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1 Kings 8:27
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27 “God does not really live on the earth![a] Look, if the sky and the highest heaven cannot contain you, how much less this temple I have built!

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  1. 1 Kings 8:27 tn Heb “Indeed, can God really live on the earth?” The rhetorical question expects the answer, “Of course not,” the force of which the translation above seeks to reflect.
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1 Kings 8:27
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27 “But will God really dwell(A) on earth? The heavens, even the highest heaven,(B) cannot contain(C) you. How much less this temple I have built!

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