strkjv@2Chronicles:6:1
@ Then
said
Solomon
, The
LORD
hath
said
that he would
dwell
in the thick
darkness
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:2
@ But I have
built
an
house
of
habitation
for thee, and a
place
for thy
dwelling
for
ever
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:3
@ And the
king
turned
his
face
, and
blessed
the whole
congregation
of
Israel
: and all the
congregation
of
Israel
stood
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:4
@ 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
,
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:5
@ 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
:
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:6
@ But I have
chosen
Jerusalem
, that my
name
might be there; and have
chosen
David
to be over my
people
Israel
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:7
@ Now it was in the
heart
of
David
my
father
to
build
an
house
for the
name
of the
LORD
God
of
Israel
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:8
@ 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
:
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:9
@
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
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:10
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:11
@ And in
it
have I
put
the
ark
, wherein is the
covenant
of the
LORD
, that he
made
with the
children
of
Israel
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:12
@ And he
stood
before
the
altar
of the
LORD
in the presence of all the
congregation
of
Israel
, and spread
forth
his
hands
:
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:13
@ 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
,
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:14
@ 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
:
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:15
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:16
@ 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.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:17
@ Now then, O
LORD
God
of
Israel
, let thy
word
be
verified
, which thou hast
spoken
unto thy
servant
David
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:18
@ 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
!
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:19
@ 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:
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:20
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:21
@
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
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:22
@ 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
;
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:23
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:24
@ 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
;
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:25
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:26
@ 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;
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:27
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:28
@ 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:
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:29
@ 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
:
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:30
@ 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
: )
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:31
@ That they may
fear
thee, to
walk
in thy
ways
, so long
as
they
live
in the
land
which thou
gavest
unto our
fathers
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:32
@ Moreover concerning the
stranger
, which is not of thy
people
Israel
, but is
come
from a
far
country
for thy
great
names
sake, and thy
mighty
hand
, and thy stretched
out
arm
; if they
come
and
pray
in this
house
;
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:33
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:34
@ 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
;
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:35
@ Then
hear
thou from the
heavens
their
prayer
and their
supplication
, and
maintain
their
cause
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:36
@ 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
;
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:37
@ 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
;
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:38
@ 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
:
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:39
@ 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.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:40
@ 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
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:41
@ 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
t@, and let thy
saints
rejoice
in
goodness
.
strkjv@2Chronicles:6:42
@ O
LORD
God
, turn not
away
the
face
of thine
anointed
:
remember
the
mercies
of
David
thy
servant
.
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