1 Kings 8:27
But will Elohim indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have builded?
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25 Therefore now, Yahuah Elohim of Israel, keep with your servant David my father that you promisedst him, saying, There shall not fail you a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Israel; so that your children take heed to their way, that they walk before me as you hast walked before me.
26 And now, O Elohim of Israel, let your word, I pray you, be verified, which you spakest unto your servant David my father.
27 But will Elohim indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain you; how much less this house that I have builded?
28 Yet have you respect unto the prayer of your servant, and to his supplication, O Yahuah my Elohim, to hearken unto the cry and to the prayer, which your servant prayeth before you to day:
29 That your eyes may be open toward this house night and day, toward the place of which you hast said, My name shall be there: that you mayest hearken unto the prayer which your servant shall make toward this place.