 | John Leland - 1837 - 532 pages
...who were convened on that occasion ; ' 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 ?' 1 Kings viii. 13, 27. When Hezekiah addressed himself solemnly to God for protection against... | |
 | John Leland - 1837 - 524 pages
...who were convened on that occasion ; ' 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 ?' 1 Kings viii. 13, 27. When Hezekiah addressed himself solemnly to God for protection against... | |
 | Robert Philip - 1837 - 348 pages
...of the mind, as he felt who exclaimed, " And will God in very deed dwell with man upon the earth ! The heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, — how much less this house which I have built ?" This was not unbelief ; but faith overwhelmed by the overpowering grandeur of its objects. And here... | |
 | 1837 - 518 pages
...Solomon at the dedication of the temple. " Will God indeed dwell on the earth 1 Behold the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee, how much less this house which I have builded 1" Similar to this was the language which, through Isaiah, was employed by God himself. " The... | |
 | William Ellis - 1837 - 284 pages
...simplicity of his -own powerful mind, " But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded !" He then proceeds to call upon the Lord in language as reverential as it is dignified,... | |
 | Yopie Prins, Maeera Shreiber - 1997 - 396 pages
...(something) like that of Solomon, who builds the Temple and cries out on its accomplishment: "Behold, the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded." Or that of the rabbis who declare that the Holy One, Blessed be He, intends each of the meanings... | |
 | Gregory Wolfe - 1997 - 344 pages
...explicitly repudiated by Solomon in his prayer at the dedication of the Temple: "Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee: how much less this house that I have builded?"11 And these words of Solomon were remembered a thousand years later by Saint... | |
 | Alicia Ostriker - 1994 - 284 pages
...it was finished I prayed aloud to the Divine One, declaring what I obviously already knew. Behold, the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded. Yet if the people believe that God inhabits the temple, they are correct. Can... | |
 | David J. A. Clines - 1998 - 469 pages
...breath — questions that same programme: 'But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!' (v. 27). The theology of the 'name' of God which dwells on earth, while God himself... | |
 | Peter Bluer - 2001 - 476 pages
...servant David. " But will God dwell indeed with man on the earth ? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built ! " 2 Ch 6:1 7-1 8 Now when God wishes to communicate with his elect, who are humans, he communicates... | |
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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 I have built... 
