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1 Then Solomon as­sem­bled the el­ders of Is­rael, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fa­thers of the chil­dren of Is­rael, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion. 2 And all the men of Is­rael as­sem­bled them­selves unto king Solomon at the feast in the month Ethanim, which is the sev­enth month. 3 And all the el­ders of Is­rael came, and the priests took up the ark. 4 And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the taber­na­cle of the con­gre­ga­tion, and all the holy ves­sels that were in the taber­na­cle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up. 5 And king Solomon, and all the con­gre­ga­tion of Is­rael, that were as­sem­bled unto him, were with him be­fore the ark, sac­ri­fic­ing sheep and ox­en, that could not be told nor num­bered for mul­ti­tude. 6 And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the or­a­cle of the house, to the most holy ­place, even un­der the wings of the cheru­bims. 7 For the cheru­bims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cheru­bims cov­ered the ark and the staves there­of above. 8 And they drew out the staves, that the ends of the staves were seen out in the holy place be­fore the or­a­cle, and they were not seen with­out: and there they are unto this day. 9 There was noth­ing in the ark save the two ta­bles of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the chil­dren of Is­rael, when they came out of the land of Egypt. 10 And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD, 11 So that the priests could not stand to min­is­ter be­cause of the cloud: for the glo­ry of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD. 12 Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in the thick dark­ness. 13 I have sure­ly built thee an house to dwell in, a set­tled place for thee to abide in for ev­er. 14 And the king turned his face about, and blessed all the con­gre­ga­tion of Is­rael: (and all the con­gre­ga­tion of Is­rael stood;) 15 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Is­rael, which spake with his mouth unto David my fa­ther, and hath with his hand ful­filled it, say­ing, 16 Since the day that I brought forth my peo­ple Is­rael out of Egypt, I chose no city out of all the tribes of Is­rael to build an house, that my name might be there­in; but I chose David to be over my peo­ple Is­rael. 17 And it was in the heart of David my fa­ther to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Is­rael. 18 And the LORD said unto David my fa­ther, Where­as it was in thine heart to build an house unto my name, thou didst well that it was in thine heart. 19 Nev­er­the­less thou shalt not build the house; but thy son that shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house unto my name. 20 And the LORD hath per­formed his word that he spake, and I am risen up in the room of David my fa­ther, and sit on the throne of Is­rael, as the LORD promised, and have built an house for the name of the LORD God of Is­rael. 21 And I have set there a place for the ark, where­in is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fa­thers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt. 22 And Solomon stood be­fore the al­tar of the LORD in the pres­ence of all the con­gre­ga­tion of Is­rael, and spread forth his hands to­ward heav­en: 23 And he said, LORD God of Is­rael, there is no God like thee, in heav­en above, or on earth be­neath, who keep­est covenant and mer­cy with thy ser­vants that walk be­fore thee with all their heart: 24 Who hast kept with thy ser­vant David my fa­ther that thou promisedst him: thou spak­est also with thy mouth, and hast ful­filled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 25 There­fore now, LORD God of Is­rael, keep with thy ser­vant David my fa­ther that thou promisedst him, say­ing, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit on the throne of Is­rael; so that thy chil­dren take heed to their way, that they walk be­fore me as thou hast walked be­fore me. 26 And now, O God of Is­rael, let thy word, I pray thee, be ver­i­fied, which thou spak­est unto thy ser­vant David my fa­ther. 27 But will God in­deed dwell on the earth? be­hold, the heav­en and heav­en of heav­ens can­not con­tain thee; how much less this house that I have build­ed? 28 Yet have thou re­spect unto the prayer of thy ser­vant, and to his sup­pli­ca­tion, O LORD my God, to hear­ken unto the cry and to the prayer, which thy ser­vant prayeth be­fore thee to day: 29 That thine eyes may be open to­ward this house night and day, even to­ward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hear­ken unto the prayer which thy ser­vant shall make to­ward this place. 30 And hear­ken thou to the sup­pli­ca­tion of thy ser­vant, and of thy peo­ple Is­rael, when they shall pray to­ward this place: and hear thou in heav­en thy dwelling place: and when thou hear­est, for­give. 31 If any man tres­pass against his neigh­bour, and an oath be laid upon him to cause him to swear, and the oath come be­fore thine al­tar in this house: 32 Then hear thou in heav­en, and do, and judge thy ser­vants, con­demn­ing the wicked, to bring his way upon his head; and jus­ti­fy­ing the righ­teous, to give him ac­cord­ing to his righ­teous­ness. 33 When thy peo­ple Is­rael be smit­ten down be­fore the en­e­my, be­cause they have sinned against thee, and shall turn again to thee, and con­fess thy name, and pray, and make sup­pli­ca­tion unto thee in this house: 34 Then hear thou in heav­en, and for­give the sin of thy peo­ple Is­rael, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fa­thers. 35 When heav­en is shut up, and there is no rain, be­cause they have sinned against thee; if they pray to­ward this place, and con­fess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou af­flictest them: 36 Then hear thou in heav­en, and for­give the sin of thy ser­vants, and of thy peo­ple Is­rael, that thou teach them the good way where­in they should walk, and give rain upon thy land, which thou hast giv­en to thy peo­ple for an in­her­i­tance. 37 If there be in the land famine, if there be pesti­lence, blast­ing, mildew, lo­cust, or if there be cater­piller; if their en­e­my be­siege them in the land of their cities; what­so­ev­er plague, what­so­ev­er sick­ness there be; 38 What prayer and sup­pli­ca­tion so­ev­er be made by any man, or by all thy peo­ple Is­rael, which shall know ev­ery man the plague of his own heart, and spread forth his hands to­ward this house: 39 Then hear thou in heav­en thy dwelling place, and for­give, and do, and give to ev­ery man ac­cord­ing to his ways, whose heart thou know­est; (for thou, even thou on­ly, know­est the hearts of all the chil­dren of men;) 40 That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fa­thers. 41 More­over con­cern­ing a stranger, that is not of thy peo­ple Is­rael, but cometh out of a far coun­try for thy name's sake; 42 (For they shall hear of thy great name, and of thy strong hand, and of thy stretched out arm; ) when he shall come and pray to­ward this house; 43 Hear thou in heav­en thy dwelling place, and do ac­cord­ing to all that the stranger cal­leth to thee for: that all peo­ple of the earth may know thy name, to fear thee, as do thy peo­ple Is­rael; and that they may know that this house, which I have build­ed, is called by thy name. 44 If thy peo­ple go out to bat­tle against their en­e­my, whith­er­so­ev­er thou shalt send them, and shall pray unto the LORD to­ward the city which thou hast cho­sen, and toward the house that I have built for thy name: 45 Then hear thou in heav­en their prayer and their sup­pli­ca­tion, and main­tain their cause. 46 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man that sin­neth not, ) and thou be an­gry with them, and de­liv­er them to the en­e­my, so that they car­ry them away cap­tives unto the land of the en­e­my, far or near; 47 Yet if they shall be­think them­selves in the land whith­er they were car­ried cap­tives, and re­pent, and make sup­pli­ca­tion unto thee in the land of them that car­ried them cap­tives, say­ing, We have sinned, and have done per­verse­ly, we have com­mit­ted wicked­ness; 48 And so re­turn unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their en­e­mies, which led them away cap­tive, and pray unto thee to­ward their land, which thou gavest unto their fa­thers, the city which thou hast cho­sen, and the house which I have built for thy name: 49 Then hear thou their prayer and their sup­pli­ca­tion in heav­en thy dwelling place, and main­tain their cause, 50 And for­give thy peo­ple that have sinned against thee, and all their trans­gres­sions where­in they have trans­gressed against thee, and give them com­pas­sion be­fore them who car­ried them cap­tive, that they may have com­pas­sion on them: 51 For they be thy peo­ple, and thine in­her­i­tance, which thou brought­est forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the fur­nace of iron: 52 That thine eyes may be open unto the sup­pli­ca­tion of thy ser­vant, and unto the sup­pli­ca­tion of thy peo­ple Is­rael, to hear­ken unto them in all that they call for unto thee. 53 For thou didst sep­a­rate them from among all the peo­ple of the earth, ­to be thine in­her­i­tance, as thou spak­est by the hand of Moses thy ser­vant, when thou brought­est our fa­thers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD. 54 And it was so, that when Solomon had made an end of pray­ing all this prayer and sup­pli­ca­tion unto the LORD, he arose from be­fore the al­tar of the LORD, from kneel­ing on his knees with his hands spread up to heav­en. 55 And he stood, and blessed all the con­gre­ga­tion of Is­rael with a loud voice, say­ing, 56 Blessed be the LORD, that hath giv­en rest unto his peo­ple Is­rael, ac­cord­ing to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his ser­vant. 57 The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fa­thers: let him not leave us, nor for­sake us: 58 That he may in­cline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his com­mand­ments, and his statutes, and his judg­ments, which he com­mand­ed our fa­thers. 59 And let these my words, where­with I have made sup­pli­ca­tion be­fore the LORD, be nigh unto the LORD our God day and night, that he main­tain the cause of his ser­vant, and the cause of his peo­ple Is­rael at all times, as the mat­ter shall re­quire: 60 That all the peo­ple of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else. 61 Let your heart there­fore be per­fect with the LORD our God, to walk in his statutes, and to keep his com­mand­ments, as at this day. 62 And the king, and all Is­rael with him, of­fered sac­ri­fice be­fore the LORD. 63 And Solomon of­fered a sac­ri­fice of peace of­fer­ings, which he of­fered unto the LORD, two and twen­ty thou­sand ox­en, and an hun­dred and twen­ty thou­sand sheep. So the king and all the chil­dren of Is­rael ded­i­cat­ed the house of the LORD. 64 The same day did the king hal­low the mid­dle of the court that was be­fore the house of the LORD: for there he of­fered burnt of­fer­ings, and meat of­fer­ings, and the fat of the peace of­fer­ings: be­cause the brasen al­tar that was be­fore the LORD was too lit­tle to re­ceive the burnt of­fer­ings, and meat of­fer­ings, and the fat of the peace of­fer­ings. 65 And at that time Solomon held a feast, and all Is­rael with him, a great con­gre­ga­tion, from the en­ter­ing in of Hamath unto the riv­er of Egypt, be­fore the LORD our God, sev­en days and sev­en days, even four­teen days. 66 On the eighth day he sent the peo­ple away: and they blessed the king, and went unto their tents joy­ful and glad of heart for all the good­ness that the LORD had done for David his ser­vant, and for Is­rael his peo­ple.