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2Chronicles 1
1. And Solomon <08010> the son <01121> of David <01732> was strengthened <02388> in his kingdom <04438>, and the LORD <03068> his God <0430> [was] with him, and magnified <01431> him exceedingly <04605>.
2 Then Solomon <08010> spake <0559> unto all <03605> Israel <03478>, to the captains <08269> of thousands <0505> and of hundreds <03967>, and to the judges <08199>, and to every <03605> governor <05387> in all <03605> Israel <03478>, the chief <07218> of the fathers <01>.
3 So Solomon <08010>, and all <03605> the congregation <06951> with him, went <03212> to the high <01116> place that [was] at Gibeon <01391>; for there <08033> was the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150> of God <0430>, which <0834> Moses <04872> the servant <05650> of the LORD <03068> had <01961> made <06213> in the wilderness <04057>.
4 But the ark <0727> of God <0430> had David <01732> brought <05927> up from Kirjathjearim <07157> to [the place which] David <01732> had prepared <03559> for it: for he had pitched <05186> a tent <0168> for it at Jerusalem <03389>.
5 Moreover the brasen <05178> altar <04196>, that Bezaleel <01212> the son <01121> of Uri <0221>, the son <01121> of Hur <02354>, had made <06213>, he put <07760> before <06440> the tabernacle <04908> of the LORD <03068>: and Solomon <08010> and the congregation <06951> sought <01875> unto it.
6 And Solomon <08010> went <05927> up thither <08033> to the brasen <05178> altar <04196> before <06440> the LORD <03068>, which [was] at the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150>, and offered <05927> a thousand <0505> burnt <05930> offerings upon it.
7 In that night <03915> did God <0430> appear <07200> unto Solomon <08010>, and said <0559> unto him, Ask <07592> what <04100> I shall give <05414> thee.
8 And Solomon <08010> said <0559> unto God <0430>, Thou hast shewed <06213> great <01419> mercy <02617> unto David <01732> my father <025>, and hast made me to reign <04427> in his stead <08478>.
9 Now <06258>, O LORD <03068> God <0430>, let thy promise <01697> unto David <01732> my father <025> be established <0539>: for thou hast made me king <04427> over <05921> a people <05971> like the dust <06083> of the earth <0776> in multitude <07227>.
10 Give <05414> me now <06258> wisdom <02451> and knowledge <04093>, that I may go <03318> out and come <0935> in before <06440> this <02088> people <05971>: for who <04310> can judge <08199> this <02088> thy people <05971>, [that is so] great <01419>?
11 And God <0430> said <0559> to Solomon <08010>, Because this <02063> was in thine heart <03824>, and thou hast not asked <07592> riches <06239>, wealth <05233>, or honour <03519>, nor the life <05315> of thine enemies <08130>, neither <03808> yet <01571> hast asked <07592> long <07227> life <03117>; but hast asked <07592> wisdom <02451> and knowledge <04093> for thyself, that thou mayest judge <08199> my people <05971>, over <05921> whom I have made thee king <04427>:
12 Wisdom <02451> and knowledge <04093> [is] granted <05414> unto thee; and I will give <05414> thee riches <06239>, and wealth <05233>, and honour <03519>, such <0834> as none <03808> of the kings <04428> have had <01961> that [have been] before <06440> thee, neither <03808> shall there any after <0310> thee have <01961> the like <03651>.
13. Then Solomon <08010> came <0935> [from his journey] to the high <01116> place that [was] at Gibeon <01391> to Jerusalem <03389>, from before <06440> the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150>, and reigned <04427> over <05921> Israel <03478>.
14 And Solomon <08010> gathered <0622> chariots <07393> and horsemen <06571>: and he had <01961> a thousand <0505> and four <0702> hundred <03967> chariots <07393>, and twelve thousand <0505> horsemen <06571>, which he placed <03240> in the chariot <07393> cities <05892>, and with the king <04428> at Jerusalem <03389>.
15 And the king <04428> made <05414> silver <03701> and gold <02091> at Jerusalem <03389> [as plenteous] as stones <068>, and cedar <0730> trees made <05414> he as the sycomore <08256> trees that [are] in the vale <08219> for abundance <07230>.
16 And Solomon <08010> had horses <05483> brought <04161> out of Egypt <04714>, and linen <04723> yarn <04723>: the king's <04428> merchants <05503> received <03947> the linen <04723> yarn <04723> at a price <04242>.
17 And they fetched <05927> up, and brought <03318> forth <03318> out of Egypt <04714> a chariot <04818> for six <08337> hundred <03967> [shekels] of silver <03701>, and an horse <05483> for an hundred <03967> and fifty <02572>: and so brought <03318> they out [horses <05483>] for all <03605> the kings <04428> of the Hittites <02850>, and for the kings <04428> of Syria <0758>, by their means <03027>.
2Chronicles 2
1. And Solomon <08010> determined <0559> to build <01129> an house <01004> for the name <08034> of the LORD <03068>, and an house <01004> for his kingdom <04438>.
2 And Solomon <08010> told <05608> out threescore <07657> and ten thousand <0505> men <0376> to bear <05445> burdens <05449>, and fourscore <08084> thousand <0505> to hew <02672> in the mountain <02022>, and three <07969> thousand <0505> and six <08337> hundred <03967> to oversee <05329> them.
3 And Solomon <08010> sent <07971> to Huram <02361> the king <04428> of Tyre <06865>, saying <0559>, As thou didst deal <06213> with David <01732> my father <025>, and didst send <07971> him cedars <0730> to build <01129> him an house <01004> to dwell <03427> therein, [even so deal with me].
4 Behold <02009>, I build <01129> an house <01004> to the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> my God <0430>, to dedicate <06942> [it] to him, [and] to burn <06999> before <06440> him sweet <05561> incense <07004>, and for the continual <08548> shewbread <04635>, and for the burnt <05930> offerings morning <01242> and evening <06153>, on the sabbaths <07676>, and on the new <02320> moons <02320>, and on the solemn <04150> feasts <04150> of the LORD <03068> our God <0430>. This <02063> [is an ordinance] for ever <05769> to Israel <03478>.
5 And the house <01004> which <0834> I build <01129> [is] great <01419>: for great <01419> [is] our God <0430> above all <03605> gods <0430>.
6 But who <04310> is able to build <01129> him an house <01004>, seeing the heaven <08064> and heaven <08064> of heavens <08064> cannot <03808> contain <03557> him? who <04310> [am] I then, that I should build <01129> him an house <01004>, save <0518> only to burn <06999> sacrifice before <06440> him?
7 Send <07971> me now <06258> therefore a man <0376> cunning <02450> to work <06213> in gold <02091>, and in silver <03701>, and in brass <05178>, and in iron <01270>, and in purple <0710>, and crimson <03758>, and blue <08504>, and that can skill <03045> to grave <06603> with the cunning <02450> men that [are] with me in Judah <03063> and in Jerusalem <03389>, whom <0834> David <01732> my father <025> did provide <03559>.
8 Send <07971> me also cedar <0730> trees <06086>, fir <01265> trees, and algum <0418> trees, out of Lebanon <03844>: for I know <03045> that thy servants <05650> can skill <03045> to cut <03772> timber <06086> in Lebanon <03844>; and, behold <02009>, my servants <05650> [shall be] with thy servants <05650>,
9 Even to prepare <03559> me timber <06086> in abundance <07230>: for the house <01004> which <0834> I am about to build <01129> [shall be] wonderful <06381> great <01419>.
10 And, behold <02009>, I will give <05414> to thy servants <05650>, the hewers <02404> that cut <03772> timber <06086>, twenty <06242> thousand <0505> measures <03734> of beaten <04347> wheat <02406>, and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> measures <03734> of barley <08184>, and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> baths <01324> of wine <03196>, and twenty <06242> thousand <0505> baths <01324> of oil <08081>.
11. Then Huram <02438> the king <04428> of Tyre <06865> answered <0559> in writing <03791>, which he sent <07971> to Solomon <08010>, Because the LORD <03068> hath loved <0160> his people <05971>, he hath made <05414> thee king <04427> over <05921> them.
12 Huram <02361> said <0559> moreover, Blessed <01288> [be] the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, that made <06213> heaven <08064> and earth <0776>, who <0834> hath given <05414> to David <01732> the king <04428> a wise <02450> son <01121>, endued <03045> with prudence <07922> and understanding <0998>, that might build <01129> an house <01004> for the LORD <03068>, and an house <01004> for his kingdom.
13 And now <06258> I have sent <07971> a cunning <02450> man <0376>, endued <03045> with understanding <0998>, of Huram <02438> my father's <01>,
14 The son <01121> of a woman <0802> of the daughters <01121> of Dan <01835>, and his father <025> [was] a man <0376> of Tyre <06876>, skilful <03045> to work <06213> in gold <02091>, and in silver <03701>, in brass <05178>, in iron <01270>, in stone <068>, and in timber <06086>, in purple <0713>, in blue <08504>, and in fine linen <0948>, and in crimson <03758>; also to grave <06605> any <03605> manner of graving <06603>, and to find <02803> out every <03605> device <04284> which <0834> shall be put <05414> to him, with thy cunning <02450> men, and with the cunning <02450> men of my lord <0113> David <01732> thy father <025>.
15 Now <06258> therefore the wheat <02406>, and the barley <08184>, the oil <08081>, and the wine <03196>, which <0834> my lord <0113> hath spoken <0559> of, let him send <07971> unto his servants <05650>:
16 And we will cut <03772> wood <06086> out of Lebanon <03844>, as much <03605> as thou shalt need <06878>: and we will bring <0935> it to thee in floats by sea <03220> to Joppa <03305>; and thou shalt carry <05927> it up to Jerusalem <03389>.
17 And Solomon <08010> numbered <05608> all <03605> the strangers that [were] in the land <0776> of Israel <03478>, after <0310> the numbering <05610> wherewith <0834> David <01732> his father <025> had numbered <05608> them; and they were found <04672> an hundred <03967> and fifty <02572> thousand <0505> and three <07969> thousand <0505> and six <08337> hundred <03967>.
18 And he set <06213> threescore <07657> and ten thousand <0505> of them [to be] bearers <05449> of burdens <05449>, and fourscore <08084> thousand <0505> [to be] hewers <02672> in the mountain <02022>, and three <07969> thousand <0505> and six <08337> hundred <03967> overseers <05329> to set the people <05971> a work <05647>.
2Chronicles 3
1. Then Solomon <08010> began <02490> to build <01129> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> at Jerusalem <03389> in mount <02022> Moriah <04179>, where <0834> [the LORD] appeared <07200> unto David <01732> his father <025>, in the place <04725> that David <01732> had prepared <03559> in the threshingfloor <01637> of Ornan <0771> the Jebusite <02983>.
2 And he began <02490> to build <01129> in the second <08145> [day] of the second <08145> month <02320>, in the fourth <0702> year <08141> of his reign <04438>.
3 Now these <0428> [are the things wherein] Solomon <08010> was instructed <03245> for the building <01129> of the house <01004> of God <0430>. The length <0753> by cubits <0520> after the first <07223> measure <04060> [was] threescore <08346> cubits <0520>, and the breadth <07341> twenty <06242> cubits <0520>.
4 And the porch <0197> that [was] in the front <06440> [of the house], the length <0753> [of it was] according <05921> to the breadth <07341> of the house <01004>, twenty <06242> cubits <0520>, and the height <01363> [was] an hundred <03967> and twenty <06242>: and he overlaid <06823> it within <06441> with pure <02889> gold <02091>.
5 And the greater <01419> house <01004> he cieled <02645> with fir <01265> tree <06086>, which he overlaid <02645> with fine <02896> gold <02091>, and set <05927> thereon <05921> palm <08561> trees and chains <08333>.
6 And he garnished <06823> the house <01004> with precious <03368> stones <068> for beauty <08597>: and the gold <02091> [was] gold <02091> of Parvaim <06516>.
7 He overlaid <02645> also the house <01004>, the beams <06982>, the posts <05592>, and the walls <07023> thereof, and the doors <01817> thereof, with gold <02091>; and graved <06605> cherubims <03742> on <05921> the walls <07023>.
8 And he made <06213> the most <06944> holy <06944> house <01004>, the length <0753> whereof [was] according <05921> to the breadth <07341> of the house <01004>, twenty <06242> cubits <0520>, and the breadth <07341> thereof twenty <06242> cubits <0520>: and he overlaid <02645> it with fine <02896> gold <02091>, [amounting] to six <08337> hundred <03967> talents <03603>.
9 And the weight <04948> of the nails <04548> [was] fifty <02572> shekels <08255> of gold <02091>. And he overlaid <02645> the upper <05944> chambers <05944> with gold <02091>.
10. And in the most <06944> holy <06944> house <01004> he made <06213> two <08147> cherubims <03742> of image <06816> work <04639>, and overlaid <06823> them with gold <02091>.
11 And the wings <03671> of the cherubims <03742> [were] twenty <06242> cubits <0520> long <0753>: one <0259> wing <03671> [of the one cherub was] five <02568> cubits <0520>, reaching <05060> to the wall <07023> of the house <01004>: and the other <0312> wing <03671> [was likewise] five <02568> cubits <0520>, reaching <05060> to the wing <03671> of the other <0312> cherub <03742>.
12 And [one] wing <03671> of the other <0259> cherub <03742> [was] five <02568> cubits <0520>, reaching <05060> to the wall <07023> of the house <01004>: and the other <0312> wing <03671> [was] five <02568> cubits <0520> [also], joining <01692> to the wing <03671> of the other <0312> cherub <03742>.
13 The wings <03671> of these <0428> cherubims <03742> spread <06566> themselves forth twenty <06242> cubits <0520>: and they stood <05975> on <05921> their feet <07272>, and their faces <06440> [were] inward <01004>.
14 And he made <06213> the vail <06532> [of] blue <08504>, and purple <0713>, and crimson <03758>, and fine linen <0948>, and wrought <05927> cherubims <03742> thereon <05921>.
15 Also he made <06213> before <06440> the house <01004> two <08147> pillars <05982> of thirty <07970> and five <02568> cubits <0520> high <0753>, and the chapiter <06858> that [was] on <05921> the top <07218> of each of them [was] five <02568> cubits <0520>.
16 And he made <06213> chains <08333>, [as] in the oracle <01687>, and put <05414> [them] on <05921> the heads <07218> of the pillars <05982>; and made <06213> an hundred <03967> pomegranates <07416>, and put <05414> [them] on the chains <08333>.
17 And he reared <06965> up the pillars <05982> before <05921> the temple <01964>, one <0259> on the right <03225> hand, and the other <0259> on the left <08040>; and called <07121> the name <08034> of that on the right <03227> hand <03027> Jachin <03199>, and the name <08034> of that on the left <08042> Boaz <01162>.
2Chronicles 4
1. Moreover he made <06213> an altar <04196> of brass <05178>, twenty <06242> cubits <0520> the length <0753> thereof, and twenty <06242> cubits <0520> the breadth <07341> thereof, and ten <06235> cubits <0520> the height <06967> thereof.
2 Also he made <06213> a molten <03332> sea <03220> of ten <06235> cubits <0520> from brim <08193> to brim <08193>, round <05696> in compass <05439>, and five <02568> cubits <0520> the height <06967> thereof; and a line <06957> of thirty <07970> cubits <0520> did compass <05437> it round <05439> about.
3 And under <08478> it [was] the similitude <01823> of oxen <01241>, which did compass <05437> it round <05439> about: ten <06235> in a cubit <0520>, compassing <05362> the sea <03220> round <05439> about. Two <08147> rows <02905> of oxen <01241> [were] cast <03332>, when it was cast <04166>.
4 It stood <05975> upon twelve oxen <01241>, three <07969> looking <06437> toward the north <06828>, and three <07969> looking <06437> toward the west <03220>, and three <07969> looking <06437> toward the south <05045>, and three <07969> looking <06437> toward the east <04217>: and the sea <03220> [was set] above <04605> upon them, and all <03605> their hinder <0268> parts [were] inward <01004>.
5 And the thickness <05672> of it [was] an handbreadth <02947>, and the brim <08193> of it like <03651> the work <04639> of the brim <08193> of a cup <03563>, with flowers <06525> of lilies <07799>; [and] it received <02388> and held <03557> three <07969> thousand <0505> baths <01324>.
6 He made <06213> also ten <06235> lavers <03595>, and put <05414> five <02568> on the right <03225> hand, and five <02568> on the left <08040>, to wash <07364> in them: such things as they offered <04639> for the burnt <05930> offering they washed <01740> in them; but the sea <03220> [was] for the priests <03548> to wash <07364> in.
7 And he made <06213> ten <06235> candlesticks <04501> of gold <02091> according to their form <04941>, and set <05414> [them] in the temple <01964>, five <02568> on the right <03225> hand, and five <02568> on the left <08040>.
8 He made <06213> also ten <06235> tables <07979>, and placed <03240> [them] in the temple <01964>, five <02568> on the right <03225> side, and five <02568> on the left <08040>. And he made <06213> an hundred <03967> basons <04219> of gold <02091>.
9 Furthermore he made <06213> the court <02691> of the priests <03548>, and the great <01419> court <05835>, and doors <01817> for the court <05835>, and overlaid <06823> the doors <01817> of them with brass <05178>.
10 And he set <05414> the sea <03220> on the right <03233> side <03802> of the east <06924> end, over <04136> against <04136> the south <05045>.
11. And Huram <02361> made <06213> the pots <05518>, and the shovels <03257>, and the basons <04219>. And Huram <02361> finished <03615> the work <04399> that he was to make <06213> for king <04428> Solomon <08010> for the house <01004> of God <0430>;
12 [To wit], the two <08147> pillars <05982>, and the pommels <01543>, and the chapiters <03805> [which were] on <05921> the top <07218> of the two pillars <05982>, and the two <08147> wreaths <07639> to cover <03680> the two <08147> pommels <01543> of the chapiters <03805> which <0834> [were] on <05921> the top <07218> of the pillars <05982>;
13 And four <0702> hundred <03967> pomegranates <07416> on the two <08147> wreaths <07639>; two <08147> rows <02905> of pomegranates <07416> on each <0259> wreath <07639>, to cover <03680> the two <08147> pommels <01543> of the chapiters <03805> which <0834> [were] upon the pillars <05982>.
14 He made <06213> also bases <04350>, and lavers <03595> made <06213> he upon the bases <04350>;
15 One <0259> sea <03220>, and twelve oxen <01241> under <08478> it.
16 The pots <05518> also, and the shovels <03257>, and the fleshhooks <04207>, and all <03605> their instruments <03627>, did Huram <02361> his father <025> make <06213> to king <04428> Solomon <08010> for the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> of bright <04838> brass <05178>.
17 In the plain <03603> of Jordan <03383> did the king <04428> cast <03332> them, in the clay <04568> ground <0127> between <0996> Succoth <05523> and Zeredathah.
18 Thus Solomon <08010> made <06213> all <03605> these <0428> vessels <03627> in great <03966> abundance <07230>: for the weight <04948> of the brass <05178> could not be found <02713> out.
19 And Solomon <08010> made <06213> all <03605> the vessels <03627> that [were for] the house <01004> of God <0430>, the golden <02091> altar <04196> also, and the tables <07979> whereon <05921> the shewbread [was set];
20 Moreover the candlesticks <04501> with their lamps <05216>, that they should burn <01197> after the manner <04941> before <06440> the oracle <01687>, of pure <05462> gold <02091>;
21 And the flowers <06525>, and the lamps <05216>, and the tongs <04457>, [made he of] gold <02091>, [and] that perfect <04357> gold <02091>;
22 And the snuffers <04212>, and the basons <04219>, and the spoons <03709>, and the censers <04289>, [of] pure <05462> gold <02091>: and the entry <06607> of the house <01004>, the inner <06442> doors <01817> thereof for the most <06944> holy <06944> [place], and the doors <01817> of the house <01004> of the temple <01964>, [were of] gold <02091>.
2Chronicles 5
1. Thus all the work <04399> that Solomon <08010> made <06213> for the house <01004> of the LORD <03068> was finished <07999>: and Solomon <08010> brought <0935> in [all <03605>] the things that David <01732> his father <025> had dedicated <06944>; and the silver <03701>, and the gold <02091>, and all <03605> the instruments <03627>, put <05414> he among the treasures <0214> of the house <01004> of God <0430>.
2 Then <0227> Solomon <08010> assembled <06950> the elders <02205> of Israel <03478>, and all <03605> the heads <07218> of the tribes <04294>, the chief <05387> of the fathers <01> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, unto Jerusalem <03389>, to bring <05927> up the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> out of the city <05892> of David <01732>, which <01958> [is] Zion <06726>.
3 Wherefore all <03605> the men <0376> of Israel <03478> assembled <06950> themselves unto the king <04428> in the feast <02282> which <01931> [was] in the seventh <07637> month <02320>.
4 And all <03605> the elders <02205> of Israel <03478> came <0935>; and the Levites <03881> took <05375> up the ark <0727>.
5 And they brought <05927> up the ark <0727>, and the tabernacle <0168> of the congregation <04150>, and all <03605> the holy <06944> vessels <03627> that [were] in the tabernacle <0168>, these did the priests <03548> [and] the Levites <03881> bring <05927> up.
6 Also king <04428> Solomon <08010>, and all <03605> the congregation <05712> of Israel <03478> that were assembled <03259> unto him before <06440> the ark <0727>, sacrificed <02076> sheep <06629> and oxen <01241>, which <0834> could not be told <05608> nor <03808> numbered <04487> for multitude <07230>.
7 And the priests <03548> brought <0935> in the ark <0727> of the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068> unto his place <04725>, to the oracle <01687> of the house <01004>, into <0413> the most <06944> holy <06944> [place, even] under <08478> the wings <03671> of the cherubims <03742>:
8 For the cherubims <03742> spread <06566> forth [their] wings <03671> over <05921> the place <04725> of the ark <0727>, and the cherubims <03742> covered <03680> the ark <0727> and the staves <0905> thereof above <04605>.
9 And they drew <0748> out the staves <0905> [of the ark <0727>], that the ends <07218> of the staves <0905> were seen <07200> from the ark before the oracle <01687>; but they were not seen <07200> without <02351>. And there <08033> it is unto this <02088> day <03117>.
10 [There was] nothing <0369> in the ark <0727> save <07535> the two <08147> tables <03871> which <0834> Moses <04872> put <05414> [therein] at Horeb <02722>, when <0834> the LORD <03068> made <03772> [a covenant] with the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, when they came <03318> out of Egypt <04714>.
11. And it came <01961> to pass, when the priests <03548> were come <03318> out of the holy <06944> [place]: (for all <03605> the priests <03548> [that were] present <04672> were sanctified <06942>, [and] did not [then] wait <08104> by course <04256>:
12 Also the Levites <03881> [which were] the singers <07891>, all <03605> of them of Asaph <0623>, of Heman <01968>, of Jeduthun <03038>, with their sons <01121> and their brethren <0251>, [being] arrayed <03847> in white linen <0948>, having cymbals <04700> and psalteries <05035> and harps <03658>, stood <05975> at the east <04217> end of the altar <04196>, and with them an hundred <03967> and twenty <06242> priests <03548> sounding <02690> with trumpets <02689>:)
13 It came <01961> even to pass, as the trumpeters <02689> and singers <07891> [were] as one <0259>, to make one <0259> sound <06963> to be heard <08085> in praising <01984> and thanking <03034> the LORD <03068>; and when they lifted <07311> up [their] voice <06963> with the trumpets and cymbals <04700> and instruments <03627> of musick <07892>, and praised <01984> the LORD <03068>, [saying], For [he is] good <02896>; for his mercy <02617> [endureth] for ever <05769>: that [then] the house <01004> was filled <04390> with a cloud <06051>, [even] the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>;
14 So that the priests <03548> could <03201> not stand <05975> to minister <08334> by reason <06440> of the cloud <06051>: for the glory <03519> of the LORD <03068> had filled <04390> the house <01004> of God <0430>.
2Chronicles 6
1. Then <0227> said <0559> Solomon <08010>, The LORD <03068> hath said <0559> that he would dwell <07931> in the thick darkness <06205>.
2 But I have built <01129> an house <01004> of habitation <02073> for thee, and a place <04349> for thy dwelling <03427> for ever <05769>.
3 And the king <04428> turned <05437> his face <06440>, and blessed <01288> the whole congregation <06951> of Israel <03478>: and all <03605> the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478> stood <05975>.
4 And he said <0559>, Blessed <01288> [be] the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, who hath with his hands <03027> fulfilled <04390> [that] which <0834> he spake <01696> with his mouth <06310> to my father <025> David <01732>, saying <0559>,
5 Since <04480> the day <03117> that I brought <03318> forth <03318> my people <05971> out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> I chose <0977> no <03808> city <05892> among all <03605> the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> to build <01129> an house <01004> in, that my name <08034> might be there <08033>; neither <03808> chose <0977> I any man <0376> to be a ruler <05057> over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>:
6 But I have chosen <0977> Jerusalem <03389>, that my name <08034> might be there <08033>; and have chosen <0977> David <01732> to be over <05921> my people <05971> Israel <03478>.
7 Now it was in the heart <03824> of David <01732> my father <025> to build <01129> an house <01004> for the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
8 But the LORD <03068> said <0559> to David <01732> my father <025>, Forasmuch as it was in thine heart <03824> to build <01129> an house <01004> for my name <08034>, thou didst well <02895> in that it was in thine heart <03824>:
9 Notwithstanding <07535> thou shalt not build <01129> the house <01004>; but thy son <01121> which shall come <03318> forth <03318> out of thy loins <02504>, he shall build <01129> the house <01004> for my name <08034>.
10 The LORD <03068> therefore hath performed <06965> his word <01697> that he hath spoken <01696>: for I am risen <06965> up in the room <08478> of David <01732> my father <025>, and am set <03427> on <05921> the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>, as the LORD <03068> promised <01696>, and have built <01129> the house <01004> for the name <08034> of the LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>.
11 And in it have I put <07760> the ark <0727>, wherein [is] the covenant <01285> of the LORD <03068>, that he made <03772> with the children <01121> of Israel <03478>.
12. And he stood <05975> before <06440> the altar <04196> of the LORD <03068> in the presence <05048> of all <03605> the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478>, and spread <06566> forth his hands <03709>:
13 For Solomon <08010> had made <06213> a brasen <05178> scaffold <03595>, of five <02568> cubits <0520> long <0753>, and five <02568> cubits <0520> broad <07341>, and three <07969> cubits <0520> high <06967>, and had set <05414> it in the midst <08432> of the court <05835>: and upon it he stood <05975>, and kneeled <01288> down upon his knees <01290> before <05048> all <03605> the congregation <06951> of Israel <03478>, and spread <06566> forth his hands <03709> toward heaven <08064>,
14 And said <0559>, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, [there is] no <0369> God <0430> like <03644> thee in the heaven <08064>, nor in the earth <0776>; which keepest <08104> covenant <01285>, and [shewest] mercy <02617> unto thy servants <05650>, that walk <01980> before <06440> thee with all <03605> their hearts <03820>:
15 Thou which hast kept <08104> with thy servant <05650> David <01732> my father <025> that which <0834> thou hast promised <01696> him; and spakest <01696> with thy mouth <06310>, and hast fulfilled <04390> [it] with thine hand <03027>, as [it is] this day <03117>.
16 Now <06258> therefore, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, keep <08104> with thy servant <05650> David <01732> my father <025> that which <0834> thou hast promised <01696> him, saying <0559>, There shall not fail <03772> thee a man <0376> in my sight <06440> to sit <03427> upon the throne <03678> of Israel <03478>; yet <07535> so that thy children <01121> take heed <08104> to their way <01870> to walk <03212> in my law <08451>, as thou hast walked <03212> before <06440> me.
17 Now <06258> then, O LORD <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478>, let thy word <01697> be verified <0539>, which <0834> thou hast spoken <01696> unto thy servant <05650> David <01732>.
18 But will God <0430> in very <0552> deed dwell <03427> with men <0120> on <05921> the earth <0776>? behold <02009>, heaven <08064> and the heaven <08064> of heavens <08064> cannot <03808> contain <03557> thee; how <0637> much <0637> less this <02088> house <01004> which <0834> I have built <01129>!
19 Have respect <06437> therefore to the prayer <08605> of thy servant <05650>, and to his supplication <08467>, O LORD <03068> my God <0430>, to hearken <08085> unto the cry <07440> and the prayer <08605> which <0834> thy servant <05650> prayeth <06419> before <06440> thee:
20 That thine eyes <05869> may be open <06605> upon this <02088> house <01004> day <03119> and night <03915>, upon the place <04725> whereof <0834> thou hast said <0559> that thou wouldest put <07760> thy name <08034> there <08033>; to hearken <08085> unto the prayer <08605> which <0834> thy servant <05650> prayeth <06419> toward <0413> this <02088> place <04725>.
21 Hearken <08085> therefore unto the supplications <08469> of thy servant <05650>, and of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, which <0834> they shall make toward <0413> this <02088> place <04725>: hear <08085> thou from thy dwelling <03427> place <04725>, [even] from heaven <08064>; and when thou hearest <08085>, forgive <05545>.
22 If <0518> a man <0376> sin <02398> against his neighbour <07453>, and an oath <0423> be laid <05375> upon him to make him swear <0422>, and the oath <0423> come <0935> before <06440> thine altar <04196> in this <02088> house <01004>;
23 Then hear <08085> thou from heaven <08064>, and do <06213>, and judge <08199> thy servants <05650>, by requiting <07725> the wicked <07563>, by recompensing <05414> his way <01870> upon his own head <07218>; and by justifying <06663> the righteous <06662>, by giving <05414> him according to his righteousness <06666>.
24 And if <0518> thy people <05971> Israel <03478> be put to the worse <05062> before <06440> the enemy <0341>, because <03588> they have sinned <02398> against thee; and shall return <07725> and confess <03034> thy name <08034>, and pray <06419> and make supplication <02603> before <06440> thee in this <02088> house <01004>;
25 Then hear <08085> thou from the heavens <08064>, and forgive <05545> the sin <02403> of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, and bring <07725> them again <07725> unto the land <0127> which <0834> thou gavest <05414> to them and to their fathers <01>.
26 When the heaven <08064> is shut <06113> up, and there is no <03808> rain <04306>, because <03588> they have sinned <02398> against thee; [yet] if they pray <06419> toward <0413> this <02088> place <04725>, and confess <03034> thy name <08034>, and turn <07725> from their sin <02403>, when <03588> thou dost afflict <06031> them;
27 Then hear <08085> thou from heaven <08064>, and forgive <05545> the sin <02403> of thy servants <05650>, and of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, when <03588> thou hast taught <03384> them the good <02896> way <01870>, wherein <0834> they should walk <03212>; and send <05414> rain <04306> upon thy land <0776>, which <0834> thou hast given <05414> unto thy people <05971> for an inheritance <05159>.
28 If <03588> there be dearth <07458> in the land <0776>, if <03588> there be pestilence <01698>, if <03588> there be blasting <07711>, or mildew <03420>, locusts <0697>, or caterpillers <02625>; if <03588> their enemies <0341> besiege <06696> them in the cities <08179> of their land <0776>; whatsoever <03605> sore <05061> or whatsoever <03605> sickness <04245> [there be]:
29 [Then] what <0834> prayer <08605> [or] what <0834> supplication <08467> soever <0834> shall be made of any <03605> man <0120>, or of all <03605> thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, when <0834> every <0376> one shall know <03045> his own sore <05061> and his own grief <04341>, and shall spread <06566> forth his hands <03709> in this <02088> house <01004>:
30 Then hear <08085> thou from heaven <08064> thy dwelling <03427> place <04349>, and forgive <05545>, and render <05415> unto every man <0120> according unto all <03605> his ways <01870>, whose heart <03824> thou knowest <03045>; (for thou only knowest <03045> the hearts <03824> of the children <01121> of men <0120>:)
31 That they may fear <03372> thee, to walk <03212> in thy ways <01870>, so <03605> long <03117> as they live <02416> in the land <0127> which <0834> thou gavest <05414> unto our fathers <01>.
32 Moreover <01571> concerning <0413> the stranger <05237>, which <0834> is not of thy people <05971> Israel <03478>, but is come <0935> from a far <07350> country <0776> for thy great <01419> name's <08034> sake <04616>, and thy mighty <02389> hand <03027>, and thy stretched <05186> out arm <02220>; if they come <0935> and pray <06419> in this <02088> house <01004>;
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