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Then said[H559]Solomon[H8010], The LORD[H3068] hath said[H559] that he would dwell[H7931] in the thick darkness[H6205].
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But I have built[H1129] an house[H1004] of habitation[H2073] for thee, and a place[H4349] for thy dwelling[H3427] for ever[H5769].
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And the king[H4428]turned[H5437] his face[H6440], and blessed[H1288] the whole 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], who hath with his hands[H3027]fulfilled[H4390] that which he spake[H1696] with his mouth[H6310] to my father[H1]David[H1732], saying[H559],
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Since the day[H3117] that I brought forth[H3318] my people[H5971] out of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714] I chose[H977] no city[H5892] among all the tribes[H7626] of Israel[H3478] to build[H1129] an house[H1004] in, that my name[H8034] might be there; neither chose[H977] I any man[H376] to be a ruler[H5057] over my people[H5971]Israel[H3478]:
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But I have chosen[H977]Jerusalem[H3389], that my name[H8034] might be there; and have chosen[H977]David[H1732] to be over my people[H5971]Israel[H3478].
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Now 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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But the LORD[H3068]said[H559] to David[H1732] my father[H1], Forasmuch as it was in thine heart[H3824] to build[H1129] an house[H1004] for my name[H8034], thou didst well[H2895] in that it was in thine heart[H3824]:
9Notwithstanding[H7535] thou shalt not build[H1129] the house[H1004]; but thy son[H1121] which shall come forth[H3318] out of thy loins[H2504], he shall build[H1129] the house[H1004] for my name[H8034].
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The LORD[H3068] therefore hath performed[H6965] his word[H1697] that he hath spoken[H1696]: for I am risen up[H6965] in the room of David[H1732] my father[H1], and am set[H3427] on the throne[H3678] of Israel[H3478], as the LORD[H3068]promised[H1696], and have built[H1129] the house[H1004] for the name[H8034] of the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
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And in it[H8033] have I put[H7760] the ark[H727], wherein is the covenant[H1285] of the LORD[H3068], that he made[H3772] with the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478].
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And he stood[H5975]before[H6440] the altar[H4196] of the LORD[H3068] in the presence of all the congregation[H6951] of Israel[H3478], and spread forth[H6566] his hands[H3709]:
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For Solomon[H8010] had made[H6213] a brasen[H5178]scaffold[H3595], of five[H2568]cubits[H520]long[H753], and five[H2568]cubits[H520]broad[H7341], and three[H7969]cubits[H520]high[H6967], and had set[H5414] it in the midst[H8432] of the court[H5835]: and upon it he stood[H5975], and kneeled down[H1288] upon his knees[H1290] before all the congregation[H6951] of Israel[H3478], and spread forth[H6566] his hands[H3709] toward heaven[H8064],
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And said[H559], O LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], there is no God[H430] like thee in the heaven[H8064], nor in the earth[H776]; which keepest[H8104]covenant[H1285], and shewest mercy[H2617] unto thy servants[H5650], that walk[H1980]before[H6440] thee with all their hearts[H3820]:
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Thou which hast kept[H8104] with thy servant[H5650]David[H1732] my father[H1] that which thou hast promised[H1696] him; and spakest[H1696] with thy mouth[H6310], and hast fulfilled[H4390] it with thine hand[H3027], as it is this day[H3117].
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Now therefore, O LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], keep[H8104] with thy servant[H5650]David[H1732] my father[H1] that which thou hast promised[H1696] him, saying[H559], There shall not fail[H3772] thee a man[H376] in my sight[H6440] to sit[H3427] upon the throne[H3678] of Israel[H3478]; yet so[H7535] that thy children[H1121] take heed[H8104] to their way[H1870] to walk[H3212] in my law[H8451], as thou hast walked[H1980]before[H6440] me.
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Now then, O LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478], let thy word[H1697] be verified[H539], which thou hast spoken[H1696] unto thy servant[H5650]David[H1732].
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But will God[H430] in very deed[H552]dwell[H3427] with men[H120] on the earth?[H776] behold, heaven[H8064] and the heaven[H8064] of heavens[H8064] cannot contain[H3557] thee; how much less this house[H1004] which I have built[H1129]!
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Have respect[H6437] therefore to 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 the prayer[H8605] which thy servant[H5650]prayeth[H6419]before[H6440] thee:
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That thine eyes[H5869] may be open[H6605] upon this house[H1004]day[H3119] and night[H3915], upon the place[H4725] whereof thou hast said[H559] that thou wouldest put[H7760] thy name[H8034] there; to hearken[H8085] unto the prayer[H8605] which thy servant[H5650]prayeth[H6419] toward this place[H4725].
21Hearken[H8085] therefore unto the supplications[H8469] of thy servant[H5650], and of thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], which they shall make[H6419] toward this place[H4725]: hear[H8085] thou from thy dwelling[H3427]place[H4725], even from heaven[H8064]; and when thou hearest[H8085], forgive[H5545].
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If a man[H376]sin[H2398] against his neighbour[H7453], and an oath[H423] be laid[H5375] upon him to make him 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 from heaven[H8064], and do[H6213], and judge[H8199] thy servants[H5650], by requiting[H7725] the wicked[H7563], by recompensing[H5414] his way[H1870] upon his own head[H7218]; and by justifying[H6663] the righteous[H6662], by giving[H5414] him according to his righteousness[H6666].
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And if thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478] be put to the worse[H5062]before[H6440] the enemy[H341], because they have sinned[H2398] against thee; and shall return[H7725] and confess[H3034] thy name[H8034], and pray[H6419] and make supplication[H2603]before[H6440] thee in this house[H1004];
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Then hear[H8085] thou from the heavens[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] to them and to their fathers[H1].
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When the heaven[H8064] is shut up[H6113], and there is no rain[H4306], because they have sinned[H2398] against thee; yet if they pray[H6419] toward this place[H4725], and confess[H3034] thy name[H8034], and turn[H7725] from their sin[H2403], when thou dost afflict[H6031] them;
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Then hear[H8085] thou from heaven[H8064], and forgive[H5545] the sin[H2403] of thy servants[H5650], and of thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], when thou hast taught[H3384] them the good[H2896]way[H1870], wherein they should walk[H3212]; and send[H5414]rain[H4306] upon thy land[H776], which thou hast given[H5414] unto thy people[H5971] for an inheritance[H5159].
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If there be dearth[H7458] in the land[H776], if there be pestilence[H1698], if there be blasting[H7711], or mildew[H3420], locusts[H697], or caterpillers[H2625]; if their enemies[H341]besiege[H6887] them in the cities[H8179] of their land[H776]; whatsoever sore[H5061] or whatsoever sickness[H4245] there be:
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Then what prayer[H8605] or what supplication[H8467] soever shall be made of any man[H120], or of all thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], when every one[H376] shall know[H3045] his own sore[H5061] and his own grief[H4341], and shall spread forth[H6566] his hands[H3709] in this house[H1004]:
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Then hear[H8085] thou from heaven[H8064] thy dwelling[H3427]place[H4349], and forgive[H5545], and render[H5414] unto every man[H376] according unto all his ways[H1870], whose heart[H3824] thou knowest[H3045];(for thou only knowest[H3045] the hearts[H3824] of the children[H1121] of men[H120]:)
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That they may fear[H3372] thee, to walk[H3212] in thy ways[H1870], so long as[H3117] they live[H2416] in the land[H127] which thou gavest[H5414] unto our fathers[H1].
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Moreover concerning the stranger[H5237], which is not of thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], but is come[H935] from a far[H7350]country[H776] for thy great[H1419] name's sake, and thy mighty[H2389]hand[H3027], and thy stretched out[H5186]arm[H2220]; if they come[H935] and pray[H6419] in this house[H1004];
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Then hear[H8085] thou from the heavens[H8064], even from 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], and fear[H3372] thee, as doth thy people[H5971]Israel[H3478], and may know[H3045] that this house[H1004] which I have built[H1129] is called[H7121] by thy name[H8034].
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If thy people[H5971] go out[H3318] to war[H4421] against their enemies[H341] by the way[H1870] that thou shalt send[H7971] them, and they pray[H6419] unto thee toward[H1870] this 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 from the heavens[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] which sinneth[H2398] not,) and thou be angry[H599] with them, and deliver[H5414] them over before[H6440] their enemies[H341], and they carry them away[H7617]captives[H7617] unto a land[H776] far off[H7350] or near[H7138];
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Yet if they bethink[H7725] themselves in the land[H776] whither they are carried captive[H7617], and turn[H7725] and pray[H2603] unto thee in the land[H776] of their captivity[H7628], saying[H559], We have sinned[H2398], we have done amiss[H5753], and have dealt wickedly[H7561];
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If they return[H7725] to thee with all their heart[H3820] and with all their soul[H5315] in the land[H776] of their captivity[H7628], whither they have carried them captives[H7617], and pray[H6419]toward[H1870] their land[H776], which thou gavest[H5414] unto their fathers[H1], and toward[H1870] the city[H5892] which thou hast chosen[H977], and toward[H1870] the house[H1004] which I have built[H1129] for thy name[H8034]:
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Then hear[H8085] thou from the heavens[H8064], even from thy dwelling[H3427]place[H4349], their prayer[H8605] and their supplications[H8467], and maintain[H6213] their cause[H4941], and forgive[H5545] thy people[H5971] which have sinned[H2398] against thee.
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Now, my God[H430], let, I beseech thee, thine eyes[H5869] be open[H6605], and let thine ears[H241] be attent[H7183] unto the prayer[H8605] that is made in this place[H4725].
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Now therefore arise[H6965], O LORD[H3068]God[H430], into thy resting[H5118] place, thou, and the ark[H727] of thy strength[H5797]: let thy priests[H3548], O LORD[H3068]God[H430], be clothed[H3847] with salvation[H8668], and let thy saints[H2623]rejoice[H8055] in goodness[H2896].
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O LORD[H3068]God[H430], turn not away[H7725] the face[H6440] of thine anointed[H4899]: remember[H2142] the mercies[H2617] of David[H1732] thy servant[H5650].