strkjv@1Kings:8:1
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:2
@ And all the
men
of
Israel
assembled
themselves unto
king
Solomon
at the
feast
in the
month
Ethanim
, which is the
seventh
month
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:3
@ And all the
elders
of
Israel
came
, and the
priests
took
up
the
ark
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:4
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:5
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:6
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:7
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:8
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:9
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:10
@ And it came to pass, when the
priests
were come
out
of the
holy
place, that the
cloud
filled
the
house
of the
LORD
,
strkjv@1Kings:8:11
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:12
@ Then
spake
Solomon
, The
LORD
said
that he would
dwell
in the thick
darkness
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:13
@ I have
surely
built
thee an
house
to dwell
in
, a settled
place
for thee to abide
in
for
ever
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:14
@ And the
king
turned
his
face
about
, and
blessed
all the
congregation
of
Israel
: (and all the
congregation
of
Israel
stood
; )
strkjv@1Kings:8:15
@ 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
,
strkjv@1Kings:8:16
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:17
@ And it was in the
heart
of
David
my
father
to
build
an
house
for the
name
of the
LORD
God
of
Israel
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:18
@ And the
LORD
said
unto
David
my
father
,
Whereas
H834it was in thine
heart
to
build
an
house
unto my
name
, thou didst
well
that it was in thine
heart
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:19
@
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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:20
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:21
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:22
@ 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
:
strkjv@1Kings:8:23
@ 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
:
strkjv@1Kings:8:24
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:25
@ 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.
strkjv@1Kings:8:26
@ And now, O
God
of
Israel
, let thy
word
, I pray thee, be
verified
, which thou
spakest
unto thy
servant
David
my
father
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:27
@ 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
?
strkjv@1Kings:8:28
@ 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
:
strkjv@1Kings:8:29
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:30
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:31
@ 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
:
strkjv@1Kings:8:32
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:33
@ 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
:
strkjv@1Kings:8:34
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:35
@ 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:
strkjv@1Kings:8:36
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:37
@ 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;
strkjv@1Kings:8:38
@ 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
:
strkjv@1Kings:8:39
@ 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
; )
strkjv@1Kings:8:40
@ That they may
fear
thee all the
days
that they
live
in
the
land
which thou
gavest
unto our
fathers
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:41
@ Moreover concerning a
stranger
, that is not of thy
people
Israel
, but cometh
out
of a
far
country
for
thy
names
sake;
strkjv@1Kings:8:42
@ (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
;
strkjv@1Kings:8:43
@
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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:44
@ 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
:
strkjv@1Kings:8:45
@ Then
hear
thou in
heaven
their
prayer
and their
supplication
, and
maintain
their
cause
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:46
@ 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
;
strkjv@1Kings:8:47
@ 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
;
strkjv@1Kings:8:48
@ 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
:
strkjv@1Kings:8:49
@ Then
hear
thou their
prayer
and their
supplication
in
heaven
thy
dwelling
place
, and
maintain
their
cause
,
strkjv@1Kings:8:50
@ 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:
strkjv@1Kings:8:51
@ For they be thy
people
, and thine
inheritance
, which thou broughtest
forth
out of
Egypt
, from the
midst
of the
furnace
of
iron
:
strkjv@1Kings:8:52
@ 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.
strkjv@1Kings:8:53
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:54
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:55
@ And he
stood
, and
blessed
all the
congregation
of
Israel
with a
loud
voice
,
saying
,
strkjv@1Kings:8:56
@
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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:57
@ The
LORD
our
God
be with us, as he was with our
fathers
: let him not
leave
us, nor
forsake
us:
strkjv@1Kings:8:58
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:59
@ 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:
strkjv@1Kings:8:60
@ That all the
people
of the
earth
may
know
that the
LORD
is
God
, and that there is none else.
strkjv@1Kings:8:61
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:62
@ And the
king
, and all
Israel
with him,
offered
sacrifice
before
the
LORD
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:63
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:64
@ 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
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:65
@ 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
H6240
days
.
strkjv@1Kings:8:66
@ 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
.
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