Text: 1 Kings 8:15-21
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 7:13
Subject: Solomon declares temple fulfills Nathan oracle
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Anchor Text: 2 Sam 7:12-16 — The Davidic Covenant
Significance: In 1 Kings 8:15-21, Solomon's dedication speech explicitly declares the temple as fulfillment of 2 Samuel 7:13, where God promised: "He will build a house for My name" (הוּא יִבְנֶה־בַּיִת לִשְׁמִי). Solomon states, "I have built the house for the name of the LORD" (1 Kgs 8:20), using the same key phrase "house for My name" (בַּיִת לְשֵׁם יְהוָה). He further recounts the dual divine election: God chose no city for His name until now, but chose David as ruler. The completed temple represents the convergence of these two promises — the dynasty and the dwelling place — both inaugurated through Nathan's oracle and now realized in Solomon's construction.
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Text: 2 Samuel 7:13
OT Text Referred to: 1 Kings 8:15-21
Subject: temple completion fulfills Davidic covenant
Source: Schnittjer, Old Testament Use of Old Testament (2021); Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): Promise-Fulfillment
Anchor Text: 2 Sam 7:12-16 — The Davidic Covenant
Significance: 2 Samuel 7:13 contains God's promise: "He will build a house for My Name (לִשְׁמִי, lishmi)." 1 Kings 8:15-21 records Solomon's dedication speech explicitly claiming this fulfillment: "The LORD has fulfilled the word that He spoke... I have built the house for the Name of the LORD, the God of Israel" (1 Kgs 8:20). Solomon recounts the entire arc — David's desire, God's prohibition, the promise of a son who would build — and declares it accomplished. The repetition of לְשֵׁם יְהוָה (leshem YHWH, "for the Name of the LORD") in both texts creates a direct verbal link between promise and fulfillment. Solomon also places the ark — containing the covenant tablets — within the temple, uniting Mosaic covenant and Davidic covenant in a single sacred space.