...with all their hearts. 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 we have built ! Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy servants : and to their supplication,...

...idea : — " Will God," said he, " in very deed dwell with man upon the earth ? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have built !" Will the Divine Omnipresence take up his dwelling here ? Is not the expectation...

...indeed was Solomon's appeal to God. " But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I hare binlded ? Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, 0 Lord...

...thy servant Davit! my father. 27 liut will God indeed dwell on the earth ? lichold, the heavei and heaven of heavens/ cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that 1 have bnilded ! 28 Yet have Hum respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, 0...

...unto thy servant David. 38 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the etirth ? Behold, heaven and il which I have built ! 19 Have respect therefore to the prayer of thy «mint, and to his supplication,...

...above, or on the earth beneath." — " But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house which I have builded. Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant — and hearken thou to...

...worship at his feet. ' But will God in very deed dwell with man on the earth ? Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee ; how much less this house which I have built?' God is infinitely great and glorious, yet ho hath respect unto the lowly. For,...

...p. 62, but nothing in ATAO). Conversely 1 ' Will God in very deed dwell on earth ? Behold heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee : how much less this house that I have builded?1 I Kings 8". we find in a hymn to Alarduk the temple name E-kur, meaning 1 mountain house...

...anti-anthropomorphic disclaimers (cf. the so-called prayer of Solomon at the dedication of the Temple: "Behold, the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house that 1 have builded" I Kings 8:27). Philo of Alexandria was surely not the first to have felt that Scripture...

...when consecrating the temple, as he is reported to have said in I Kings 8: "Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have built?" The most probable hypothesis is that both monotheism and exalted moral demands were offered...