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Then Solomon[H8010]assembled[H6950] the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478], and all the heads[H7218] of the tribes[H4294], the chief[H5387] of the fathers[H1] of the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], unto king[H4428]Solomon[H8010] in Jerusalem[H3389], that they might bring up[H5927] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] out of the city[H5892] of David[H1732], which is Zion[H6726].
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And all the men[H376] of Israel[H3478]assembled[H6950] themselves unto king[H4428]Solomon[H8010] at the feast[H2282] in the month[H3391]Ethanim[H388], which is the seventh[H7637]month[H2320].
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And all the elders[H2205] of Israel[H3478]came[H935], and the priests[H3548] took up[H5375] the ark[H727].
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And they brought up[H5927] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068], and the tabernacle[H168] of the congregation[H4150], and all the holy[H6944]vessels[H3627] that were in the tabernacle[H168], even those did the priests[H3548] and the Levites[H3881] bring up[H5927].
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And king[H4428]Solomon[H8010], and all the congregation[H5712] of Israel[H3478], that were assembled[H3259] unto him, were with him before[H6440] the ark[H727], sacrificing[H2076]sheep[H6629] and oxen[H1241], that could not be told[H5608] nor numbered[H4487] for multitude[H7230].
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And the priests[H3548] brought in[H935] the ark[H727] of the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068] unto his place[H4725], into the oracle[H1687] of the house[H1004], to the most[H6944]holy[H6944]place[H4725], even under the wings[H3671] of the cherubims[H3742].
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For the cherubims[H3742] spread forth[H6566] their two wings[H3671] over the place[H4725] of the ark[H727], and the cherubims[H3742]covered[H5526] the ark[H727] and the staves[H905] thereof above[H4605].
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And they drew out[H748] the staves[H905], that the ends[H7218] of the staves[H905] were seen[H7200]out[H7200] in the holy[H6944] place before[H6440] the oracle[H1687], and they were not seen[H7200]without[H2351]: and there they are unto this day[H3117].
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There was nothing in the ark[H727]save[H7535] the two[H8147]tables[H3871] of stone[H68], which Moses[H4872]put[H3240] there at Horeb[H2722], when the LORD[H3068]made[H3772] a covenant with the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478], when they came out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
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And it came to pass, when the priests[H3548] were come out[H3318] of the holy[H6944] place, that the cloud[H6051]filled[H4390] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068],
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So that the priests[H3548]could[H3201] not stand[H5975] to minister[H8334]because[H6440] of the cloud[H6051]: for the glory[H3519] of the LORD[H3068] had filled[H4390] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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Then spake[H559]Solomon[H8010], The LORD[H3068]said[H559] that he would dwell[H7931] in the thick darkness[H6205].
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I have surely[H1129]built[H1129] thee an house[H1004] to dwell in[H2073], a settled place[H4349] for thee to abide in[H3427] for ever[H5769].
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And the king[H4428]turned[H5437] his face[H6440]about[H5437], and blessed[H1288] all the congregation[H6951] of Israel[H3478]:(and all the congregation[H6951] of Israel[H3478]stood[H5975];)
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And he said[H559], Blessed[H1288] be the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], which spake[H1696] with his mouth[H6310] unto David[H1732] my father[H1], and hath with his hand[H3027]fulfilled[H4390] it, saying[H559],
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Since the day[H3117] that I brought forth[H3318] my people[H5971]Israel[H3478] out of Egypt[H4714], I chose[H977] no city[H5892] out of all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] to build[H1129] an house[H1004], that my name[H8034] might be therein; but I chose[H977]David[H1732] to be over my people[H5971]Israel[H3478].
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And it was in the heart[H3824] of David[H1732] my father[H1] to build[H1129] an house[H1004] for the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto David[H1732] my father[H1], Whereas[H3282] it was in thine heart[H3824] to build[H1129] an house[H1004] unto my name[H8034], thou didst well[H2895] that it was in thine heart[H3824].
19Nevertheless[H7535] thou shalt not build[H1129] the house[H1004]; but thy son[H1121] that shall come forth out[H3318] of thy loins[H2504], he shall build[H1129] the house[H1004] unto my name[H8034].
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And the LORD[H3068] hath performed[H6965] his word[H1697] that he spake[H1696], and I am risen up[H6965] in the room of David[H1732] my father[H1], and sit[H3427] on the throne[H3678] of Israel[H3478], as the LORD[H3068]promised[H1696], and have built[H1129] an house[H1004] for the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
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And I have set[H7760] there a place[H4725] for the ark[H727], wherein is the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068], which he made[H3772] with our fathers[H1], when he brought them out[H3318] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714].
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And Solomon[H8010]stood[H5975]before[H6440] the altar[H4196]of[H5048] the LORD[H3068] in the presence of[H5048] all the congregation[H6951]of[H5048]Israel[H3478], and spread forth[H6566] his hands[H3709] toward heaven[H8064]:
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And he said[H559], LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], there is no God[H430] like thee, in heaven[H8064]above[H4605], or on earth[H776] beneath, who keepest[H8104]covenant[H1285] and mercy[H2617] with thy servants[H5650] that walk[H1980]before[H6440] thee with all their heart[H3820]:
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Who hast kept[H8104] with thy servant[H5650]David[H1732] my father[H1] that thou promisedst[H1696] him: thou spakest[H1696] also with thy mouth[H6310], and hast fulfilled[H4390] it with thine hand[H3027], as it is this day[H3117].
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Therefore now, LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], keep[H8104] with thy servant[H5650]David[H1732] my father[H1] that thou promisedst[H1696] him, saying[H559], There shall not fail[H3772] thee a man[H376] in my sight[H6440] to sit[H3427] on the throne[H3678] of Israel[H3478]; so[H7535] that thy children[H1121] take heed[H8104] to their way[H1870], that they walk[H3212]before[H6440] me as thou hast walked[H1980]before[H6440] me.
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And now, O God[H430] of Israel[H3478], let thy word[H1697], I pray thee, be verified[H539], which thou spakest[H1696] unto thy servant[H5650]David[H1732] my father[H1].
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But will God[H430]indeed[H552]dwell[H3427] on the earth?[H776] behold, the heaven[H8064] and heaven[H8064] of heavens[H8064] cannot contain[H3557] thee; how much less[H637] this house[H1004] that I have builded?[H1129]
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Yet have thou respect[H6437] unto the prayer[H8605] of thy servant[H5650], and to his supplication[H8467], O LORD[H3068] my God[H430], to hearken[H8085] unto the cry[H7440] and to the prayer[H8605], which thy servant[H5650]prayeth[H6419]before[H6440] thee to day[H3117]:
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That thine eyes[H5869] may be open[H6605] toward this house[H1004]night[H3915] and day[H3117], even toward the place[H4725] of which thou hast said[H559], My name[H8034] shall be there: that thou mayest hearken[H8085] unto the prayer[H8605] which thy servant[H5650] shall make[H6419] toward this place[H4725].
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And hearken[H8085] thou to the supplication[H8467] of thy servant[H5650], and of thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], when they shall pray[H6419] toward this place[H4725]: and hear[H8085] thou in heaven[H8064] thy dwelling[H3427]place[H4725]: and when thou hearest[H8085], forgive[H5545].
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If any man[H376]trespass[H2398] against his neighbour[H7453], and an oath[H423] be laid[H5375] upon him to cause him to swear[H422], and the oath[H423]come[H935]before[H6440] thine altar[H4196] in this house[H1004]:
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Then hear[H8085] thou in heaven[H8064], and do[H6213], and judge[H8199] thy servants[H5650], condemning[H7561] the wicked[H7563], to bring[H5414] his way[H1870] upon his head[H7218]; and justifying[H6663] the righteous[H6662], to give[H5414] him according to his righteousness[H6666].
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When thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478] be smitten down[H5062]before[H6440] the enemy[H341], because they have sinned[H2398] against thee, and shall turn again[H7725] to thee, and confess[H3034] thy name[H8034], and pray[H6419], and make supplication[H2603] unto thee in this house[H1004]:
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Then hear[H8085] thou in heaven[H8064], and forgive[H5545] the sin[H2403] of thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], and bring them again[H7725] unto the land[H127] which thou gavest[H5414] unto their fathers[H1].
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When heaven[H8064] is shut up[H6113], and there is no rain[H4306], because they have sinned[H2398] against thee; if they pray[H6419] toward this place[H4725], and confess[H3034] thy name[H8034], and turn[H7725] from their sin[H2403], when thou afflictest[H6031] them:
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Then hear[H8085] thou in heaven[H8064], and forgive[H5545] the sin[H2403] of thy servants[H5650], and of thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], that thou teach[H3384] them the good[H2896]way[H1870] wherein they should walk[H3212], and give[H5414]rain[H4306] upon thy land[H776], which thou hast given[H5414] to thy people[H5971] for an inheritance[H5159].
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If there be in the land[H776]famine[H7458], if there be pestilence[H1698], blasting[H7711], mildew[H3420], locust[H697], or if there be caterpiller[H2625]; if their enemy[H341]besiege[H6887] them in the land[H776] of their cities[H8179]; whatsoever plague[H5061], whatsoever sickness[H4245] there be;
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What prayer[H8605] and supplication[H8467] soever be made by any man[H120], or by all thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], which shall know[H3045] every man[H376] the plague[H5061] of his own heart[H3824], and spread forth[H6566] his hands[H3709] toward this house[H1004]:
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Then hear[H8085] thou in heaven[H8064] thy dwelling[H3427]place[H4349], and forgive[H5545], and do[H6213], and give[H5414] to every man[H376] according to his ways[H1870], whose heart[H3824] thou knowest[H3045];(for thou, even thou only, knowest[H3045] the hearts[H3824] of all the children[H1121] of men[H120];)
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That they may fear[H3372] thee all the days[H3117] that they live[H2416]in[H6440] the land[H127] which thou gavest[H5414] unto our fathers[H1].
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Moreover concerning a stranger[H5237], that is not of thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], but cometh out[H935] of a far[H7350]country[H776]for[H4616] thy name's sake;
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(For they shall hear[H8085] of thy great[H1419]name[H8034], and of thy strong[H2389]hand[H3027], and of thy stretched out[H5186]arm[H2220];) when he shall come[H935] and pray[H6419] toward this house[H1004];
43Hear[H8085] thou in heaven[H8064] thy dwelling[H3427]place[H4349], and do[H6213] according to all that the stranger[H5237]calleth[H7121] to thee for: that all people[H5971] of the earth[H776] may know[H3045] thy name[H8034], to fear[H3372] thee, as do[H6213] thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478]; and that they may know[H3045] that this house[H1004], which I have builded[H1129], is called[H7121] by thy name[H8034].
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If thy people[H5971] go out[H3318] to battle[H4421] against their enemy[H341], whithersoever[H1870] thou shalt send[H7971] them, and shall pray[H6419] unto the LORD[H3068]toward[H1870] the city[H5892] which thou hast chosen[H977], and toward[H1870] the house[H1004] that I have built[H1129] for thy name[H8034]:
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Then hear[H8085] thou in heaven[H8064] their prayer[H8605] and their supplication[H8467], and maintain[H6213] their cause[H4941].
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If they sin[H2398] against thee,(for there is no man[H120] that sinneth[H2398] not,) and thou be angry[H599] with them, and deliver[H5414] them to the enemy[H341], so that they carry them away[H7617]captives[H7617]unto[H6440] the land[H776] of the enemy[H341], far[H7350] or near[H7138];
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Yet if they shall bethink[H7725] themselves in the land[H776] whither they were carried captives[H7617], and repent[H7725], and make supplication[H2603] unto thee in the land[H776] of them that carried them captives[H7617], saying[H559], We have sinned[H2398], and have done perversely[H5753], we have committed wickedness[H7561];
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And so return[H7725] unto thee with all their heart[H3824], and with all their soul[H5315], in the land[H776] of their enemies[H341], which led them away captive[H7617], and pray[H6419] unto thee toward[H1870] their land[H776], which thou gavest[H5414] unto their fathers[H1], the city[H5892] which thou hast chosen[H977], and the house[H1004] which I have built[H1129] for thy name[H8034]:
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Then hear[H8085] thou their prayer[H8605] and their supplication[H8467] in heaven[H8064] thy dwelling[H3427]place[H4349], and maintain[H6213] their cause[H4941],
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And forgive[H5545] thy people[H5971] that have sinned[H2398] against thee, and all their transgressions[H6588] wherein they have transgressed[H6586] against thee, and give[H5414] them compassion[H7356]before[H6440] them who carried them captive[H7617], that they may have compassion[H7355] on them:
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For they be thy people[H5971], and thine inheritance[H5159], which thou broughtest forth[H3318] out of Egypt[H4714], from the midst[H8432] of the furnace[H3564] of iron[H1270]:
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That thine eyes[H5869] may be open[H6605] unto the supplication[H8467] of thy servant[H5650], and unto the supplication[H8467] of thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], to hearken[H8085] unto them in all that they call[H7121] for unto thee.
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For thou didst separate[H914] them from among all the people[H5971] of the earth[H776], to be thine inheritance[H5159], as thou spakest[H1696] by the hand[H3027] of Moses[H4872] thy servant[H5650], when thou broughtest[H3318] our fathers[H1] out of Egypt[H4714], O Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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And it was so, that when Solomon[H8010] had made an end[H3615] of praying[H6419] all this prayer[H8605] and supplication[H8467] unto the LORD[H3068], he arose[H6965] from before[H6440] the altar[H4196] of the LORD[H3068], from kneeling[H3766] on his knees[H1290] with his hands[H3709] spread up[H6566] to heaven[H8064].
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And he stood[H5975], and blessed[H1288] all the congregation[H6951] of Israel[H3478] with a loud[H1419]voice[H6963], saying[H559],
56Blessed[H1288] be the LORD[H3068], that hath given[H5414]rest[H4496] unto his people[H5971]Israel[H3478], according to all that he promised[H1696]: there hath not failed[H5307]one[H259]word[H1697] of all his good[H2896]promise[H1697], which he promised[H1696] by the hand[H3027] of Moses[H4872] his servant[H5650].
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The LORD[H3068] our God[H430] be with us, as he was with our fathers[H1]: let him not leave[H5800] us, nor forsake[H5203] us:
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That he may incline[H5186] our hearts[H3824] unto him, to walk[H3212] in all his ways[H1870], and to keep[H8104] his commandments[H4687], and his statutes[H2706], and his judgments[H4941], which he commanded[H6680] our fathers[H1].
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And let these my words[H1697], wherewith I have made supplication[H2603]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068], be nigh[H7138] unto the LORD[H3068] our God[H430]day[H3119] and night[H3915], that he maintain[H6213] the cause[H4941] of his servant[H5650], and the cause[H4941] of his people[H5971]Israel[H3478] at all times[H3117], as the matter[H1697] shall require:
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That all the people[H5971] of the earth[H776] may know[H3045] that the LORD[H3068] is God[H430], and that there is none else.
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Let your heart[H3824] therefore be perfect[H8003] with the LORD[H3068] our God[H430], to walk[H3212] in his statutes[H2706], and to keep[H8104] his commandments[H4687], as at this day[H3117].
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And the king[H4428], and all Israel[H3478] with him, offered[H2076]sacrifice[H2077]before[H6440] the LORD[H3068].
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And Solomon[H8010]offered[H2076] a sacrifice[H2077] of peace offerings[H8002], which he offered[H2076] unto the LORD[H3068], two[H8147] and twenty[H6242]thousand[H505]oxen[H1241], and an hundred[H3967] and twenty[H6242]thousand[H505]sheep[H6629]. So the king[H4428] and all the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]dedicated[H2596] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068].
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The same day[H3117] did the king[H4428]hallow[H6942] the middle[H8432] of the court[H2691] that was before[H6440] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068]: for there he offered[H6213] burnt offerings[H5930], and meat offerings[H4503], and the fat[H2459] of the peace offerings[H8002]: because the brasen[H5178]altar[H4196] that was before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] was too little[H6996] to receive[H3557] the burnt offerings[H8002], and meat offerings[H8002], and the fat[H2459] of the peace offerings[H8002].
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And at that time[H6256]Solomon[H8010]held[H6213] a feast[H2282], and all Israel[H3478] with him, a great[H1419]congregation[H6951], from the entering[H935] in of Hamath[H2574] unto the river[H5158] of Egypt[H4714], before[H6440] the LORD[H3068] our God[H430], seven[H7651]days[H3117] and seven[H7651]days[H3117], even fourteen[H702]days[H3117].
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On the eighth[H8066]day[H3117] he sent[H7971] the people[H5971]away[H7971]: and they blessed[H1288] the king[H4428], and went[H3212] unto their tents[H168]joyful[H8056] and glad[H2896] of heart[H3820] for all the goodness[H2896] that the LORD[H3068] had done[H6213] for David[H1732] his servant[H5650], and for Israel[H3478] his people[H5971].