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text: Ralbag on I Kings
  רלב"ג על מלכים א
  Rabbi Mike Feuer, Jerusalem Anthology
  
  
  Ralbag on I Kings
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  I have surely built You a house to dwell in – He said this as a metaphor for the constant appearance of the Divine Presence in the Holy Temple, far more than it was seen in the other places built for Gd to dwell. This is to be a settled dwelling place forever, as it says “This is My resting place forever…” (Tehillim 132:14) This is because once this holy place was revealed it was forbidden to perform the Divine service in any other place than this one, as is explained in the Torah “For you have not yet come to the resting place or to the inheritance…” (Devarim 12:9)