (Ex. 15:17) And ultimately it is written: “And let them make Me a Sanctuary, that I may dwell among them” (Ex. 25:8).

(יב) אָ֖ז אָמַ֣ר שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה יקוק אָמַ֔ר לִשְׁכֹּ֖ן בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃ (יג) בָּנֹ֥ה בָנִ֛יתִי בֵּ֥ית זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ מָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים׃
(12) then Solomon declared:
“The LORD has chosen
To abide in a thick cloud:
(13) I have now built for You
A stately House,
A place where You
May dwell forever.”

(א) אָ֖ז אָמַ֣ר שְׁלֹמֹ֑ה יקוק אָמַ֔ר לִשְׁכּ֖וֹן בָּעֲרָפֶֽל׃ (ב) וַאֲנִ֛י בָּנִ֥יתִי בֵית־זְבֻ֖ל לָ֑ךְ וּמָכ֥וֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ֖ עוֹלָמִֽים׃

(1) Then Solomon declared:
“The LORD has chosen
To abide in a thick cloud;
(2) I have built for You
A stately House,
And a place where You
May dwell forever.”
(כב) וַיַּעֲמֹ֣ד שְׁלֹמֹ֗ה לִפְנֵי֙ מִזְבַּ֣ח יקוק נֶ֖גֶד כׇּל־קְהַ֣ל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּפְרֹ֥שׂ כַּפָּ֖יו הַשָּׁמָֽיִם׃
(22) Then Solomon stood before the altar of the LORD in the presence of the whole community of Israel; he spread the palms of his hands toward heaven