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2 Chronicles

1 Then said Solomon, The LORD hath said that he would dwell in the thick dark­ness. 2 But I have built an house of habi­ta­tion for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ev­er. 3 And the king turned his face, and blessed the whole con­gre­ga­tion of Is­rael: and all the con­gre­ga­tion of Is­rael stood. 4 And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of Is­rael, who hath with his hands ful­filled that which he spake with his mouth to my fa­ther David, say­ing, 5 Since the day that I brought forth my peo­ple out of the land of Egypt I chose no city among all the tribes of Is­rael to build an house in, that my name might be there; nei­ther chose I any man to be a ruler over my peo­ple Is­rael: 6 But I have cho­sen Jerusalem, that my name might be there; and have cho­sen David to be over my peo­ple Is­rael. 7 Now it was in the heart of David my fa­ther to build an house for the name of the LORD God of Is­rael. 8 But the LORD said to David my fa­ther, Foras­much as it was in thine heart to build an house for my name, thou didst well in that it was in thine heart: 9 Notwith­stand­ing thou shalt not build the house; but thy son which shall come forth out of thy loins, he shall build the house for my name. 10 The LORD there­fore hath per­formed his word that he hath spo­ken: for I am risen up in the room of David my fa­ther, and am set on the throne of Is­rael, as the LORD promised, and have built the house for the name of the LORD God of Is­rael. 11 And in it have I put the ark, where­in is the covenant of the LORD, that he made with the chil­dren of Is­rael. 12 And he stood be­fore the al­tar of the LORD in the pres­ence of all the con­gre­ga­tion of Is­rael, and spread forth his hands: 13 For Solomon had made a brasen scaf­fold, of five cu­bits long, and five cu­bits broad, and three cu­bits high, and had set it in the midst of the court: and upon it he stood, and kneeled down upon his knees be­fore all the con­gre­ga­tion of Is­rael, and spread forth his hands to­ward heav­en, 14 And said, O LORD God of Is­rael, there is no God like thee in the heav­en, nor in the earth; which keep­est covenant, and shewest mer­cy unto thy ser­vants, that walk be­fore thee with all their hearts: 15 Thou which hast kept with thy ser­vant David my fa­ther that which thou hast promised him; and spak­est with thy mouth, and hast ful­filled it with thine hand, as it is this day. 16 Now there­fore, O LORD God of Is­rael, keep with thy ser­vant David my fa­ther that which thou hast promised him, say­ing, There shall not fail thee a man in my sight to sit upon the throne of Is­rael; yet so that thy chil­dren take heed to their way to walk in my law, as thou hast walked be­fore me. 17 Now then, O LORD God of Is­rael, let thy word be ver­i­fied, which thou hast spo­ken unto thy ser­vant David. 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? be­hold, heav­en and the heav­en of heav­ens can­not con­tain thee; how much less this house which I have built! 19 Have re­spect there­fore to the prayer of thy ser­vant, and to his sup­pli­ca­tion, O LORD my God, to hear­ken unto the cry and the prayer which thy ser­vant prayeth be­fore thee: 20 That thine eyes may be open upon this house day and night, upon the place where­of thou hast said that thou wouldest put thy name there; to hear­ken unto the prayer which thy ser­vant prayeth to­ward this place. 21 Hear­ken there­fore unto the sup­pli­ca­tions of thy ser­vant, and of thy peo­ple Is­rael, which they shall make to­ward this place: hear thou from thy dwelling place, even from heav­en; and when thou hear­est, for­give. 22 If a man sin against his neigh­bour, and an oath be laid upon him to make him swear, and the oath come be­fore thine al­tar in this house; 23 Then hear thou from heav­en, and do, and judge thy ser­vants, by re­quit­ing the wicked, by rec­om­pens­ing his way upon his own head; and by jus­ti­fy­ing the righ­teous, by giv­ing him ac­cord­ing to his righ­teous­ness. 24 And if thy peo­ple Is­rael be put to the worse be­fore the en­e­my, be­cause they have sinned against thee; and shall re­turn and con­fess thy name, and pray and make sup­pli­ca­tion be­fore thee in this house; 25 Then hear thou from the heav­ens, and for­give the sin of thy peo­ple Is­rael, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest to them and to their fa­thers. 26 When the heav­en is shut up, and there is no rain, be­cause they have sinned against thee; yet if they pray to­ward this place, and con­fess thy name, and turn from their sin, when thou dost af­flict them; 27 Then hear thou from heav­en, and for­give the sin of thy ser­vants, and of thy peo­ple Is­rael, when thou hast taught them the good way, where­in they should walk; and send rain upon thy land, which thou hast giv­en unto thy peo­ple for an in­her­i­tance. 28 If there be dearth in the land, if there be pesti­lence, if there be blast­ing, or mildew, lo­custs, or cater­pillers; if their en­e­mies be­siege them in the cities of their land; what­so­ev­er sore or what­so­ev­er sick­ness there be: 29 Then what prayer or what sup­pli­ca­tion so­ev­er shall be made of any man, or of all thy peo­ple Is­rael, when ev­ery one shall know his own sore and his own grief, and shall spread forth his hands in this house: 30 Then hear thou from heav­en thy dwelling place, and for­give, and ren­der unto ev­ery man ac­cord­ing unto all his ways, whose heart thou know­est; (for thou only know­est the hearts of the chil­dren of men:) 31 That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fa­thers. 32 More­over con­cern­ing the stranger, which is not of thy peo­ple Is­rael, but is come from a far coun­try for thy great name's sake, and thy mighty hand, and thy stretched out arm; if they come and pray in this house; 33 Then hear thou from the heav­ens, even from 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, and fear thee, as doth thy peo­ple Is­rael, and may know that this house which I have built is called by thy name. 34 If thy peo­ple go out to war against their en­e­mies by the way that thou shalt send them, and they pray unto thee to­ward this city which thou hast cho­sen, and the house which I have built for thy name; 35 Then hear thou from the heav­ens their prayer and their sup­pli­ca­tion, and main­tain their cause. 36 If they sin against thee, (for there is no man which sin­neth not, ) and thou be an­gry with them, and de­liv­er them over be­fore their en­e­mies, and they car­ry them away cap­tives unto a land far off or near; 37 Yet if they be­think them­selves in the land whith­er they are car­ried cap­tive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their cap­tiv­i­ty, say­ing, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wicked­ly; 38 If they re­turn to thee with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their cap­tiv­i­ty, whith­er they have car­ried them cap­tives, and pray to­ward their land, which thou gavest unto their fa­thers, and toward the city which thou hast cho­sen, and to­ward the house which I have built for thy name: 39 Then hear thou from the heav­ens, even from thy dwelling place, their prayer and their sup­pli­ca­tions, and main­tain their cause, and for­give thy peo­ple which have sinned against thee. 40 Now, my God, let, I be­seech thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine ears be at­tent unto the prayer that is made in this place. 41 Now there­fore arise, O LORD God, into thy rest­ing place, thou, and the ark of thy strength: let thy priests, O LORD God, be clothed with sal­va­tion, and let thy saints re­joice in good­ness. 42 O LORD God, turn not away the face of thine anoint­ed: re­mem­ber the mer­cies of David thy ser­vant.